Red Perkins (country singer)

Red Perkins ( August 3, 1920 - August 15, 1990 ) was an American country singer . Perkins was known for various titles on King Records .

Career

Red Perkins, nor related to the Jazz - trumpeter Red Perkins like Carl Perkins , remains to this day more or less a mystery within the country music since little is known about him. Perkins first appeared in the country scene in 1947 when he began to work as a singer for Paul Howard in his western swing band, the Arkansas Cotton Pickers . He belonged to this group until 1949, but at the same time led his own career.

In 1949 and 1950 Perkins could be heard on WLW from Cincinnati , Ohio (at times also with Hoppy Hopkins) and had already made his first recordings in 1948 with Howard and the Arkansas Cotton Pickers for the Cincinnati-based label King Records ; the recordings were still released under Howard's name at this point. In 1949 the label gave Perkins the chance to record his first solo tracks and in May of the same year Perkins held his first session in the King Recording Studio. In November 1949 and in the course of 1950 further sessions followed, the tracks of his last studio visit were published on King's sub-label DeLuxe Records under the name Red Perkins and his Kentucky Redheads . In March 1950, Perkins played as a singer with Paul Howard and his band in the KWKH studio in Shreveport , Louisiana , also a few tracks.

Perkins' recordings for King included songs like A Long Necked Bottle , Hoe Down Boogie or Aggravating Lou from Louisville , but none of his singles found their way into the charts, which was not least due to the bad marketing of the label. What Perkins did after that is uncertain. Birth or death dates are also unknown.

Discography

Pieces made with Paul Howards' Arkansas Cotton Pickers are not included.

year	title	#	Remarks
King Records
1949	Aggravatin 'Lou from Louisville / Hoe Down Boogie	792
1949	Too Long / I Know Better Know	823
1950	I Hate You / Crocodile Tears	836
1950	One at a Time / I'm So Happy I Could Cry	850
1950	Big Blue Diamonds / Rag Man Boogie	903
1951	I'm Gonna Rush Right Down to Macon / A Long-Necked Bottle (and a Big Water Glass)	920
DeLuxe Records
1951	One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) / I Live the Life I Love	5047	with the Kentucky Redheads
1951	You'll Gonna Regret It All Someday / Someday You'll Call My Name	5052	with the Kentucky Redheads

Web links

• Entry on Allmusic
• Red Perkins on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)