Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
Top Songs
| 1 | Blue Suede Shoes | ||
| 2 | Honey Don't | ||
| 3 | Sweethearts or Strangers (Remastered 2022) | ||
| 4 | Put Your Cat Clothes On (Remastered 2022) | ||
| 5 | Y.O.U. (Remastered 2022) |
Albums
Oct 2025 • 10 songs
Sep 2025 • 1 song
Aug 2025 • 1 song
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Biography
A fine bop-oriented pianist who overcame a slightly crippled left hand (due to polio), Carl Perkins was a victim of his drug problems, passing away when he was just 29. After stints with Tiny Bradshaw and Big Jay McNeely, he became a fixture on the West Coast. Perkins was with Oscar Moore's trio (1953-1954) and briefly played with an early version of the Max Roach-Clifford Brown quintet (1954), but is best-known for his association with Curtis Counce (1956-1958). Perkins, who composed one jazz standard ("Grooveyard"), recorded with Counce, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, Art Pepper, and...