"That's Right" is a 1957 rock and roll song written by

Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...

and

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

. The song was released as a single on

Sun Records Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny C ...

by Carl Perkins in August, 1957. "That's Right" was released as Sun 274, Matrix #U-259, backed with "Forever Yours", Matrix #U-258. The song was recorded at Sun Records studios at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. "That's Right" was published by Hi-Lo Music while "Forever Yours" was published by Knox Music. The personnel on the session were Carl Perkins, vocals and guitar, Jay Perkins, guitar, Clayton Perkins, bass, and W.S. "Fluke" Holland on drums. Both sides failed to chart.

Sources

*Perkins, Carl, and McGee, David. Go, Cat, Go!: The Life and Times of Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly. Hyperion Press, 1996. *Morrison, Craig. Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers. University of Illinois Press, 1998.
The Carl Perkins Sun Collection.
*Guterman, Jimmy. (1998.) "Carl Perkins." In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Ed. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 412–413. *Naylor, Jerry; Halliday, Steve. The Rockabilly Legends: They Called It Rockabilly Long Before They Called It Rock and Roll. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Hal Leonard. . OCLC 71812792.

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