Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American country, rockabilly, and rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954. Among his best known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby". According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins'... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Blue Suede Shoes - #2: Boppin' the Blues - #3: Your True Love - #4: Pink Pedal Pushers - #5: Dixie Fried / I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
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| 1. | 1956-1957 | Dance Album of...Carl Perkins | 375 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 02/1956 | 334 | US 2 • US ctry ✫1 • US R&B 2 • UK 10 | MP3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95] [Sun 234] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 2. | 06/1956 | 23 | US 70 • US ctry 7 | MP3 | [Sun 243] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 3. | 03/1957 | 18 | US 67 • US ctry 13 | MP3 | [Sun 261] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 2. | 1966-1967 | Country Boy's Dream | 7 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1966 | 5 | US ctry 22 | MP3 | [Dollie 505] written by Ernie Newton | |||
| 2. | 05/1967 | 2 | US ctry 40 | MP3 | [Dollie 508] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 3. | 1969 | Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits | 6 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 01/1969 | 6 | US ctry 20 | MP3 | [Columbia 4-44723] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 4. | 1971 | The Man Behind Johnny Cash | 3 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 05/1971 | 1 | US ctry 65 | MP3 | [Columbia 4-45347] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 2. | 12/1971 | 2 | US ctry 53 | MP3 | [Columbia 4-45466] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 5. | 1973 | My Kind of Country | 1 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 10/1973 | 1 | US ctry 61 | MP3 | [Mercury 73425] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 6. | 1986-1987 | Class of '55 | 4 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1986 | 3 | US ctry 31 | MP3 | [America Smash 884760] written by Carl Perkins | |||
| 2. | 03/1987 | 1 | US ctry 83 | MP3 | [America Smash 888142] written by Chips Moman & Bobby Emmons | |||
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