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==Discography== ===Original albums=== * ''Dance Album'' (1957) * ''Whole Lotta Shakin''' (1958) * ''Country Boy's Dream'' (1967) * ''Original Golden Hits'' (1969) * ''On Top'' (Columbia, 1969) * ''Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits'' (1969, re-recordings) * ''Boppin' the Blues'' (1970, with [[NRBQ]]) * ''My Kind of Country'' (Mercury, 1973) * ''The Carl Perkins Show'' (1976) * ''Mr. Country Rock'' (Demand, 1977) * ''Ol' Blue Suede's Back'' (1978) * ''Country Soul'' (1979) * ''Rock 'N Gospel'' (1979) * ''Cane Creek Glory Church'' (1979) * ''Live at Austin City Limits'' (1981) * ''That Rockin' Guitar Man'' (1981) * ''The [[Million Dollar Quartet]]'' (with [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], and [[Johnny Cash]]) (1981) * ''[[The Survivors (album)|The Survivors]]'' (with Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash) (1982) * ''Presenting Carl Perkins'' (Accord, 1982) * ''Every Road'' (Joker, 1982) * ''Goin' Back to Memphis'' (Joker, 1982) * ''Boppin' the New Bleus'' (1982) * ''Born to Boogie'' (O'Hara Records, 1982) * ''This Ole House'' (1982) * ''Presenting'' (1982) * ''The Heart and Soul of Carl Perkins'' (Allegiance, 1983) * ''Disciple in Blue Suede Shoes'' (1984) * ''Gospel'' (1984) * ''Carl Perkins'' (Dot, 1985) * ''[[Class of '55]]'' (with [[Roy Orbison]], Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash) (1986) * ''Original Sun Greatest Hits'' (1986) * ''[[Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session]]'' (1986) * ''Up Through the Years 1954β57'' (1986) * ''[[Born to Rock (album)|Born to Rock]]'' (1989) * ''706 Re-Union'' (with [[Scotty Moore]]) (1990) * ''Country Boy's Dream β The Dollie Masters'' (Bear Family, 1991) * ''Friends, Family & Legends'' (1992) * ''Carl Perkins & Sons'' (with Greg Perkins and Stan Perkins) (1993) * ''Take Me Back'' (1993) * ''[[Go Cat Go!]]'' (with various guest stars) (1996) * ''The Silver Eagle Cross Country: Carl Perkins Live'' (1997) * ''Live at Gilley's'' (1999) * ''Live'' (2000) * ''Back on Top'' β (Bear Family, 2000; 4 CDs, comprising 1968β1975) ===Guest appearances=== * ''Judds: Greatest Hits Volume II'' (1991) * ''Philip Claypool: Perfect World'' (1999) ===Charted albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Label |- |- ! scope="col" style-"width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Billboard 200|US]] <br/><ref name="BB 1959- info">{{cite web |title=Carl Perkins: Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/carl-perkins/chart-history/hsi/ |website=Billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | [[Top Country Albums|US Country]] <br/><ref name="BB 1959- info"/> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK <br/><ref name="UK OCC chart info 2024">{{cite web |title=Official Charts: Artists: Carl Perkins |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/3424/carl-perkins/ |website=OfficialCharts.com |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=January 13, 2024}}</ref> |- |- | rowspan="3"| 1969 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits'' (re-recordings) | β | 32 | β | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Columbia |- | style="text-align:left;"| ''On Top'' | β | 42 | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| ''Original Golden Hits'' | β | 43 | β | style="text-align:left; | Sun |- | 1973 | style="text-align:left;"| ''My Kind of Country'' | β | 48 | β | style="text-align:left;"| Mercury |- | 1978 | style="text-align:left;"| ''Ol' Blue Suede's Back'' | β | β | 38 | style="text-align:left;"| Columbia |- | 1982 | style="text-align:left;"| ''[[The Survivors Live]]''<br /><small>(with [[Johnny Cash]] and [[Jerry Lee Lewis]])</small> | β | 21 | β | style="text-align:left;"| Columbia |- | 1986 | style="text-align:left;"| ''[[Class of '55]]''<br /><small>(with Jerry Lee Lewis, [[Roy Orbison]] and Johnny Cash)</small> | 87 | 15 | β | style="text-align:left;"| America/Mercury |} ===Charted singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:45px;"| [[Hot Country Songs|US Billboard Country]]<br/><ref name="BB 1959- info"/> <!-- excludes 1956-October 1958 --> ! style="width:45px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US Billboard]]<!-- excludes 1956-August/October 1958 --> ! style="width:45px;"| [[Cashbox (magazine)|US Cashbox]] ! style="width:45px;"| [[Cashbox (magazine)|US Cashbox Country]] ! style="width:45px;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN Country]] ! style="width:45px;"| UK <br/><ref name="UK OCC chart info 2024"/> |- | rowspan="4"| 1956 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]" | 1 | 2 | 2<ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB peak week 1">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top Singles 4/28/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives/50s_files/19560428.html |website=Cashbox Archives |publisher=Cashbox |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=April 28, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB peak week 2">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top Singles 5/05/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives/50s_files/19560428.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=May 5, 1956}}</ref> | 2{{refn|group=nb|"Blue Suede Shoes" peaked at #2 for 9 weeks.<ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 1">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 03/31/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560331C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=March 31, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 2">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 04/07/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560407C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=April 7, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 3">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 04/14/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560414C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=April 14, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 4">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 04/21/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560421C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=April 21, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 5">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 04/28/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560428C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=April 28, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 6">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 05/05/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560505C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=May 5, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 7">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 