WDAM Radio's History of Carl Perkins
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WDAM Radio's Hit Singles History Of Carl Perkins # Artist Title Chart Record Label Comments Position/Year 001 Carl Perkins “Movie Magg” –/1955 Flip (Sun A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. Records “Regional hit.” subsidiary label) 002 Carl Perkins “Turn Around” –/1955 Flip (Sun B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. Records “Regional hit.” subsidiary label) 003 Carl Perkins “Let The Jukebox Keep On Playing –/1955 Sun A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. “Regional hit.” 004 Carl Perkins “Gone, Gone, Gone” –/1955 Sun B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. “Regional hit.” 005 Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” #1-C&W, #2- Sun A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. Rock & R&B/ “Regional hit.” 1956 005A Elvis Presley “Blue Suede Shoes” #20/1956 RCA 005B Boyd Bennett “Blue Suede Shoes” #63/1956 King 005C Johnny Rivers “Blue Suede Shoes” #36/1973 United Artists 005F Roy Hall “You Ruined My Blue Suede Shoes” –/1956 Decca Unissued 005G Homer & Jethro “Two Tone Shoes (Blue Suede Shoes)” –/1956 RCA 005H Rockin’ Ronnie “Don’t Puke On My Shoes” ? ? 005I El Vez “Huaraches Azules” –/1995 Sympathy For Opening chords are from Jimi Hendrix The Record – The Wind Cries Mary. Industry 006 Carl Perkins “Honey Don’t” –/1956 Sun B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 006A Beatles “Honey Don’t” #1-Albums/ Capital From Beatles ’65. 1965 006B Mac Curtis “Honey Don’t” #43-C&W/1970 Epic 007 Carl Perkins “Sure To Fall” –/1956 Sun A-side. Unreleased. Carl Perkins – co-composer. 008 Carl Perkins “Tennessee” –/1956 Sun B-side. Unreleased. Carl Perkins – composer. 009 Carl Perkins “Boppin’ The Blues” #70-Rock & #7- Sun A-side. Carl Perkins – co-composer. C&W/1956 010 Carl Perkins “All Mama’s Children” #21-Music Sun B-side. Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash – Vendor/1956 co-composers. 011 Carl Perkins “Dixie Fried” #10-C&W/1956 Sun A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 012 Carl Perkins “I’m Sorry, I’m Not Sorry” #10-C&W/1956 Sun B-side. 013 Carl Perkins “Put Your Cat Clothes On” Unreleased/ Sun Intended for Dance Album Of Carl 1956 Perkins (his only Sun LP), but was replaced by #010 above. First take. This and other takes were later reissued on various Sun label collections. Carl Perkins – composer. 014 Carl Perkins “Matchbox” –/1957 Sun A-side, Carl Perkins – composer. Jerry Lee Lewis – piano. 014A Beatles “Matchbox” #2- Capitol From Something New. Albums/1964 015 Carl Perkins “Your True Love” #67-Rock & Sun B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. #13-C&W/1957 Jerry Lee Lewis – piano. 016 Carl Perkins “That’s Right” –/1957 Sun A-side. Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash – co-composers. 017 Carl Perkins “Forever Yours” –/1957 Sun B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 018 Carl Perkins “Glad All Over” –/1957 Sun A-side. 019 Carl Perkins “Lend Me Your Comb” #60-Cashbox/ Sun B-side. 1957 020 Carl Perkins “Pink Pedal Pushers” #91-Rock & Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. #17-C&W/1958 021 Carl Perkins “Jive After 5” #59-Music Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. Vendor/1958 022 Carl Perkins “Levi Jacket (And A Long Tail Shirt)” –/1958 Columbia A-side. 023 Carl Perkins “Pop, Let Me Have The Car” –/1958 Columbia B-side. 024 Carl Perkins “Y-O-U” –/1958 Columbia A-side. 025 Carl Perkins “This Life I Live” –/1958 Columbia B-side. 026 Carl Perkins “Pointed Toe Shoes” #93-Rock/1959 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 027 Carl Perkins “Highway Of Love” –/1959 Columbia B-side. 028 Carl Perkins “One Ticket To Loneliness” –/1959 Columbia A-side. 029 Carl Perkins “I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore” –/1959 Columbia B-side. 030 Johnny Cash “The Ballad Of Boot Hill” –/1959 Columbia B-1 side of EP Johnny Cash Sings The Rebel - Johnny Yuma. Carl Perkins – composer. 031 Carl Perkins “L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E” –/1960 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer 032 Carl Perkins “Too Much For A Man To Understand” –/1960 Columbia B-side. 033 Carl Perkins “Honey, ‘Cause I Love You” –/1960 Columbia A-side. Mel Tillis & Wayne Walker – co-composers. 034 Carl Perkins “Just For You” –/1960 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 035 Carl Perkins “Any Way The Wind Blows” –/1961 Columbia A-side. Wayne Walker – composer. 036 Carl Perkins “The Unhappy Girls” –/1961 Columbia B-side. 037 Carl Perkins “Hollywood City” –/1962 Columbia A-side. Otis Blackwell – co-composer. 038 Carl Perkins “The Fool I Used To Be” –/1962 Columbia B-side. 039 Carl Perkins “Sister Twister” –/1962 Columbia A-side. Otis Blackwell – composer. 040 Carl Perkins “Hambone” –/1962 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins & Wayne Walker – co-composers. 041 Carl Perkins “I’ve Just Got Back From There” –/1963 Columbia A-side. Wayne Walker – composer. 042 Carl Perkins “Forget Me (The Next Time Around)” –/1963 Columbia B-side. Wayne Walker – co- composer. 