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In Memphis and Jackson, where Perkins lived, the song's B-side, "Honey Don't", was initially more popular on the radio, but was eventually overtaken by "Blue Suede Shoes". [11] On February 11, "Blue Suede Shoes" was the number two single on Memphis charts; by the following week it was number one, a position it held for the next three months. [12]
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]
In March 1956, Carl Lee Perkins, who had released "Blue Suede Shoes" the previous December, was working on follow up material at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and brought in a song called "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", that he had written. Shortly after it was recorded, Perkins and his brother were in a serious auto accident, and the ...
"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."
Perkins also performed the song on the Town Hall Party syndicated TV series in 1959 and with Dave Edmunds and The Stray Cats on the 1985 HBO/Cinemax special Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session. The record was reissued in 1984 on the Collectables label on the Back to Back Hit Series featuring Sun Records as 3090 and on the Sun Golden Treasure ...
The King’s very own blue suede shoes have sold for the princely sum of £120,000 (around $152,000) at a British auction house. ... An outfit worn by rock legend Freddie Mercury in the music ...
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.
When Elvis Presley’s debut album took the charts by storm in 1956, “Blue Suede Shoes” was its opening track.. Now, fans have the opportunity to step into the King’s very own blue suede ...