Carl Mann

Carl Richard Mann (August 22, 1942 – December 16, 2020) was an American rockabilly singer and pianist from West Tennessee. He was referred to as "The Last Son of Sun", as he was one of the final artists introduced by Sam Phillips of Sun Records. and raised in rural western Tennessee. His parents owned a lumber business. A child musical prodigy, he learned to play the guitar by age eight, sang in church, and by the age of eleven also began to perform country songs for local talent shows in nearby Jackson, Tennessee.

Sun owner Sam Phillips signed Mann to a three-year contract, and soon after, Sun released Mann's rockabilly version of Nat King Cole's "Mona Lisa" in 1959. It ultimately sold a million records.

Discography Studio albums Like Mann (1960/08/17 Phillips International PLP 1960 [US]) In Rockabilly Country (1981 Rockhouse RHLP-8102 [NL]) Legacy - Strait & Narrow Road (2005/2 Round Midnight RAM 9001) Endlessly (Legendary Country Influences) (2006/8 Round Midnight RAM 9002) A Rockabilly Christmas (2007/11 Catalogue #171107) Rayburn Anthony, W.S. Holland & Carl Mann - Rockabilly Highway - After 50 Plus Years, Still Rockin’ (2009/1/1) Carl Mann (2012/5/1 Jaxon Records JRCD 20102 [Limited CD-R release]) Carl Mann & Rayburn Anthony - Cruisin Around (2013 JL Records Sweden) Rockabilly Renaissance (2016 Jaxon Records JRCD 82119)

Live albums Gonna Rock 'N' Roll Tonight (1978 Rockhouse RHLP-7806 [NL])

Singles "Gonna Rock & Roll Tonight"/"Rockin' Love" (1957) "Mona Lisa"/"Foolish One" (1959) "Pretend"/"Rockin' Love" (1959) "Some Enchanted Evening"/"I Can't Forget" (1959) "Baby I Don't Care"/"Vanished" (1960) "South of the Border/"I'm Comin' Home" (1960) "The Wayward Wind"/"Born to Be Bad" (1960) "If I Could Change You"/"I Ain't Got No Home" (1961) "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"/"Mountain Dew" (1962) "The Serenade of the Bells"/"Down to My Last I Forgive You" (1966) "Burnin' Holes in the Eyes of Abraham Lincoln"/"The Ballad of Johnny Clyde" (1974) "Just About Out"/"Neon Lights" (1975) "Cheatin' Time"/"It's Not the Coffee" (1975) "Annie-Over-Time"/"Back Loving" (1975) "Twilight Time"/"Belly-Rubbin' Country Soul" (1976)