Dance Album of Carl Perkins

Dance Album of Carl Perkins
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedOctober 1954 – December 1956[1]
StudiosSun Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
GenreRockabilly
Length30:50
LabelSun
ProducerSam Phillips
Carl Perkins chronology
Dance Album of Carl Perkins
(1958)
Whole Lotta Shakin'
(1958)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[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 was a major influence on the Beatles. They released "Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" on the album Beatles for Sale and Beatles '65 in the U.S., 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] "Blue Suede Shoes" appeared on The Beatles Anthology 3 collection in 1996 in a studio jam from 1969.

Paul McCartney released "Movie Magg" on the Run Devil Run album in 1997. Ringo Starr released "Sure To Fall" on the Stop and Smell the Roses album in 1981. John Lennon released a live recording of "Blue Sude Shoes" on the Live Peace in Toronto album in 1969.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date[1]Length
1."Blue Suede Shoes"Carl PerkinsDecember 19552:13
2."Movie Magg"Carl PerkinsOctober 10, 19542:07
3."Sure To Fall"Quinton Claunch, Carl Perkins, Bill CantrellDecember 19552:30
4."Gone, Gone, Gone"Carl PerkinsJuly 11, 19552:34
5."Honey Don't"Carl Perkinsca. December 19, 19552:47
6."Only You"Buck RamMarch 19563:16
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording date[1]Length
7."Tennessee"Carl PerkinsDecember 19553:00
8."Wrong Yo Yo"Piano RedMarch 19562:34
9."Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"Rex Griffin, Carl PerkinsMarch 19562:11
10."Matchbox"Carl PerkinsDecember 4, 19562:06
11."Your True Love"Carl PerkinsDecember 4, 19562:46
12."Boppin' the Blues"Carl Perkins, Howard GriffinMarch 19562:46

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.