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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins is best known for being the writer and original singer for the rockabilly anthem Blue Suede Shoes. Perkins was part of the renowned artists on the Sun label that included Elvis, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Despite his modest solo career, he persevered and created a body of work that is both critically acclaimed and massively influential for many singers, songwriters and guitar players.
His humble beginnings were in Tennessee where he played in a little band with his brothers. After hearing Elvis on the radio in 1954, Perkins drove down to Memphis to audition for the legendary record producer, Sam Phillips of Sun Records.
In 1956, he released Blue Suede Shoes that made him the first white, country artist to cross over on to the R&B charts. The song would alternate with Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel for the top spot. Eventually, Presley would record his version of the song.
Perkins’ career basically hit a nosedive even though he had some minor rockabilly hits in the form of Boppin’ the Blues and Your True Love. But it wasn’t until 1964, when he realised that The Beatles admired his music.
He went on to supervise the Fab Four’s recording of five of his songs including Matchbox, Honey Don’t and Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby. Rick Nelson and Patsy Cline also covered Perkins’ songs.
The rockabilly style was beginning to wane so Perkins decided to concentrate on country. He wrote the #1 hit Daddy Sang Bass for Johnny Cash and joined Cash’s touring group in 1969.
For the next twenty years, he continued to write for others and release his own material. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Perkins eventually passed away in 1998.
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash, born in Arkansas in 1932 was a singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He was known for his deep bass-baritone voice and as "The Man in Black" for his dark clothing. Although primarily known as a country music artist, his songs spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll as well as blues, folk and gospel.
Johnny's first recordings for Sun Records "Hey Porter” and "Cry Cry Cry” released in 1955 saw some success. However, his next record "Folsom Prison Blues" reached No. 5 in the country charts and "I Walk the Line" reached No.1. In the early 1960’s Cash battled with drink and drugs, however he continued to deliver with “Ring of Fire” reaching No.1 in the country music charts and and making the crossover to the pop charts.
Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 however, for the first part of this decade he failed to make any real impact musically, turning his hand to acting and writing instead. Cash’s career revived in the nineties when he won, among many other accolades, Grammys for the albums "American Recordings" and "Unchained."
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Johnny Cash died on September 12, 2003. He is buried next to his wife June Carter Cash at Hendersonville Memory Gardens in Tennessee.
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P.J. Proby
P. J. Proby, originally born James Marcus Smith on 6th November 1938 in Houston, Texas was educated at San Marcos Military Academy, Western Military Academy and Culver Naval Academy. After graduating he moved to California and became an actor and recording artist, he released two singles "Go, Girl, Go" and "Loud Perfume" on an independent label which went unnoticed. In 1962 he started writing songs and recording demos for artists like Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. He then auditioned for Liberty Records.
Proby created an individual fashion style wearing buckle shoes, pirate shirts, tying his ponytail back with a ribbon and wearing different coloured velvet suits for each day of the week. His trousers split on a number of occasions sending female fans into a frenzy but eventually causing tour managers to drop him in 1966.
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In 1964 he had a string of successful hits including "Hold Me" and "Together" (featuring guitarists Big Jim Sullivan and Jimmy Page), "Somewhere", "Maria" and "I Apologise". A royalty dispute in 1966 saw Proby split with Liberty Records. Proby then turned his hand to musical theatre and was very successful playing Elvis Presley in 'Elvis - The Musical'. The 1980s saw Proby covering a number of popular songs including Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart", Gloria Jone's "Tainted Love" and the Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The UK". Proby is still touring now.
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