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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.
By mid-April, more than one million copies of "Blue Suede Shoes" had sold. [44] 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. [45] [46]
"Honey Don't" is a song written by Carl Perkins, originally released on January 1, 1956 [2] as the B-side of the "Blue Suede Shoes" [1] single, Sun 234. Both songs became rockabilly classics. Bill Dahl of Allmusic praised the song saying, " 'Honey Don't' actually outclasses its more celebrated platter-mate in some ways."
This is a list of the songs recorded by Elvis Presley between his first demos at the Sun Studios in 1953 and his final concert on June 26, 1977, at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 786 songs are listed here. Notes: The recorded date is the first known date. Album debut refers to each track's first appearance on LP ...
Other Hot 100 top 40 hits from that time period were 1973's "Blue Suede Shoes" (originally recorded in 1955 by Carl Perkins) [7] and 1975's "Help Me Rhonda" (originally a No. 1 hit for the Beach Boys), on which Brian Wilson sang back-up vocals.
Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session was a televised concert that was taped live at Limehouse Studios in London, England on 21 October 1985. The show featured rock n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins along with friends as guest stars, including former Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Rosanne Cash, Phantom, Rocker & Slick, and Dave Edmunds (who also served as the concert's ...
On December 4, 1956, nearly a year after Presley had left Sun for RCA Victor, he visited the Sun Studio; An impromptu jam session was unofficially recorded with Carl Perkins (then already famous for his "Blue Suede Shoes"), Jerry Lee Lewis (relatively unknown at the time), and Johnny Cash (not heard on the tapes, although he does appear on the ...
Buddy Merrill joined The Lawrence Welk Show in 1955, the same year it first went national on ABC. On the Welk Show, he performed his guitar version of "Blue Suede Shoes," a massive hit for Carl Perkins in 1956. He briefly left the show from 1959 to 1962 when he was drafted by the Army.