Editing Carl Perkins (section)

===Life after Sun===
In 1958, Perkins moved to [[Columbia Records]] for which he recorded "Jive After Five", "Rockin' Record Hop", "Levi Jacket (And a Long Tail Shirt)", "Pop, Let Me Have the Car", "Pink Pedal Pushers", "Any Way the Wind Blows", "Hambone", "Pointed Toe Shoes", "Sister Twister", "L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E" and other songs.<ref name="rcs-discography1"/>

In 1959, he wrote the [[country & western]] song [[The Ballad of Boot Hill]] for Johnny Cash who recorded it on an [[extended play|EP]] for Columbia Records. That same year, Perkins was cast in a Filipino movie produced by People's Pictures, ''Hawaiian Boy'' in which he sang Blue Suede Shoes.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

He performed often at the [[Golden Nugget Las Vegas|Golden Nugget Casino]] in Las Vegas in 1962 and 1963.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} During this time, he toured nine Midwestern states and made a tour in Germany.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} In 1962, [[Patsy Cline]] recorded [[So Wrong]], which Carl wrote with [[Mel Tillis]] and [[Danny Dill]], and had a #14 hit on the Country charts.

In May 1964, Perkins toured [[UK|Britain]] with [[Chuck Berry]] with the popular, young rock group, [[The Animals]] backing them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckberry.de/tour1964.htm#Chuck%20Berry |title=Tour Information 1964 |publisher=Chuckberry.de |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref> Perkins had been reluctant to undertake the tour, convinced that as forgotten as he had become in America, he would be even more obscure in the U.K. and did not want to be humiliated by drawing meager audiences. Berry assured him that they had remained much more popular in Britain since the 1950s than they had in the United States and that there would be large crowds of fans at every show. On the last night of the tour, Perkins attended a party where he sat on the floor sharing stories, playing guitar, and singing songs while surrounded by the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]. Ringo Starr asked if he could record Honey Don't. Perkins answered, "Man, go ahead, have at it."<ref>[[#legends|Naylor, p. 142.]]</ref> The Beatles later recorded covers of [[Matchbox (song)|Matchbox]], [[Honey Don't]] and [[Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby]] which Perkins adapted from a song originally recorded in 1936 by [[Rex Griffin]] which he added new music to. (A song with the same title was recorded by Roy Newman in 1938). Ringo sang the lead on the first two, [[George Harrison]] sang a rare lead on the third. The Beatles also recorded two versions of Glad All Over in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Beatles "Glad All Over" |url=http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_beatles/glad_all_over.html |title=The Beatles Lyrics - Glad All Over |publisher=Oldielyrics.com |access-date=2011-11-25}}</ref> Another tour to Germany followed in the autumn.

He released Big Bad Blues backed with Lonely Heart as a single on Brunswick Records with [[the Nashville Teens]] in June, 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/05909 |title=Carl Perkins - Big Bad Blues / Lonely Heart - Brunswick - UK - 05909 |publisher=45cat |access-date=2015-08-17}}</ref>

In 1966, Perkins signed with Dollie Records and released as his first single for them, Country Boy's Dream, which reached #22 in the country charts. That same year [[Bob Luman]] had a Top 40 Country hit with Carl's song Poor Boy Blues.

While on tour with the Johnny Cash show in 1968, Perkins went on a four day drinking binge that ended with him hallucinating floridly and passing out. When he regained consciousness, he went out to the beach with his last bottle of alcohol. In his autobiography, he described falling to his knees and declaring, "Lord,&nbsp;... I'm gonna throw this bottle. I'm gonna show You that I believe in you" before hurling the bottle into the sea and vowing to remain sober. Perkins and Cash, who had his own substance-abuse issues, supported each other in their bids to remain sober.<ref>[[#gocatgo|Perkins, pp. 309–310.]]</ref>

In 1968, Cash recorded the Perkins-written [[Daddy Sang Bass]] which incorporates parts of the gospel standard [[Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)|Will the Circle Be Unbroken]]. It rose to the top of the country music charts where it stayed for six weeks. It was a [[Country Music Association]] nominee for Song of the Year the next year. Perkins also played lead guitar on Cash's single [[A Boy Named Sue]], recorded live at [[San Quentin]] prison. It went to number one for five weeks on the country chart and number two on the pop chart. (The performance was also filmed by [[Granada Television]] for broadcast).

