Carl Lee Perkins was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who recorded at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning 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 Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton, which further established his place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney said "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles."
Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
Into the Night(1985)as Mr. Williams
Dolly Parton: Silver and Gold(1991)
The Cooler(1982)
Black Sabbath: Blue Suede Shoes(1970)
U2: Rattle and Hum(1988)
Masked Singer Suomi(2020)
Honey Don't!(2025)
Poymay menya, esli smozesh(2024)
Bodkin(2024)
A Different Man(2024)
Johnny Cash: Half Mile a Day(2000)as Self
The Greatest(1998)as Self
Century of Country(1999)as Self
In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story(1999)as Self
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind(2022)as Self
Rock Legends(2013)as Self
Under the Volcano(2021)as Self
A Night to Remember - May 5th, 1973 at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA(2020)as Self
The Top Ten Revealed(2018)as Self
