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1932 - Carl Perkins 1932~1998, was born in rural Tiptonville, Tennessee.

1941 - Kay Adams Tower label recording artist, was born Princetta Kay Adams in Knox City, Texas.

1942 - Margo Smith singer, songwriter, and actress, born Dayton, Ohio.

1958 - Johnny Cash recorded "Guess Things Happen That Way" at Sun Studio in Memphis. Cowboy Jack Clement wrote the song, and produced the session. Session personnel included: John Cash~vocals & guitar; Luther Perkins~guitar; Marshall Grant~bass; Jimmy Wilson~piano; J.M. Van Eaton~drums; Ed Bruce, Sara Bruce, Nita Smith and Lee Holt~backing vocals. This recording was a #1 country hit, and topped out at #11 on the pop charts.

1961 - Patsy Cline' s #1 single "I Fall To Pieces," charted today.

1962 - 34e remise des oscars. La soirée est dominée par le film WEST SIDE STORY.

1968 - Elvis Presley's RCA album "Loving You" was certified Gold by the RIAA.

1981 - The Carl Perkins Museum opened in Jackson, Tennessee, on Carl' s birthday.

1990 - Darrell Glenn 1935~1990, age 54, died from cancer in Fort Worth, Texas. Darrell was a regular on Bewley' s Barn Dance on WBAP-TV, and recorded for numerous record labels.

1997 - Mae Boren Axton 1914~1997, age 82, songwriter, author, and mother of Hoyt Axton, died in Nashville. Mae was laid to rest in Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Carl Perkins Dies at 65; Rockabilly Pioneer Wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'


By JON PARELES
Published: January 20, 1998

On March 22, Mr. Perkins and his band were driving to New York City to perform the song on ''The Perry Como Show,'' which would have provided national exposure, but their Chrysler rear-ended a truck. Mr. Perkins suffered a broken collarbone. His brother Jay had a broken neck and two year later died of a brain tumor.

By April, ''Blue Suede Shoes'' had sold a million copies, and Mr. Perkins was back on tour. He was also writing and recording more rockabilly standards: ''Boppin' the Blues,'' ''Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby,'' ''Dixie Fried'' and ''Matchbox,'' which had Mr. Lewis on piano.

The day ''Matchbox'' was recorded, Presley visited the studio. Along with Mr. Cash (who left early), Mr. Perkins, Mr. Lewis and Presley spent more than an hour singing gospel, country and rhythm-and-blues songs while a tape rolled. The casual session was called ''The Million Dollar Quartet'' by a local newspaper the next day, and was eventually released on a disk in 1990.

Sun Records failed to follow up the success of ''Blue Suede Shoes,'' and Mr. Perkins was also receiving a low royalty rate. In 1958, he signed with Columbia Records, beginning decades of false career starts and rediscoveries.

During the early 60's, Mr. Perkins became a regular performer at the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Clayton Perkins left his brother's band in 1963; he committed suicide in 1973.

Touring England with Chuck Berry for the first time in 1964, Mr. Perkins found an eager new audience. His fans included the Beatles, who invited him to Abbey Road Studios for a recording session. There they sang his songs. They later released ''Matchbox'' and, from other sessions, ''Honey Don't'' and ''Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby.''

Back in the United States, Mr. Perkins toured the country circuit. Onstage in Dyersburg, Tenn., he caught his left hand in the blades of a fan, losing the use of his pinky. Nearly a year later, during a hunting trip, his shotgun accidently discharged, hitting his left ankle and leaving him with a slight limp.

When he recovered, he began almost a decade of touring as Mr. Cash's opening act. On tour in 1968, after one of his worst drinking binges, he decided to sober up.

He joined Mr. Cash's band, providing music for Mr. Cash's hit ''A Boy Named Sue'' and writing ''Daddy Sang Bass,'' which was a No. 1 country hit for Mr. Cash.

During one of Mr. Cash's television specials, Mr. Perkins met Mr. Dylan and they collaborated on a song called ''Champaign, Illinois,'' which Mr. Perkins recorded in 1969. He shared an album, ''Boppin' the Blues,'' with NRBQ, a younger band with a streak of rockabilly. He left Mr. Cash's revue in 1975.
He started a new band with his sons Carl Stanley on guitar and Gregory Jay on bass. He sued Mr. Phillips over his Sun Records hits, receiving some back royalties and regaining control of his publishing rights, including those for ''Blue Suede Shoes.''

In 1981, Mr. Perkins founded the Exchange Club Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. He performed on Mr. McCartney's ''Tug of War'' album in 1981, and he and Mr. Lewis joined Mr. Cash onstage in Stuttgart, Germany, for a live recording that was released in 1982 as ''The Survivors.''

His rediscovery continued through the 1980's and 90's. With Mr. Lewis, Mr. Cash and Roy Orbison, he recorded ''Class of '55'' for Polygram. The album brought Mr. Perkins a Grammy Award in the spoken-word category for reminiscences about his Memphis years.

A Cinemax television special called ''A Rockabilly Session: Carl Perkins and Friends'' presented Mr. Perkins alongside Mr. Harrison, Ringo Starr and Mr. Clapton.

In 1986, the Academy of Country Music gave Mr. Perkins its Career Achievement Award, and in 1987 he was inducted into the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame. His birthplace opened the Carl Perkins Museum in his restored childhood home. One of Mr. Perkins's songs, ''Let Me Tell You About Love,'' was recorded by the Judds in 1989 with Mr. Perkins on lead guitar; it became a No. 1 country hit. His own 1989 album, ''Born to Rock,'' was on a label that dissolved just after the album was released.

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