283 Carl Perkins (1932-1998) “Matchbox” 1957

“In March 1956, just as Perkins's celebrity seemed to be overtaking Presley's, Carl and his brothers were seriously injured in a car accident while driving to New York to perform on ‘The Perry Como Show,’ which would have been the band's first nationally televised appearance…Perkins's career never recaptured its energy and momentum” (American National Biography). Earlier versions of “Matchbox” had been recorded by Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Carl Perkins “Matchbox”