"sound. The session produced the moody, unusual ""Heartbreak Hotel"", released as a single on January 27. Parker finally brought Presley to national television, booking him on CBS's ""Stage Show"" for six appearances over two months. The program, produced in New York, was hosted on alternate weeks by big band leaders and brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. After his first appearance, on January 28, Presley stayed in town to record at RCA's New York studio. The sessions yielded eight songs, including a cover of Carl Perkins’s rockabilly anthem ""Blue Suede Shoes"". In February, Presley's ""I Forgot to Remember to Forget"", a"
"Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. His best-known song is ""Blue Suede Shoes"". According to Charlie Daniels, ""Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed."" Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton which further established his place in the history of popular music. Paul"
"biopic ""Walk the Line"". The following recording by Carl Perkins was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have ""qualitative or historical significance"". Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. His best-known song is ""Blue Suede Shoes"". According to Charlie Daniels, ""Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more"
"to paper. Carl was already sending demos to New York record companies, who kept rejecting him, sometimes explaining that this strange new style of country with a pronounced rhythm fit no current commercial trend. That would change in 1955 after recording the song ""Blue Suede Shoes"" (recorded 19 December 1955) on Sam Phillips' Memphis-based Sun Records. Later made more famous by Elvis Presley, Perkins' original version was an early rock 'n' roll standard. In the early 1950s there was heavy competition among Memphis area bands playing an audience-savvy mix of covers, original songs, and hillbilly flavored blues. One source mentions"
"playing that music before Elvis came out on record ... I wanted to see whether this was someone who could revolutionize the country end of the business."" Also in the autumn of 1955, Perkins wrote ""Blue Suede Shoes"" after seeing a dancer get angry with his date for scuffing up his shoes. Several weeks later, on December 19, 1955, Perkins and his band recorded the song during a session at Sun Studio in Memphis. Phillips suggested changes to the lyrics (""Go, cat, go""), and the band changed the end of the song to a ""boogie vamp"". Presley left Sun for"
"Elvis Presley's ""Heartbreak Hotel"" and ""Don't Be Cruel"" would top the Billboard Charts as well. In January 1956 three new classic songs by Cash, Perkins, and Presley were released: ""Folsom Prison Blues"" by Cash, and ""Blue Suede Shoes"" by Perkins, both on Sun; and ""Heartbreak Hotel"" by Presley on RCA. Other rockabilly tunes released this month included ""See You Later, Alligator"" by Roy Hall and ""Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"" by the Commodores """". Perkins's ""Blue Suede Shoes"" sold 20,000 records a day at one point, and it was the first million-selling country song to cross over to both rhythm"
"Jonathan Rhys Meyers) performs the song at the Chicago International Auditorium in his famous gold lamé suit. ""Blue Suede Shoes"" is the opening number of the Broadway musical ""Million Dollar Quartet"", which opened in New York in April 2010. A similar version of the song, with different lyrics, is performed by Susan Cabot twice in the movie ""Carnival Rock"" (1957) (at approx. 0:30 and 1:03) under the name ""Ou-Shoo-Bla-D"". ""This Morning"" presenter Matt Johnson performed the song as part of a medley, performed as Elvis Presley on week 3 of the ITV show ""Your Face Sounds Familiar"". A recording of"
"Blue Christmas (song) ""Blue Christmas"" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and chorus, and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra (the latter featuring lead vocals"
"""claims that he wrote the Blue Suede Shoes"". It is also referred to (""maybe some blue suede shoes"") in The Lowest of the Low's 1991 song ""Henry Needs a New Pair of Shoes"", about a homeless man. The song is referred to by Marc Cohn in ""Walking in Memphis,"" which begins, ""Put on my blue suede shoes, and I boarded the plane."" In 1971 Kevin Ayers recorded ""Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes"" which included the line (from the bartender) ""we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes"". The song appears in the TV miniseries ""Elvis"", in which Presley (played by"
