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W. S. Holland
W. S. Holland
American drummer
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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Bob Johnston
Bob Johnston
American record producer and musician
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Jack Clement
Jack Clement
American musician
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Bill Black
Bill Black
American bassist
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Scotty Moore
Scotty Moore
American musician
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Warren Smith
Warren Smith
American rockabilly and country music singer and guitarist
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and pianist
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Tommy Blake
Tommy Blake
American singer
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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Charlie Feathers
Charlie Feathers
American country music and rockabilly musician; songwriter
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Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison
American rockabilly guitarist
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Luther Perkins
Luther Perkins
American musician
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Al Casey
Al Casey
American guitarist
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Sleepy LaBeef
Sleepy LaBeef
American musician
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Lee Rocker
Lee Rocker
American musician
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Eddie Bond
Eddie Bond
American rockabilly singer and guitarist
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Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
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Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
American musician
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Jimmie Logsdon
Jimmie Logsdon
American musician and radio host
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Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
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D. J. Fontana
D. J. Fontana
American musician
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Johnny Burnette
Johnny Burnette
American musician
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Doyle Holly
Doyle Holly
American musician
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Billy Hancock
Billy Hancock
American musician
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Johnny Powers
Johnny Powers
American rockabilly guitar player, singer, writer and producer
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
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Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent
American musician; rock and roll and rockabilly pioneer
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Carl Mann
Carl Mann
American singer
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Jack Rhodes
Jack Rhodes
American country music producer and songwriter
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Bobby Sowell
Bobby Sowell
American musician
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Jody Reynolds
Jody Reynolds
American singer
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Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
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Leiber-Stoller
Leiber-Stoller
American songwriting and record producing duo
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter

Carl Perkins

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American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Amongst his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".

According to Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton which further established his place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney claimed that "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles."

Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.