Perkins spent a decade in Cash's touring revue, often as an opening act for Cash as at the Folsom and San Quentin prison concerts where he was recorded singing Blue Suede Shoes and Matchbox before Cash took the stage. These performances were not released until the 2000s. He also appeared on the television series ''[[The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)|The Johnny Cash Show]]''. On the television program ''[[Kraft Music Hall]]'' on April 16, 1969, which Cash hosted, Perkins performed his song [[Restless (Carl Perkins song)|Restless]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/lyrics3/r0051.htm |title=Restless - Carl Perkins |publisher=Rockabillyeurope.com |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929222820/http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/lyrics3/r0051.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/kraft-music-hall/johnny-cash...on-the-road/episode/170681/summary.html |title=Kraft Music Hall: Johnny Cash&nbsp;... On The Road Episode Summary |publisher=TV.com |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101144225/http://www.tv.com/kraft-music-hall/johnny-cash...on-the-road/episode/170681/summary.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Perkins and [[Bob Dylan]] wrote "Champaign, Illinois" in 1969. Dylan was in Nashville from February 12 to February 21  recording his album ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'', a crossover into country. He met Perkins when he appeared on ''The Johnny Cash Show'' on June 7.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/the-johnny-cash-show/show/8950/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes |title=The Johnny Cash Show Season 2 Episode Guide |publisher=TV.com |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601094808/http://www.tv.com/the-johnny-cash-show/show/8950/episode.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabssh&tag=tabs;episodes |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dylan had [[writer's block]] and was unable to complete the song until Perkins contributed the rhythm and some lyrics upon which Dylan said to him, "Your song. Take it. Finish it."<ref>[[#gocatgo|Perkins.]]</ref> Perkins registered the song as co-authored and recorded it on his 1969 album ''On Top''.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.rockabillyhall.com/CarlPerkins.html | title=RAB Hall of Fame: Carl Perkins | access-date= 2007-01-18 | publisher= Rockabilly Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://music.aol.com/album/on-top/12282 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120717200303/http://music.aol.com/album/on-top/12282 | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2012-07-17 | title= On Top: Carl Perkins | access-date= 2007-01-18 | publisher= AOL Music }}</ref>

Also in 1969, Columbia's Murray Krugman placed Perkins with the [[New Rhythm and Blues Quartet]], the NRBQ, a rockabilly group based in New York's Hudson Valley. With the group backing him, he recorded two of his staples, ''Boppin' the Blues'' and ''Turn Around'' plus songs they sang separately.<ref>''Boppin' the Blues''. Columbia CS9981 (1969).</ref>

[[Tommy Cash]] (brother of Johnny Cash) had a Top Ten country gospel hit in 1970 with the song "Rise and Shine" which Perkins wrote. It reached number nine on the ''Billboard'' country chart and number eight on the Canadian country chart. [[Arlene Harden]] had a Top 40 country hit in 1971 with the Perkins composition True Love Is Greater Than Friendship, from the film ''[[Little Fauss and Big Halsy]]'' (1971). That same year, [[Al Martino]]'s cover of the song reached number 22 on the ''Billboard'' country chart and number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. Perkins appeared with Cash on the popular TV country series ''[[Hee Haw]]'' on February 16, 1974.

After a long legal struggle with Sam Phillips over [[royalties]], Perkins gained ownership of his songs in the 1970s and, in 2003, his widow, who by then owned the catalog, entered into an administration contract with Paul McCartney's [[MPL Communications]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |author=Mike Kovacich |url=http://www.macca-central.com/macca-news/morenews.php?id=1157 |title=MACCA-News: McCartney to Administer Perkins's Music |publisher=Macca-central.com |date=April 17, 2003 |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-date=February 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213055837/http://www.macca-central.com/macca-news/morenews.php?id=1157 |url-status=dead }}</ref>