Carl Lee Perkins was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954.

If we’re to use the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” adage as an example for this story, Carl Perkins would be the “convicted, little, old skinny-arm” wheel, and a shiny new record deal courtesy of Sam ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The recording came from a 1981 concert in Stuttgart, where Cash was already scheduled to perform. By coincidence, Lewis and ...

On Dec. 4, 1956, four musicians — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash — met for an impromptu jam session in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Those sounds are ...

Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of the originators of rockabilly. Perkins' singing, guitar playing and songwriting brought together country and rock 'n' roll. He recorded at Sun Records, the label ...