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Carl Perkins

Rock music
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Alongside Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins was one of the key stars crafted at legendary producer Sam Phillips's Sun Studio in the late 1950s - "the birth place of rock'n'roll". Raised in a poor family of share croppers in North Tennessee, he was taught guitar as a 10-year-old by an older black cotton picker and grew up listening to gospel, blues and country music on local radio stations. A successful audition with Phillips led to him penning the 1955 classic Blue Suede Shoes, a US Number 2 hit for Perkins, which became one of the most famous rock song...
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Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins
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MatchboxCarl Perkins
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There You GoJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis
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Honey Don'tJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis
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Boppin' the BluesCarl Perkins
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Waymore's BluesRoy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins
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Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins

Perkins & Vincent

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MatchboxCarl Perkins

Blue Suede Shoes (A Rockabilly Session With Carl Perkins And Friends)

2:07

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There You GoJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis

Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

2:12

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Honey Don'tJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis

Rock 'n' Roll Party

2:50

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Boppin' the BluesCarl Perkins

Boppin' The Blues

2:49

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Waymore's BluesRoy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins

Class of '55 - Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming

2:26

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