Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

He is from Tennessee. His first song was for Sun Records and his biggest hit was also a country hit: Carl Perkins, according to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum website. Carl Perkins learned to play guitar from field hand John Westbrook in Tiptonville, Tennessee, just north of Memphis...

He was born in Virginia and moved to Los Angeles and England. While in the U.S. Navy, he heard his one-hit wonder: Gene Vincent, according to history-of-rock.com. Vincent Eugene Craddock from Norfolk, Virginia moved to Muden Point with his family...