Carl Perkins

Carl Perkins is a singer of American rock'n'roll born on April 9th, 1932 with Tiptonville in Tennessee. Died on January 19th, 1998 at the 65 years age.

It is resulting from an agricultural medium where it starts to work any young person in the cotton fields. The day, it learns the Gospel there and at night it listens to Blues and Country on local radios.

In 1953, individual of Elvis pushes it to try its chance near Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Records. In 1955, Carl Perkins had a pair of suede shoes blue. He was due to it particularly and fearing that one did not damage them while walking to him on the feet. It was the time of the birth of Rock' Roll. Resulting from rural Tennessee, marked by the blues of the blacks and the country music of the white, it drew a song in 1956 from it, Blue Sweden Shoes which becomes its true first hit, but also an anthem for youth. Additional prowess, it is essential into simultaneous in the charts Rhythm and blues, pop and country.

It mixes picking, speed and devastators agreements. Thanks to him, the Rockabilly gains its noble letters.

Then from the ridge of its glory, he escapes from little from dead at the time of an accident during which its manager dies. Carl passes the remainder of the year to the hospital enters depresses and telegrams of Presley, who will record his own version of Blues Sweden Shoes and will become what one knows in the place of Carl!

In 1958, in spite of its chronic Alcoholism, it signs on Columbia for some hits minor. In 1963, whereas it turns with Chuck Berry, the Beatles declare how much its influence at summer decisive on their compositions.

But it is especially its meeting with Johnny Cash and her participation in the televised show of the latter which enable him to be rebuilt. The course of their careers is identical (departure and return to Country, battles gained against the alcohol and the Drogue S). It signs a contract discographic and gives up Rockabilly dying for variations Country then Rock.

It decides to form a group with its sons and to assemble its own label. At the beginning of the Years 1980, it carries out sessions with Paul McCartney and occurs with Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. The England, ground of asylum for the American rockers , acclaims it.

Cured of a Cancer of the throat in 1993, it continues to write, to deal of its two restaurants and its foundation for the beaten children. With the passing of years, he saw his compositions taken again by Beatles (5), Ricky Nelson, Johnny Burnette, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton and The Stray Cats.

The last album of Carl Perkins, Go Cat Go, in 1996, comprises new collaborations with in particular Paul Frederic Simon, John Fogerty, Tom Petty and Bono.

He dies into 1998 of a relapse of his cancer of the throat and after several months of suffering. He is buried with the cemetery of Ridgescrest with Jackson (Tennessee).

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