05/12/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560512C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=May 12, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 8">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 05/19/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560519C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=May 19, 2024 |date=May 19, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Blue Suede Shoes CB Country peak week 9">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 06/02/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560602C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=June 2, 1956}}</ref>}} | β | 10 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Dance Album of ... Carl Perkins'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Boppin' the Blues]]" | 7 | 70 | 47<ref name="Boppin' the Blues CB peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top Singles 6/30/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives/50s_files/19560630.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=June 30, 1956}}</ref> | 12<ref name="Boppin' the Blues CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 8/04/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19560804C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 15, 2024 |date=August 4, 1956}}</ref> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Dixie Fried]]" | 10 | β | β | 15{{refn|group=nb|"Dixie Fried" peaked at #15 for 3 weeks.<ref name="Dixie Fried CB Country peak week 1">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 10/13/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19561013C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=October 13, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Dixie Fried CB Country peak week 2">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 10/20/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19561020C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=October 20, 1956}}</ref><ref name="Dixie Fried CB Country peak week 3">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 10/27/56 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19561027C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 16, 2024 |date=October 27, 1956}}</ref>}} | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''Original Golden Hits'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry" | flip | β | β | β | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''Blue Suede Shoes'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1957 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Your True Love]]" | 13 | 67 | β | 15<ref name="YourTrueLove CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 03/23/1957 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19570323C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 22, 2024 |date=March 23, 1957}}</ref> | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''Dance Album of ... Carl Perkins'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Lend Me Your Comb" | β | β | 60<ref name="Lend Me Your Comb CB peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top Singles 1/25/58 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives/50s_files/19580125.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=January 25, 1958}}</ref> | β | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| |- | 1958 | style="text-align:left;"| "Pink Pedal Pushers" | 17 | 91 | β | 17<ref name="Pink Pedal Pushers CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 05/31/1958 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/50s_files/19580531C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 22, 2024 |date=May 31, 1958}}</ref> | β | β | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''The King of Rock'' |- | 1959 | style="text-align:left;"| "Pointed Toe Shoes" | β | 93<ref name="BB 1959- info"/> | 86<ref name="Pointed Toe Shoes CB peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Top Singles 5/23/59 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives/50s_files/19590523.html |website=Cashbox Archives |access-date=June 14, 2024 |date=May 23, 1959}}</ref> | β | β | β |- | 1966 | style="text-align:left;"| "Country Boy's Dream" | 22 | β | β | 28<ref name="Country Boy's Dream CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 2/18/67 |url=https://cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/60s_files/19670218C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |publisher=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=July 1, 2024 |date=February 18, 1967}}</ref> | β | β | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Country Boy's Dream'' |- | 1967 | style="text-align:left;"| "Shine, Shine, Shine" | 40 | β | β | 41<ref name="Shine, Shine, Shine CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 6/17/67 |url=https://www.cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/60s_files/19670617C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |publisher=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=December 22, 2024 |date=June 17, 1967}}</ref> | β | β |- | 1969 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Restless (Carl Perkins song)|Restless]]" | 20 | β | β | 30<ref name="Restless CB Country peak">{{cite web |title=Cash Box Country Singles 3/01/69 |url=https://cashboxarchives.com/archives-c/60s_files/19690301C.html |website=Cashbox Archives |publisher=Cashbox Magazine |access-date=July 5, 2024 |date=March 1, 1969}}</ref> | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1971 | style="text-align:left;"| "Me Without You" | 65 | β | β | β | β | β | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''The Man Behind Johnny Cash'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Cotton Top" | 53 | β | β | β | β | β |- | 1972 | style="text-align:left;"| "High on Love" | 60 | β | β | β | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| Single only |- | 1973 | style="text-align:left;"| "(Let's Get) Dixiefried" <small>(1973 version)</small> | 61 | β | β | β | β | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''My Kind of Country'' |- | 1986 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Birth of Rock and Roll]]" | 31 | β | β | β | 44 | β | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Class of '55'' |- | 1987 | style="text-align:left;"| "Class of '55" | 83 | β | β | β | β | β |- | 1989 | style="text-align:left;"| "Charlene" | β | β | β | β | 74 | β | style="text-align:left;"| ''Born to Rock'' |} ===''Billboard'' Year-end performances=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" ! Year ! Song ! Year-end<br>Position |- | scope="row" | [[Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1956|1956]] | "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]" | 18 |- |}
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