HONEY DON’T
Carl Perkins was beginning to slip into obscurity and was in danger of being known only as the songwriter and original performer of one of Elvis’s signature songs, “Blue Suede Shoes” (though I prefer Carl’s version of “Blue Suede Shoes” myself). However, the Beatles gave Perkins’ career new life when they covered several of his songs early on, notably “Honey Don’t”. (May 2011) * * * Ringo Starr would typically have a lead vocal performance on each Beatles album – examples include “Yellow Submarine”, “Act Naturally”, “Boys”, and the terrific Carl Perkins cover, “Honey, Don’t” – but hardly any of his songwriting made it onto the Beatles’ disks. (June 2015) |