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Carl Perkins is best known for writing and recording "Blue Suede Shoes," which was released on the 1st of January, 1956, and became the first Sun Records release to sell a million copies. He is also known for songs including "Honey Don't," "Matchbox," and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby," all of which were covered by the Beatles.
Carl Perkins recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on the 19th of December, 1955. The session was produced by Sam Phillips, who suggested the lyric "Go, cat, go."
On the 22nd of March, 1956, Perkins was seriously injured in a car accident on Route 13 in Delaware while traveling to a Perry Como Show appearance. He sustained three fractured vertebrae in his neck, a broken collar bone, and a severe concussion. While he recuperated, Elvis Presley performed "Blue Suede Shoes" multiple times on national television.
The Beatles recorded covers of "Honey Don't," "Matchbox," and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby." Ringo Starr sang lead on "Honey Don't" and "Matchbox"; George Harrison sang lead on "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby." The royalties from these recordings allowed Perkins to buy a farm for his parents.
Carl Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. His recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was included in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2006.
Carl Perkins cited Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe as early influences heard through Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts. A significant influence was John Westbrook, a Black field worker in his sixties who played blues and gospel guitar in the cotton fields where Perkins worked as a child, and who advised him to feel the music travel through his body.