Matchbox
~ Song
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) |
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| publisher: | Aberbach (London) (publisher) Carl Perkins Music Inc. Carlin Music Corp. Knox Music, Inc. MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) Unichappell Music Wren Music Co. |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-beatles-matchbox-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/28374 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=37 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q693046 [info] |
| version of: | Match Box Blues |
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| arrangements: | Matchbox (Bob Dylan arrangement) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1956-12-04 | Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:09 | |
| 1957-01 | Matchbox (master) | Carl Perkins | 2:10 | |
| 1958-02 – 1958-03 | Matchbox (chat & undubbed master) | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:53 |
| 1958-02 – 1958-03 | Matchbox (take named (2) on BCD 17254) | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:49 |
| 1958-04-04 | Matchbox (master) | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:42 |
| 1960-03 – 1960-04 | Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | ?:?? |
| 1960 | Matchbox | The Quarrymen | 1:03 | |
| 1960 | Matchbox (You Might as Well Call Us the Quarrymen) | cover | The Beatles | ?:?? |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:39 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:39 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 3:22 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:36 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live) | cover and live | The Beatles | ?:?? |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:33 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:40 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:40 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:39 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:35 |
| 1962-12 | Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:39 |
| 1963-07-10 | Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:22 |
| 1963-07-10 | Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK) | cover and live | The Beatles | 1:57 |
| 1963-07-10 | Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK) | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:00 |
| 1964-04-05 | Matchbox (live, 1964-04-05: The Star‐Club, Hamburg, Germany) | cover and live | Jerry Lee Lewis | 2:47 |
| 1964-06-01 | Matchbox (original mono studio mix) | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 |
| 1964-06-01 | Matchbox (original stereo studio mix) | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 |
| 1968-01-13 | Matchbox (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA, USA (show 2)) | live | Carl Perkins | 2:41 |
| 1969-02-18 | Matchbox (rehearsal) | cover | Bob Dylan | 0:52 |
| 1969-02-18 | Matchbox (take 2) | cover | Bob Dylan | 3:06 |
| 1969-09 | Matchbox | cover | Ronnie Hawkins | 3:06 |
| 1970-05-01 | Matchbox (take 1) | cover | Bob Dylan | 3:22 |
| 1970-11-05 | Matchbox (live, 1970-11-05: The Johnny Cash TV Show; 40th anniversary deluxe edition remix) | cover and live | Derek and the Dominos with Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins | 3:57 |
| 1971-09-14 | Matchbox | cover and live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1971-09-14 | Matchbox (live, 1971-09-14: TV-Byen, Gladsaxe, Denmark) | cover and live | Johnny Cash | 2:14 |
| 1976-01-18 | Matchbox | cover | Sonny Burgess | 2:01 |
| 1978-10-26 | Matchbox (live, 1978-10-26: My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY) | live | Carl Perkins | 4:39 |
| 1980-02-14 | Matchbox (live, 1980-02-14: University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Carl Perkins and The C.P. Express | 2:41 |
| 1981-04-23 | Matchbox (live, 1981-04-23, Sportshalle Boeblingen, Stuttgart, West Germany) | live | Carl Perkins | 2:54 |
| 1981-04-23 | Matchbox (live, 1981-04-23, Sportshalle Boeblingen, Stuttgart, West Germany) | live | Carl Perkins | 3:18 |
| 1983-05-23 | Matchbox (live, 1983-05-23: Guild 1983: Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK) | cover and live | Eric Clapton | ?:?? |
| 1985-10-20 | Matchbox (live, 1985-10-20: Guild 1985: Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK) | cover and live | Eric Clapton | ?:?? |
| 1989-05-09 | Matchbox | live | Carl Perkins with Eric Clapton | ?:?? |
| 1990-01-21 | Matchbox (live, 1990‐01‐21: Wembley Arena, London, UK) | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 3:10 |
| 1990-04-04 | Matchbox | cover | Paul McCartney | 3:04 |
| 1990-04-04 | Matchbox | cover | Paul McCartney | 2:40 |
| 1990-10-26 | Matchbox | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 0:56 |
| 1991-01-25 | Matchbox | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 3:29 |
| 1993-11-12 – 1993-11-15 | Matchbox | cover and live | Paul McCartney | 3:20 |
| 1996-03 | Matchbox | cover | Carl Perkins & Van Morrison | 4:09 |
| 2002 | Matchbox (live, 2002: USA Tour) | cover and live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2004-01-13 | Matchbox (live, 2004-01-13: Cat Club, West Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | The Head Cat | 2:52 |
| 2007-11-30 | Matchbox (live, 2007‐11‐30: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England, UK) | cover and live | Jeff Beck with The Big Town Playboys | 2:40 |
| 2011-10-18 | Matchbox (live, 2011-10-18: Huxley's, Berlin, Germany) | cover and live | HeadCat | 2:55 |
| Encore: Rock and Roll Music / Matchbox / Roll Over Beethoven / Long Tall Sally | cover | 1964 The Tribute | 6:23 | |
| Match Box | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 | |
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | ?:?? | ||
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | 2:28 | ||
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | ?:?? | ||
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | 2:10 | ||
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | ?:?? | ||
| Match Box (Columbia) | Carl Perkins | 2:21 | ||
| Match Box | live | Carl Perkins | 4:05 | |
| Match Box | Carl Perkins | 3:14 | ||
| Match Box | Carl Perkins & Scotty Moore | 3:20 | ||
| Match Box (Rock) | Carl Perkins | 2:09 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 | |
| Matchbox | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:44 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 0:24 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:07 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | Willie Nelson and Family | 2:40 | |
| Matchbox (undubbed master) | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:44 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 2:01 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Head Cat | 2:33 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:54 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:41 | |
| Matchbox | cover and live | Popa Chubby | 8:23 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 4:26 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:44 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:02 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:52 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | ?:?? | |
| Matchbox | cover | Clive Gregson & Christine Collister | 2:51 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Johnny Rivers | 2:15 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:50 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:00 | |
| Matchbox (overdubbed as vocal duo) | Jimmy Ellis with Carl Perkins | 2:09 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:58 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:27 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1:43 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Derek and the Dominos | 3:06 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:40 | ||
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:09 | ||
| Matchbox | cover and live | The Beatles | 2:23 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Jerry Lee Lewis | ?:?? | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 1:59 | |
| Matchbox | cover | Derek and the Dominos | 4:32 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Paramounts | 2:34 | |
| Matchbox | Carl Perkins | 2:40 | ||
| Matchbox | cover | Paul McCartney | 3:29 | |
| Matchbox | cover | The Beatles | 2:03 | |
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