Red Perkins (country singer)
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
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| birth_date = August 3, 1920
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| label = King Records
De Luxe Records
Cattle Records (Germany)
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Red Perkins (August 3, 1920 – August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer from Ohio, United States.{{cite web |title=Red Perkins and His Kentucky Redheads |url=http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=16363 |publisher=Hillbilly Music |accessdate=16 February 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Xavier|title=Red Perkins, Paul Howard's front man: 'The boogie's fine tonight' (1948-1950)|url=http://www.bopping.org/red-perkins-paul-howards-front-man-the-boogies-fine-tonight-1948-1950/|website=Bopping|accessdate=20 February 2016|date=18 July 2015}}
Early life
Perkins was born in Kentucky.
Career
Selected discography
As Red Perkins, Red Perkins and the Kentucky Redheads who recorded with De Luxe Records and King Records{{cite web|last1=Ruppli|first1=Michel|title=Red Perkins|url=http://countrydiscography.blogspot.fr/2009/10/red-perkins.html|website=Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies|accessdate=20 February 2016|date=8 October 2009}}
- 1948: "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)/I Live The Life I Love", 78rpm single (De Luxe Records/King Records 5047)
- 1948: "Someday You'll Call My Name/You're Gonna Regret It All Someday", 78rpm single (De Luxe Records/King Records 5052)
- 1949: "Aggravating Lou From Louisville/Hoedown Boogie", 78rpm single (King Records 792)
- 1949: "I Know Better Now/Too Long", 78rpm single (King Records 823)
- 1950: "Crocodile Tears/I Hate You", 78rpm single (King Records 836)
- 1950: "One At A Time/I'm So Happy I Could Cry", 78rpm single (King Records 850)
- 1950: "Big Blue Diamonds/Rag Man Boogie", 78rpm single (King Records 903)
- 1951: "I'm Gonna Rush Right Down To Macon/A Long Necked Bottle", 78rpm single (King Records 920)
Former members (partial list)
- Jim Alexander
- Jesse Ashlock
- Cecil Brower (alumni of the Milton Brown Band)
- Fred Calhoun
- Harry Fooks
- Clarence Gray
- Jay Green
- Wilbert H. (Bill) Osborne
- Jabbo Smith, trumpet
- Anna Mae Winburn, singer
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic | id= red-perkins-mn0002312360 | label= Red Perkins}}
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Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Country musicians from Ohio
Category:Country musicians from Kentucky
Category:Singer-songwriters from Ohio
Category:Singer-songwriters from Kentucky
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