Perkins, Carl Born 1932 in Tiptonville, Tenn. A regular on the Big D Jamboree (KRLD, Dallas, Texas) in 1956. Died in 1998. References:    Four-part feature article in issues 14-16 & 18 (1977-1978) of New Kommotion.    Sessionography in issue 20 (1978) of New Kommotion.    Interview in issue 2 (1979) of Rock & Roll Performers Magazine.    Feature article on "Blue Suede Shoes" in issue 58 (1995) of Rockin' Fifties.

Source: Bruce Grossberg

Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1955/Mar. 19 Bb c&w rev.	Flip 501		Movie Magg {1O , 2G} Turn Around {1e, 1T,1V}	1 1	F-18 F-19
1955/Oct. 22 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 224		Gone, Gone, Gone {H,N,Z, 1k, 1N,1O} Let The Juke Box Keep On Playing {t , 1e,1y, 1O,1T,1V , 2I}	1 1	U-95 U-94
1956/Jan. 21 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 234		Blue Suede Shoes {a,t,w, C,G,J,N,O,R,T,Z, 1d,1h,1o,1p,1q,1s,1t,1u,1z, 1A,1E,1F,1G,1J,1K,1L,1M,1P,1Q,1R,1T,1U,1V,1W,1X, 2c,2k,2m,2r, 2A,2F,2H,2P,2Q,2R} Honey, Don't! {p, C,N,R,S, 1a, 1F,1T,1V,1X, 2m,2r, 2A,2H,2K,2L}	1 1	U-176 U-177
1956/Feb. (Bb est.)	Sun 235		Tennessee {1e , 2v} Sure To Fall {J, 1e , 2E}		U-179 U-178
1956/June 16 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 243		Boppin' The Blues {s,t,w, J,N,R,T, 1d,1h,1p,1q,1u, 1G,1I,1J,1L,1M,1P, 2h,2k,2r,2s, 2F,2R} All Mama's Children {1a , 2r,2w}	1 1	U-194 U-195
1956/Sept. 8 Bb pop rev.	Sun 249		Dixie Fried {t, J,M,P, 1c,1i,1r,1u, 1R,1T,1V, 2w, 2R,2S} I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry {y , 2o}	1 1	U-211 U-210
1957/Feb. 16 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 261		Matchbox {r, C,G,J,N,R,S, 1b,1f,1p, 1F,1M,1Q,1R,1T, 2b,2h,2y,2z, 2J,2T} Your True Love {p, B,N, 1p, 1M, 2d,2l,2y,2z}	1 1	U-231 U-235
1957/Sept. (Bb est.)	Sun 274		That's Right {J, 1c , 2x, 2D,2O} Forever Yours {2D}	1 1	U-259 U-258
1958/Jan. 6 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 287		Glad All Over {H, 1c, 1L, 2q,2u} Lend Me Your Comb {G,N , 1Q, 2q}	2 2	U-288 U-289
	Sun EP 115		Blue Suede Shoes  [monaural] Blue Suede Shoes Movie Magg Sure To Fall Gone, Gone, Gone	1 1 1 1	EP-18 EP-18 EP-19 EP-19
1958 mx series	Columbia B-12341		Whole Lotta Shakin'  [monaural] Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On That's All Right {n , 1n, 1Y} Tutti-Frutti I Got A Woman	1 1 1 1	ZEP 43877 ZEP 43877 ZEP 43878 ZEP 43878
1958/Mar. 17 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-41131		Jive After Five {c,m, V, 1m} Pink Pedal Pushers {c,e,l, V, 1l , 2i}	1 1	JZSP 43138 JZSP 43140
1958/July 14 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41207		Pop, Let Me Have The Car {n , 1n , 2j} Levi Jacket (And A Long Tail Shirt)	1 1	JZSP 44041 JZSP 44042
1958/Dec. 1 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41296		This Life I Live Y-O-U	1 1	JZSP 45005 JZSP 45004
1959/Apr. 20 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41379		Pointed Toe Shoes {b,l, U, 1l , 2i} Highway Of Love	1 1	ZSP 47031 ZSP 47030
1959/Aug. 17 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41449		One Ticket To Loneliness I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore	1 1	ZSP 47032 ZSP 47029
1960/Apr. 25 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41651		L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E Too Much For A Man To Understand	1 1	ZSP 50125 ZSP 50124
1960/Oct. 31 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41825		Honey 'Cause I Love You Just For You	1 1	ZSP 45228 ZSP 51805
1961/July 17 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-42061		Anyway The Wind Blows The Unhappy Girls	1	ZSP 54155 ZSP 54157
1962/Apr. 14 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-42405		Hollywood City The Fool I Used To Be	1 1	ZSP 56473 ZSP 56683
1962/Aug. 4 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-42514		Hambone Sister Twister	1 1	ZSP 57675 ZSP 57674
