Birthdays: Carl Perkins

 Carl Perkins was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee on this day in 1932. 

You can do anything but lay off my blue suede shoes.

Carl Perkins early EARLY (1956?) Blue Suede Shoes

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Remembering Carl Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) 

Carl Perkins was a rockabilly pioneer who sang with Elvis Presley, hung out and toured with Johnny Cash and wrote classic rock and roll tunes like “Blue Suede Shoes,” the first recording to top the pop, country and R&B charts simultaneously.

The country-inflected guitar licks he coaxed from his 1953 Les Paul Goldtop inspired George Harrison’s early electric leads and solos with the Beatles. The group’s admiration ran deep: They covered at least seven Perkins songs onstage and in the studio, including “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby,” “Matchbox” and “Honey Don’t.” As Paul McCartney declared, “If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.”