Person
Carl Perkins
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- April 9, 1932 · 65 years
- Death
- January 19, 1998
- Origin
- Tiptonville, Tennessee, USA
Professional Trajectory
Carl Lee Perkins was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career 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".