1963/Apr. 6 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-42753		I've Just Got Back From There Forget Me (Next Time Around)	1 1	ZSP 59490 ZSP 59489
1963/Oct. 12 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 31548		Help Me Find My Baby For A Little While	1 1	113,950+ 113,948
1964/Feb. 15 Bb pop rev.	Decca 31591		After Sundown I Wouldn't Have You {W}	1 1	113,947 113,949+
1964/Dec. 12 Bb hot rev.	Decca 31709		Let My Baby Be {X , 1B,1C,1D} The Monkeyshine {X , 1B}	1 1	115,286+ 115,287
1957 (BSN est.)	Sun SLP-1225		Dance Album Of Carl Perkins  [monaural] Blue Suede Shoes Movie Magg Sure To Fall Gone, Gone, Gone Honey Don't {J} Only You Tennessee Wrong Yo Yo {2x} Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby {x, A, 1a,1r, 1T,1V, 2m,2s, 2S} Matchbox Your True Love Boppin' The Blues	1           1	1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1958/Nov. 3 Bb Aud.	Columbia CL-1234		Whole Lotta Shakin'  [monaural] Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Tutti-Frutti Shake, Rattle And Roll Sittin' On Top Of The World Ready Teddy Long Tall Sally That's All Right Where The Rio De Rosa Flows {b,d,e, U} Good Rockin' Tonight I Got A Woman Hey, Good Lookin' Jenny, Jenny	1 1 1 1 1 1
1961 (BSN est.)	Sun SLP-1225		Teen Beat: The Best Of Carl Perkins  [monaural] Blue Suede Shoes Movie Magg Sure To Fall Gone, Gone, Gone Honey Don't Only You Tennessee Wrong Yo Yo Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby Matchbox Your True Love Boppin' The Blues
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[live recording]		Blue Suede Shoes [live vers.] {Y, 1g, 1Z} Boppin' The Blues [live vers.] {Y} Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby {1g, 1Z} I Got A Woman {1g, 1Z} Matchbox {Y} Pointed Toe Shoes {Y} She Knows How To Rock Me {Y} Slippin' And Slidin' {1g, 1Z} That's All Right {1g, 1Z} Your True Love {Y}
1954 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Honky Tonk Gal {L , 1S , 2C} Movie Magg [alt. vers.] {1j} Turn Around [alt. vers.] {1j}
1955 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Honey, Don't! [alt. vers. 1] Honey, Don't! [alt. vers. 2] {2m} What You Doin' When You're Cryin' {2C} You Can't Make Love To Somebody [vers. 1] {1k} You Can't Make Love To Somebody [vers. 2] {2m} You Can't Make Love To Somebody [vers. 3] {2n} You Can't Make Love To Somebody [vers. 4]
1956 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Boppin' The Blues [alt. vers. 1] {p} Dixie Fried [alt. vers.] {2m} Perkins Wiggle {f,o, I, 1a,1w , 2w, 2C} Somebody Tell Me {a} Sweetheart's A Stranger {z , 2v} That Don't Move Me {a, I,J,Z, 1w, 1G, 2k} That Don't Move Me [vers. 7] {2m}
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Caldonia {o, F, 1b,1f , 2y, 2C} Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby [alt. vers.] {2m} Her Love Rubbed Off On Me {h,j,k,q, J , 2f,2x, 2M} Look At That Moon [vers. 1] {1j , 2p} Look At That Moon [vers. 2] Pink Pedal Pushers [alt. vers.] {f,o,p,u, E , 2x, 2C} Put Your Cat Clothes On [vers. 1] {g,t,v, D,F,G,K,Z, 1i,1u,1v, 1G,1H,1M,1N,1Q,1W, 2a,2g,2k,2t, 2B,2J,2R} Put Your Cat Clothes On [vers. 2] Put Your Cat Clothes On [vers. 3] {1j} Put Your Cat Clothes On [vers. 17] {2m} Put Your Cat Clothes On [vers. 18] {2m} Roll Over Beethoven {f, O,R,S, 1b,1f,1i,1r, 1J,1M, 2e,2y, 2C,2J,2S} Y-O-U [alt. vers.] You Can Do No Wrong {u, E , 2y, 2C}
1963	Decca unissued		Say When {2N}
	[unissued]		Because You're Mine {n , 1n} Big Taxes {i} Drink Up And Go Home I Care It Started {i, Q} Keeper Of The Keys Lonely Street Right String Baby (But The Wrong Yo Yo) {1c} Rockin' Record Hop {n , 1n,1x} Somebody Tell Me

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations not included

Acknowledgments:   Both Sides Now, Bobby Briggs, CMF Library, Don Chambers, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Peter Gold, Bernd Hermoneit, Kurt Krauter, Gerd Miller, Michel Proost, Rock & Roll Musik Magazin, Perica Sucevic, Svein Arne Vikesdal, Joe Wajgel, Bjorn Witlox, eBay