Carl Perkins

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guitarist human musician rockabilly musician singer-songwriter

Carl Perkins was an influential American rockabilly guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for pioneering early rock and roll with songs like "Blue Suede Shoes."

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Label Occurrences
Carl Perkins canonical 44
Carl Lee Perkins 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
rockabilly musician ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1998 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
associatedAct Johnny Cash ⓘ
Sun Records artists ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthName Carl Perkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Carl Lee Perkins
causeOfDeath throat cancer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Elvis Presley ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Roy Orbison ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-04-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-01-19 ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
influenced Elvis Presley ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
George Harrison ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
memberOf Million Dollar Quartet ⓘ
name Carl Perkins self-link ⓘ
notableWork Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby ⓘ
Honey Don’t ⓘ
Matchbox ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation guitarist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jackson, Tennessee ⓘ
surface form: Jackson, Tennessee, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Valda Crider Perkins ⓘ

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Sun Studio → recordedArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Sun Studio → MillionDollarQuartetParticipants → Carl Perkins ⓘ
I’m Sitting on Top of the World → hasNotableRecordingBy → Carl Perkins ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Tug of War → hasCollaborator → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Tug of War → featuresArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis → associatedAct → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Carl Perkins → name → Carl Perkins self-link ⓘ
Carl Perkins → birthName → Carl Perkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl Lee Perkins
Sam Phillips → discovered → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Sam Phillips → recorded → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Memphis Recording Service → notableArtistRecorded → Carl Perkins ⓘ
706 Union Avenue → associatedWithPerson → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Sun Records → notableArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Live at Folsom Prison concert → featuresPerformer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Live at San Quentin concert → featuresArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → composer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → lyricist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → writer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → performer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → originalPerformer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → notablePerformer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Blue Suede Shoes → associatedWithArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Perkins → hasNotableBearer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Paul McCartney and Wings → hasAssociatedAct → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States → hasNotablePerson → Carl Perkins ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiptonville, Tennessee
Tiptonville, Tennessee, United States → birthplaceOf → Carl Perkins ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiptonville, Tennessee
Matchbox → composer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → lyricist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → performer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → originalArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → recordedBy → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → popularizedBy → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Matchbox → hasNotablePerformer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → writer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → composer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → performer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → originalArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → firstRecordingArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Honey Don’t → recordedBy → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby → writer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby → composer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby → performer → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby → originallyRecordedBy → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Million Dollar Quartet → featuredArtist → Carl Perkins ⓘ
Sun Studio building → associatedWith → Carl Perkins ⓘ