1957

MATCHBOX * CARL PERKINS * LONDON 8408 * UK

CARL PERKINS 1932 - 1988

Issued on Sun records, this was his seventh release in the USA, and his second in the UK. Carl Perkins had a number two hit with the original version of Blue Suede Shoes, a song he wrote after, it is said, he over herd a boy utter the immortal line "Don't step on my blue suede shoes" at a dance.


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