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"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues , country and pop music of the time.
Live Peace in Toronto 1969 is a live album by the Plastic Ono Band, released in December 1969 on Apple Records.Recorded at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, it was the first live album released by any member of the Beatles separately or together.
Go Cat Go! is an album by the American musician Carl Perkins, released in 1996. [1] [2] For most of the songs, Perkins performs with other artists.The album includes recordings from all four ex-Beatles, with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recording new material, while John Lennon's version of "Blue Suede Shoes" comes from his album Live Peace in Toronto 1969.
A version sung by Lennon is available on Live at the BBC. [9] and a version sung by Starr was released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2. As part of the 1985 televised concert Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session, Ringo Starr joined Carl Perkins to perform vocals and play drums for the song.
Disc one, subtitled The Hits, contains 11 songs that were previously released on singles.Disc two, subtitled Sings Classic Rock 'n' Roll, contains 10 cover songs recorded during Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll sessions as well as "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", which were recorded live in Toronto in 1969.
In the summer of 1980, John Lennon recorded a demo of a new song he’d written called “Life Begins at 40” in his expansive apartment complex at New York City’s Dakota building. With its ...
Now, fans have the opportunity to step into the King’s very own blue suede shoes as they go up for grabs at British auction house Henry Aldridge and Son – for an estimated £100,000 to £ ...
By mid-April, more than one million copies of "Blue Suede Shoes" had sold. [45] On April 3, while still recuperating in Jackson, Perkins watched Presley perform "Blue Suede Shoes" in his first appearance on The Milton Berle Show. This was the third time he performed the song on national television. [46] [47]