{"id":2915,"date":"2011-05-02T16:26:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T23:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-aboutdisabilities.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2011-05-02T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T23:26:38","slug":"disabled-hit-parade-carl-perkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/?p=2915","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Hit Parade\u2014Carl Perkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev-aboutdisabilities.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Disabled-Hit-Parade1.jpg?resize=280%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disabled Hit Parade\" class=\"wp-image-2916\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, on my emails I\u2019ve been using the footer, \u201cYeah that doctor told me, \u2018Son you don\u2019t need no pills, just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.\u2019 Carl Perkins, disabled rockabilly pioneer\u201d I thought people might like to know a bit more. On the website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockabillyhall.com\/CarlPerkins.html\">Rockabilly Hall of Fame<\/a>, I found a description of his disability experience just after \u201cBlue Suede Shoes\u201d hit the top of the charts and became Sun Records only million seller.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Ready to cash in on a national basis, Carl and the boys headed up to New York for the first time to appear on the Perry Como Show. While enroute their car rammed the back of a poultry truck, putting Carl and his brother Jay in the hospital with a cracked skull and broken neck, respectively. While in traction, Perkins saw Presley performing his song on the Dorsey Brother Stage Show, his moment of fame and recognition snatched away from him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl sold more copies of \u201cBlue Suede Shoes\u201d but, Elvis became identified with the song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally, on my emails I\u2019ve been using the footer, \u201cYeah that doctor told me, \u2018Son you don\u2019t need no pills, just a handful of nickels and a jukebox will cure your ills.\u2019 Carl Perkins, disabled rockabilly pioneer\u201d I thought people might like to know a bit more. On the website, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, I [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/?p=2915\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,8,9,10,14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aboutdisability.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}