Joe Perkins (born December 1, 1935) was an American singer whose song, "Little Eeefin' Annie", was a minor hit in 1963, reaching number 76 on the ''

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'' chart. The song featured eefer

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. He was born in

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. 'Eeef' could possibly relate to 'Eeep', as the native African languages left a distinctive pronunciation pattern upon the English spoken by Americanized Africans. This may have been in part an inspiration to

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to write the song " Eep Hour", and may also have been at least a partial inspiration for

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song, " Cumberland Blues".

References

External links

Joe Perkins' Little Eeefin' Annie page

Jimmy Riddle and the lost art of Eefing on npr.org

1935 births Living people American male pop singers Singers from Nashville, Tennessee {{US-singer-stub