Editing Carl Perkins (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Casey Jones Village Jackson TN 011.jpg|thumb|230px|Historic marker commemorating Perkins alongside other famous peers]] [[File:Casey Jones Village Jackson TN 012.jpg|thumb|230px|Continuation of the historic placard in tribute to Perkins]]
Perkins wrote his autobiography, ''Go, Cat, Go'', published in 1996, in collaboration with music writer David McGee in 1996. Plans for a biographical film were announced by Santa Monica-based production company Fastlane Entertainment;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413072953/http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-13 |title=''The Carl Perkins Story'' |publisher=Billboardpublicitywire.com |access-date=2011-11-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Rock 'N Roll Legend Carl Perkins's Much Anticipated Story To Come To The Big Screen| publisher = Billboard Publicity Wire| url = http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080413072953/http://www.billboardpublicitywire.com/releases/2007/8/prweb549339.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2008-04-13}}</ref> it was slated for release in 2009.

In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Perkins number 99 on its [[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| issue=946| magazine = Rolling Stone| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/| url-status =dead| archive-date =March 16, 2006}}</ref>

The [[National Recording Preservation Board]] included his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" in its [[List of recordings preserved in the United States National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry]] of the [[Library of Congress]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-2006reg.html |title=2006 National Recording Registry choices |publisher=Loc.gov |date=2011-05-13 |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref>

The Perkins family still owns his songs.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

[[Ricky Nelson]] covered Perkins's Boppin' the Blues and Your True Love on his 1957 debut album, ''[[Ricky (album)|Ricky]]''.

Many of the Beatles' live shows had rock 'n' roll covers of Carl Perkins's songs such as Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Matchbox and Honey Don't.

[[Drive-By Truckers]], on their album ''[[The Dirty South (album)|The Dirty South]]'', recorded a song about him, "[[Carl Perkins' Cadillac]]".
The Carl Perkins Arena in Jackson, Tennessee, is named in his honor.

''[[George Thorogood and the Destroyers (album)|George Thorogood and the Destroyers]]'' covered Dixie Fried on their 1985 album ''Maverick''. The Kentucky Headhunters also covered the song, as did Keith de Groot on his 1968 album ''No Introduction Necessary'' with [[Jimmy Page]] on lead guitar and John Paul Jones on bass.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/t/thorogood.html |title=George Thorogood & The Destroyers Albums |publisher=Softshoe-slim.com |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927004127/http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/t/thorogood.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Johnny "Kid Memphis" Holiday portrayed Perkins by in the 2005 [[Johnny Cash]] biopic ''[[Walk the Line]]''.

Perkins was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award during the Tennessee Music Awards event in 2018 at the University of Memphis Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee.