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    • Mar 22, 1956
    Carl Perkins suffers a broken collarbone, a concussion and cuts when the Chrysler transporting his band to New York for "The Perry Como Show" back-ends a truck in Delaware. Also injured in the accident are brothers Clayton and Jay Perkins
    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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