"George Klein (DJ) George ""GK"" Klein (born October 8, 1935, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is an American disc jockey and television host. He met Elvis Presley in the eighth grade at Humes High School in North Memphis, where they became lifelong friends until Presley's death in 1977. He has an unpublished recording of Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins singing ""Blue Suede Shoes"". Klein can be heard weekly on SiriusXM channel 19 Elvis Radio, and on the ""George Klein Original Elvis Hour"" on WLFP FM. He has also written two books. The first, ""Elvis Presley: A Family Album"", was published"
"song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley and other ""Louisiana Hayride"" acts toured throughout the South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman, C. V. White, whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany, who had referred to his military regulation airmen's shoes as ""blue suede shoes"". Cash suggested that Perkins write a song about the shoes. Perkins replied, ""I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?"" When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. Between songs, he"
"than 500,000 copies by March 22. Now, while Perkins recuperated from his injuries, ""Blue Suede Shoes"" reached number 1 on regional pop, R&B, and country charts. It also reached number 2 on the Billboard pop and country charts. Elvis Presley's ""Heartbreak Hotel"" was number one on the pop and country charts at that time, but ""Blue Suede Shoes"" did better than ""Heartbreak"" on the R&B charts. By mid-April, more than one million copies of ""Blue Suede Shoes"" had been sold. On April 3, while still recuperating in Jackson, Perkins watched Presley perform ""Blue Suede Shoes"" on his first appearance on"
"his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing ""Well, it's one for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go, man, go!"" he broke into a boogie rhythm. He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing the title out as ""Blue Swade""; ""S-W-A-D-E – I couldn't even spell it right"", he later said. According to Perkins, ""On December 17, 1955, I wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I recorded it on December 19"", for Sun Records, which released the"
"Moody Blue (song) ""Moody Blue"" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. The song was written by Mark James who recorded the original version of the song, which reached #15 in South Africa during the summer of 1976. James also penned Elvis' ""Suspicious Minds"". ""Moody Blue"" was Presley's last No. 1 hit in his lifetime, topping the ""Billboard magazine"" Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977. ""Moody Blue"" also peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100. RCA Records also issued an extremely limited quantity of the ""Moody Blue"" single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with ""She"
"gold record. ""Blue Suede Shoes"" was the first million-selling country song to cross over to both the rhythm and blues and the pop charts. Sam Phillips retained the rights to ""Blue Suede Shoes"", although it was represented by the New York house of Hill & Range as part of the agreement when Phillips sold Presley's contract. Perkins acquired the rights to the song, along with all of his other songs recorded for Sun Records, in 1977. Recording cover versions of songs was a common practice during the 1940s and 1950s, and ""Blue Suede Shoes"" was one of the first songs"
"(RCA Victor EPB 1254). RCA Victor released the Presley version as a single on September 8, one of a number of singles RCA issued simultaneously, all culled from the album ""Elvis Presley"". This single reached number 20, whereas Perkins' version had topped the chart. In 1960, Presley re-recorded ""Blue Suede Shoes"" for the soundtrack of the film ""G.I. Blues"". While Presley's character and his band, the ""Three Blazes"", play a ballad at a Frankfurt nightclub (""Doin' the Best I Can"", by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman), a bored GI plays Presley's version of ""Blue Suede Shoes"" on the jukebox, remarking"
"better than ""Heartbreak"" on the R&B charts. Perkins never attained the stardom of Presley, who, according to Perkins, ""had everything. He had the looks, the moves, the manager, and the talent. And he didn't look like Mr. Ed, like a lot of us did, Elvis was hitting them with sideburns, flashy clothes, and no ring on the finger. I had three kids."" After Presley hit the chart with his version of ""Blue Suede Shoes,"" Perkins became known more for his songwriting than for his performing. By mid-April, more than one million copies of ""Shoes"" had been sold, earning Perkins a"
