Carl Perkins birthday (9 November 1932)

Subject: Carl Perkins birthday
From: The Shambles
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 06:52 PM

Carl Perkins was born this day (9th November) in 1932.

Subject: RE: Carl Perkins birthday (9 November 1932)
From: SINSULL
Date: 08 Nov 06 - 10:31 PM

Carl Perkins was somehow robbed of his pop idol status by a less talented and better advertised Elvis Presley along with a near fatal traffic accident and a battle with the bottle.

More info here:

http://www.hotshotdigital.com/OldRock/CarlPerkinsBio.html

Subject: RE: Carl Perkins birthday (9 November 1932)
From: alanabit
Date: 09 Nov 06 - 03:13 AM

I agree that Perkins was the more weighty talent as a musician and a songwriter. However, pop idol status is largely determined by how easy the company finds it to market the star. Elvis had the looks, the voice and a story. I mean, in terms of songwriting influence, Morton/Pomus, Lieber/Stoller, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley were all more important. As it happens, I liked Perkins better than Elvis too, but I don't think he was ever destined to be an idol on the scale of Elvis. Do you think anyone else's career could have survived that many duff films?