Dance Album of Carl Perkins

Dance Album of Carl Perkins
Studio album by Carl Perkins
Released	1958
Recorded	October 1954 – December 1956 [1]
Studio	Sun Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	30:50
Label	Sun
Producer	Sam Phillips
Carl Perkins chronology
Dance Album of Carl Perkins (1958) Whole Lotta Shakin' (1958)

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AllMusic	[2]

The Dance Album of Carl Perkins is the first studio album by American singer Carl Perkins, released in 1958. ^[3] The album was released by Sun producer Sam Phillips after Perkins left the label for Columbia Records. Most songs were released previously as singles and B-sides. The remaining tracks are outtakes from the Sun sessions.

In 1961, the album was reissued as Teen Beat: The Best of Carl Perkins, with a new cover, but the same selection of songs. ^[4]

Influence

The album had a big influence on the Beatles. They released Honey Don't and Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby on the album Beatles for Sale, and Matchbox on their EP Long Tall Sally. All songs from the album appeared at least in jam sessions by the Beatles, or were recorded after the breakup of the band by the ex-members. ^[5]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date [1]	Length
1.	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins	December 1955	2:13
2.	"Movie Magg"	Carl Perkins	October 10, 1954	2:07
3.	"Sure To Fall"	Quinton Claunch, Carl Perkins, Bill Cantrell	December 1955	2:30
4.	"Gone, Gone, Gone"	Carl Perkins	July 11, 1955	2:34
5.	"Honey Don't"	Carl Perkins	ca. December 19, 1955	2:47
6.	"Only You"	Buck Ram	March 1956	3:16

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date [1]	Length
7.	"Tennessee"	Carl Perkins	December 1955	3:00
8.	"Wrong Yo Yo"	Piano Red	March 1956	2:34
9.	"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"	Rex Griffin	March 1956	2:11
10.	"Matchbox"	Carl Perkins	December 4, 1956	2:06
11.	"Your True Love"	Carl Perkins	December 4, 1956	2:46
12.	"Boppin' the Blues"	Carl Perkins, Howard Griffin	March 1956	2:46

References

1. "Carl Perkins discography". 26 February 2016.
2. Dance Album of Carl Perkins at AllMusic
3. "The Carl Perkins SUN collection".
4. Perkins, Carl; McGee, David (1996). Go, Cat, Go! The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, the Kinf of Rockabilly (1st ed.). New York: Hyperion. p. 264, 265, 393. ISBN   0-7868-6073-1.
5. "The Daily Beatle blog". 17 February 2016.