# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:19:01.932Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-perkins"
name: "Carl Perkins"
slug: "carl-perkins"
description: "Carl Lee Perkins was an American country, rockabilly, and rock and roll guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954. Among his best known songs are \"Blue Suede Shoes\", \"Honey Don't\", \"Matchbox\" and \"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby\"."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Perkins_1977.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-04-09"
deathDate: "1998-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.55222
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673897/"
    handle:    "nm0673897"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Carl Perkins"
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    title: "Carl Perkins"
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    title: "کارل پرکینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Perkins"
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    title: "Կարլ Փերքինս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Perkins"
    title: "Carl Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "カール・パーキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump