Carl Perkins Readmitted To Hospital After Third Stroke

Rockabilly legend Carl Perkins is back in the hospital after suffering a third stroke.

Perkins was admitted to the intensive care unit at Jackson-Madison County General on Wednesday. He had been resting at home, where he was undergoing physical therapy, after suffering another stroke last month.

Along with Chuck Berry and Little Richard, Perkins is noted as one of the founders of rock 'n' roll. He scored his biggest hit with the 1956 release of "Blue Suede Shoes." Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987.

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“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

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