Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes” is and forever will be the quintessential rockabilly record. It was released by Sun Records on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1956. Perkins was already something of a ...

"Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly" by Jeff Apter, Citadel, 240 pages Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. Back then, rockabilly music was just coming into fashion, with “Blue Suede Shoes” being one of the first highly successful ...

Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of the originators of rockabilly. Perkins' singing, guitar playing and songwriting brought together country and rock 'n' roll. He recorded at Sun Records, the label ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the defining songs of early rock and roll arrived in 1956, when Carl Perkins released his now-legendary hit "Blue Suede ...

"CARL PERKINS: THE KING OF ROCKABILLY" by Jeff Apter (Citadel, 240 pages, $29). Carl Perkins is an unexpected choice of subject for the prolific musician biographer Jeff Apter, who lays out the life ...

Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the other three — Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — and he’s ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. So much so that Paul McCartney‘s music publishing company, MPL Communications, has owned the rights to it, along with a number of ...