By coincidence, Lewis and Perkins were also touring in Germany at the time and ended up at the same venue. What happened next ...

Michigan audiences will have a chance to listen to some of the songs and stories they shared on that historic day.

If we’re to use the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” adage as an example for this story, Carl Perkins would be the “convicted, little, old skinny-arm” wheel, and a shiny new record deal courtesy of Sam ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. Back then, rockabilly music was just coming into fashion, with “Blue Suede Shoes” being one of the first highly successful ...

Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the other three — Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — and he’s ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...

In the early 1950s, Carl Perkins finally wore down Sun Records founder Sam Phillips enough for an audition. It paid off for the both of them. Born on this day (April 9) in 1932 to poor sharecroppers ...

"Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly" by Jeff Apter, Citadel, 240 pages Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the ...

CARL PERKINS: (Singing) Well it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready. Now go, cat, go. But don't you step on my blue suede shoes. You can do anything but lay off my blue suede ...