Songwriting was a constant for Perkins, and his ode to family hymn-time, “Daddy Sang Bass,” was a No. 1 hit in 1968 for Cash, who made it a staple of his shows for the rest of his career.

A: Written by Carl Perkins, “Daddy Sang Bass” was recorded by Cash in July 1968 with the Statler Brothers and June Carter Cash handling the vocals on the chorus. The Carter Family also ...

Carl Perkins–a sharecropper’s son who learned music on a guitar fashioned from a cigar box and a broomstick–was a ... He also wrote “Daddy Sang Bass,” which was a hit for ...

A: Written by Carl Perkins, “Daddy Sang Bass” was recorded by Cash in July 1968 with the Statler Brothers and June Carter Cash handling the vocals on the chorus.

Perkins also penned Cash’s “Daddy Sang Bass,” featured on his Folsom Prison Blues album in 1968. Out in Arizona just south of Tucson Where tumbleweeds tumble in search of a home ...

From Perkins' first guitar — a cigar box attached to a broom handle with two strings made from bailing wire — to his many lesser-known yet influential songs ("Daddy Sang Bass," "Dixie Fried ...

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 ...