043 Carl Perkins “For A Little While” –/1963 Decca A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 044 Carl Perkins “Help Me Find My Baby” –/1963 Decca B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 045 Carl Perkins “After Sundown” –/1964 Decca A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 046 Carl Perkins “I Wouldn’t Have You” –/1964 Decca B-side. Mitchell Torok – co-composer. 047 Carl Perkins & The Nashville “Big Bad Blues” –/1964 Brunswick A-side. UK release. Carl Perkins – Teens composer. 048 Carl Perkins & The Nashville “Lonely Heart” –/1964 Brunswick B-side. UK release. Carl Perkins – Teens composer. 049 Carl Perkins “The Monkeyshine” –/1964 Decca A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 050 Carl Perkins “Let My Baby Be” –/1964 Decca B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 051 Carl Perkins “Mama Of My Song” –/1965 Decca A-side. Ronnie Self – composer. 052 Carl Perkins “One Of These Days” –/1965 Decca B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 053 Carl Perkins “Country Boy’s Dream” #22-C&W/1966 Dollie A-side. Mel Tillis & Webb Pierce – co- composers. 054 Carl Perkins “If I Could Come Back” –/1966 Dollie B-side. 055 Bob Luman “Poor Boy Blues” #39-C&W/1966 Hickory Carl Perkins – composer. 055A Carl Perkins “Poor Boy Blues” –Albums/1967 Dollie From Country Boy’s Dream. 056 Carl Perkins “You Can Take The Boy Out Of The –/1967 Dollie A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. Country” 057 Carl Perkins “Without You” –/1967 Dollie B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 058 Carl Perkins “Shine, Shine, Shine” #40-C&W/1967 Dollie A-side. Carl Perkins & Red Sovine – co-composers. 059 Carl Perkins “Almost Love” –/1967 Dollie B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 060 Carl Perkins “My Old Home Town” –/1967 Dollie A-side. Wayne Walker – composer. 061 Carl Perkins “Back To Tennessee” –/1967 Dollie B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 062 Carl Perkins “Lake County Cotton Country” –/1968 Dollie A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 063 Carl Perkins “It’s You” –/1968 Dollie B-side. 064 Carl Perkins “Restless” #20-C&W/1968 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 065 Carl Perkins “1143” –/1968 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 066 Johnny Cash “Daddy Sang Bass” #1-C&W/1968 Columbia Carl Perkins – composer. Inspired by Johnny Cash to write it as part of Perkins’ therapy to overcome alcoholism. “Little Brother” in lyrics refers to Cash’s late brother, Jack. That line is sung by Don Reid and Lew DeWitt of the Statler Brothers, who were uncredited, as was Jan Howard on the line, “Mama Sang Tenor.” 066A Carl Perkins “Daddy Sang Bass” –/1969 Columbia From Carl Perkins Greatest Hits. 067 Carl Perkins “Soul Beat” –/1969 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 068 Carl Perkins “C.C. Rider (You’re So Bad)” –/1969 Columbia B-side. 069 Carl Perkins & NRBQ “All Mama’s Children” –/1970 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash – co-composers. New version of #010 above. 070 Carl Perkins & NRBQ “Step Aside” –/1970 Columbia B-side. 071 Carl Perkins “State Of Confusion” –/1970 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 072 Carl Perkins “My Son, My Sun” –/1970 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 073 Carl Perkins “What Every Little Boy Ought To Know” –/1970 Columbia A-side. Ronnie Self – composer 074 Carl Perkins “Just As Long” –/1970 Columbia B-side. 075 Tommy Cash “Rise And Shine” #9-C&W/1970 Epic Carl Perkins – composer. 075A Carl Perkins “Rise And Shine” Columbia 076 Tennessee Three With Carl “Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsey” –/1970 Columbia Carl Perkins – composer. Perkins 076A Johnny Cash “Ballad Of Little Fauss And Big Halsey” #209-Albums/ Columbia Carl Pickens – composer and guitar 1971 backup. Title song from the movie soundtrack. Film starred Robert Redford and Michael J. Pollard. Song nominated for a Golden Globe. 077 Arlene Harden “True Love Is Greater Than Friendship” #22-C&W/1971 Columbia Carl Pickens – composer. From the movie, Little Fauss & Big Halsey. 077A Al Martino “True Love Is Greater Than Friendship” #33-AC/1971 Capital 078 Carl Perkins “Me Without You” #65-C&W/1971 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 079 Carl Perkins “Red Headed Woman” –/1971 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 080 Carl Perkins “Cotton Top” –/1971 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 081 Carl Perkins “About All I Can Give You Is Love” –/1971 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins & Red Sovine – co-composers. 082 Carl Perkins “High On Love” #60-C&W/1972 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 083 Carl Perkins “Take Me Back To Memphis” –/1972 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins & Red Sovine – co-composers. 084 Carl Perkins “The Trip” –/1972 Columbia A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 085 Carl Perkins “Someday” –/1972 Columbia B-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 086 Carl Perkins “You Tore My Heaven To Hell” –/1973 Mercury A-side. Carl Perkins – composer. 087 Carl Perkins “Help Me Dream” –/1973 Mercury B-side. Carl Perkins – composer.