Carl Perkins

...[1965] and going, 'Holy cow!' Or it maybe was hearing The Rolling Stones talk about Howlin' Wolf or The Beatles talking about Carl Perkins and then checking that stuff out," says Tench. That's what was great when you hear people talking...

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...South boasts the best storytelling this side of a Ghostface Killah record, and nearly as many dead bodies. Some are famous, like Carl Perkins, John Wayne, and Sheriff Buford Pusser, who gets a memorably underhanded tribute (from a...

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Displaying (or celebrating) their influences even further, Side Two has a pair of tracks penned by their rockabilly hero Carl Perkins: Ringo gets a go on the fluff of "Honey Don't", laughing his way through the shuffle, while Harrison...

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...Thursday night at the Apollo Theater Chicago. The musical -- inspired by a 1956 recording session with Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley -- is a must see for all rock 'n' roll enthusiasts. The cast is wildly...

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...much less an entire society of them.) In the beginning, the Fab Four had similar musical influences. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, and Chuck Berry all provided musical inspiration for their early sound, as well as...

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Who knows what really happened on that legendary December afternoon in 1956 when Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all happened to show up at producer Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee? Sure, we...

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...follow. Meanwhile, Chicago audiences can continue to enjoy this phenomenal tribute to the music of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley -- recently extended through Jan. 3 at the Apollo Theatre on North Lincoln. TUNE...

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...to Move Into the Nederlander A new musical, based on a 1956 recording session that brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley, will move in next year. The revival of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"...

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...made by the label's visionary founder, Sam Phillips. In the 1950s Phillips had discovered Presley, Lewis, Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and dozens of other rockabilly, blues and R&B acts. In 1955 Phillips had sold Presley's contract, and...

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...of Sixteen Magazine with a photo of "The Million Dollar Quartet" showing performers Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, and signed by Perkins and Cash, is part of The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley...

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