Editing Carl Perkins (section)

=== Sun Records ===
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Perkins successfully auditioned for [[Sam Phillips]] at [[Sun Records]] in early October 1954. "[[Movie Magg]]" and "Turn Around" were released on the Phillips-owned Flip label (151) on March 19, 1955.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/labels/f/f461.htm |title=Flip (Tenn.) (RCS Label Listing) |access-date=2014-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713180341/http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/labels/f/f461.htm |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> "Turn Around" became a regional success, and Perkins was booked to appear along with Elvis Presley at theaters in [[Marianna, Arkansas|Marianna]] and [[West Memphis, Arkansas]].<ref name="nytimesobit"/><ref>[[#gocatgo|Perkins, pp. 106–108.]]</ref> [[Johnny Cash]] and the [[Tennessee Two]] were the next Sun musicians to be added to the shows. During the summer of 1955 they had junkets to [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] and [[Forrest City, Arkansas]], and to [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]] and [[Tupelo, Mississippi]]. Again performing at El Rancho, the Perkins brothers were involved in an automobile accident in Woodside, Delaware. A friend who was driving was pinned by the steering wheel. Perkins  dragged him from the burning car. Clayton was thrown from the car but was not seriously injured.<ref>[[#gocatgo|Perkins, pp. 122–124.]]</ref>

Sun released another Perkins song, "Gone Gone Gone",<ref>[http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/pics/d03/3234.htm]{{dead link|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/ss/03/ss3287.mp3 |format=MP3 |title=MP3 recording |publisher=Rcs-discography.com |access-date=2015-08-17}}</ref> in October 1955,<ref name="rcs-discography1">{{cite web |url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm |title=Perkins, Carl (RCS Artist Discography) |access-date=2014-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717234900/http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> which also became a regional success. It was a "bounce blues in flavorsome combined country and R&B idioms".<ref>''Billboard'', October 22, 1955. "Reviews of New C&W Records." p. 44.</ref> The A-side was the more traditional country song "[[Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing]]".<ref>[http://www.boija.com/skivor/sun_carl.htm The Carl Perkins Sun collection.]</ref>

Commenting on Perkins's playing, Sam Phillips has been quoted as saying

<blockquote>I knew that Carl could rock and in fact he told me right from the start that he had been playing that music before Elvis came out on record&nbsp;... I wanted to see whether this was someone who could revolutionize the country end of the business.<ref>[[Colin Escott|Escott, Colin]]; Hawkins, Martin. ''Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll''. Google eBook. Retrieved 10.11.2011.</ref></blockquote>

Also in the autumn of 1955, Perkins wrote "[[Blue Suede Shoes]]" <ref name=pc8/> inspired by seeing a dancer get angry with his date for scuffing up his shoes.<ref>Perkins, Carl; McGee, David (1996). ''Go, Cat, Go!'' Hyperion Press. p. 129. {{ISBN|0-7868-6073-1}}.</ref> Several weeks later, on December 19, 1955, Perkins and his band recorded the song during a session at Sun Studio in Memphis. Phillips suggested changes to the lyrics ("Go, cat, go"), and the band changed the end of the song to a "[[boogie-woogie|boogie]] [[vamp (music)|vamp]]".<ref name=miller>Miller, James (1999). ''Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947–1977''. Simon & Schuster. pp. 124–25. {{ISBN|0-684-80873-0}}.</ref>

After Sun records headliner Presley left for [[RCA Records|RCA]] in November 1955, Phillips told Perkins, "You're my rockabilly cat now."<ref>[[#legends|Naylor, p. 135.]]</ref> Sun released "Blue Suede Shoes" on January 1, 1956 and it became a massive chart success. In the United States, it reached number one on [[Billboard magazine]]'s [[country music]] chart (the only number one success he would have) and number two on the Billboard Best Sellers popular music chart. On February 11, Presley performed it on CBS-TV's ''[[Stage Show]]''. On March 17, Perkins became the first country artist to reach number three on the [[rhythm and blues]] charts.<ref name=miller/><ref name="naylor137">[[#legends|Naylor, p. 137.]]</ref> That night, he performed the song on ABC-TV's [[Ozark Jubilee]] and Presley reprised his performance on Stage Show.

In the [[United Kingdom]], Perkins's song reached number 10 on the British charts. It was the first record by a Sun artist to sell a million copies.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd
|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/84]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/84}}</ref> The Beatles covered the B side, [[Honey Don't]],<ref name=pc8/> [[Wanda Jackson]] and in the 1970s, [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]. [[John Lennon]] originally sang the song when the Beatles performed it.  Later it was given to [[Ringo Starr]], one of his few leads during his time with the band. Lennon also performed the song on the ''Lost Lennon Tapes''.<ref name="naylor137"/>{{when|date=November 2022}}