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    • Dec 4, 1956
    Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis pose for a photo at the Sun studio in Memphis. The foursome conducts an impromptu jam session, which is subsequently dubbed "The Million Dollar Quartet"
    Jan 23, 1957
    Sun releases Carl Perkins' double-sided single "Matchbox" and "Your True Love"
    Feb 2, 1957
    Carl Perkins performs "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Matchbox" as a guest performer on ABC-TV's "Ozark Jubilee"
    Mar 31, 1957
    Sun labelmates Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis begin a tour together in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Aug 31, 1957
    Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins appear on the Los Angeles TV/radio show "Town Hall Party." Backstage, they meet Columbia Records executive Don Law, who signs both artists in subsequent years
    Nov 12, 1957
    Jerry Lee Lewis makes his film debut, singing "Great Balls Of Fire," as "Jamboree" opens. Also in the picture: Fats Domino, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Buddy Knox, Connie Francis, Jimmy Bowen, The Four Coins and Frankie Avalon
    Feb 19, 1958
    Carl Perkins signs a new recording contract with Columbia, effectively leaving Sun Records, where he started his career
    Apr 19, 1958
    Carl Perkins performs "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Pink Pedal Pushers" on ABC-TV's "The Dick Clark Show"
    Oct 20, 1958
    Jay Perkins dies from a brain tumor, with his brother, Carl Perkins, holding his hand. Jay played guitar along with Carl on "Blue Suede Shoes"
    Nov 14, 1958
    Three weeks after his death, Carl Perkins' brother, Jay Perkins, is celebrated in a memorial concert in Memphis. On the bill: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Webb Pierce, Dickey Lee, Ernest Tubb, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Merle Travis, Lefty Frizzell and Joe Maphis
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