In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting ... and his ode to family hymn-time, “Daddy Sang Bass,” was a No. 1 hit in 1968 for Cash, who made it a staple ...

Q: I recently heard the old Johnny Cash song “Daddy Sang Bass.” Who sings the chorus on that song? A: Written by Carl Perkins, “Daddy Sang Bass” was recorded by Cash in July 1968 with the ...

Q: I recently heard the old Johnny Cash song “Daddy Sang Bass.” Who sings the chorus on that song? A: Written by Carl Perkins, “Daddy Sang Bass” was recorded by Cash in July 1968 with the ...

Carl Perkins–a sharecropper’s son who learned ... Lewis and Roy Orbison on the album “Class of ’55.” He also wrote “Daddy Sang Bass,” which was a hit for Cash, and he played in ...

Perkins also penned Cash’s “Daddy Sang Bass,” featured on his Folsom Prison Blues album in 1968.

"CARL PERKINS: THE KING OF ROCKABILLY" by Jeff ... bailing wire — to his many lesser-known yet influential songs ("Daddy Sang Bass," "Dixie Fried," "Your True Love"), Apter succeeds in showing ...

Perkins, the "Rockabilly King" who died in 1998 at age 65, is considered one of the most influential singer-songwriters of his era, penning hits for such greats as Johnny Cash with Daddy Sang Bass ...