"of All Time."" It is his only song on that list. Presley's recording of the song was also on the list, ranked number 423. In 1999, National Public Radio included ""Blue Suede Shoes"" in the ""NPR 100"", in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. The Grateful Dead's ""U.S. Blues"" features the lyric ""Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?"" The song is referred to by the Beastie Boys song ""Johnny Ryall"", from their album ""Paul's Boutique"". The title character, a homeless man,"
"moved to Los Angeles, California in the early 1950s, he continued to perfect his musical skills, playing both the acoustic guitar and the steel guitar. He also began to do home recordings of himself playing rhythm guitar to a song. 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 popular hit by Elvis Presley in 1956. (Retrieved from ""The Lawrence Show."" PBS TV. May 12, 2018) He briefly left the show from 1959 to 1962 when he"
"Blue Suede Shoes (film) Blue Suede Shoes is a 1980 music documentary film by Curtis Clark that combines archival film of early American rock 'n' roll pioneers of the 1950s (with footage of Bill Haley's 1957 British tour, a Eddie Cochran television appearance and late 1960s concert footage of Gene Vincent) and British singers Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele with material recorded at a 1979 rock 'n' roll revival weekender featuring bands and people following the scene (including Teddy Boys, motorcycle greasers and rockabilly adherents. The documentary includes archive material from the 1950s plus later concert footage from Gene Vincent"
"""Honey Don't"". The group included Perkins (lead guitar and vocalist), Jay Perkins (rhythm guitar), Clayton Perkins (bass guitar) and W.S. Holland (drums). Coincidentally, Elvis Presley performed the song that same Saturday night on CBS-TV's ""Stage Show"", which overlapped the ""Jubilee"" from 8–8:30 p.m. ET (Presley first performed the song February 11 on ""Stage Show""). An automobile accident en route to New York prevented the group from next appearing on ""The Perry Como Show"" on March 24. Perkins returned to the ""Jubilee"" on February 2, 1957 to again sing ""Blue Suede Shoes"" and his then-current hit, ""Matchbox"". Both Perkins and Presley"
"Blue Eyes Blue ""Blue Eyes Blue"" is a pop song written by American songwriter Diane Warren. The tune was written for the 1999 soundtrack of ""Runaway Bride"". The British rock musician Eric Clapton recorded the song for the soundtrack and released his performance of the song as a single on July 20, 1999 for Reprise Records. The pop track was written by Diane Warren, especially for the 1999 romantic comedy film ""Runaway Bride"", starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. The song was published under Realsongs, a division of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers organization. Clapton recorded the song"
"song, 30 years after its writing, which brought Perkins to tears. The concert special was a highlight of his later career and has been praised by fans for the spirited performances delivered by Perkins and his guests. The concert was released for DVD by Snapper Music in 2006. Perkins was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985. Wider recognition of his contribution to music came with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. ""Blue Suede Shoes"" was chosen as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's “500 Songs That Shaped"
"song to help out Perkins after his accident. ""Elvis wasn't really thinking at that time that it was going to make money for Carl; he was doing it as more of a tribute type thing. Of course Carl was glad he did. It really helped as his record started going down."" ""Blue Suede Shoes"" was the first song on the groundbreaking album ""Elvis Presley"", which was released in March. RCA Victor released two other records with ""Blue Suede Shoes"" the same month: an extended play with four songs (RCA Victor EPA 747) and a double extended play with eight songs"
"mornin', I'm-a givin' you the warnin', don't you step on my blue suede shoes""). ""Blue Suede Shoes"" was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the ""500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll"". In 1986 Perkins' version was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame, and was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2006. The board annually selects songs that are ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."" In 2004, Perkins's version was ranked number 95 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of ""The 500 Greatest Songs"
"in his career and appears on his 1977 album ""Moody Blue"", the last album released before Presley's death in 1977. David Allan Coe also recorded a cover of the song. In 1983, Emmylou Harris released a version of this song on her album ""White Shoes"", released as a single, it reached #9 on the country charts. In 1986, Aaron Neville released a version of this song on his Orchids In The Storm EP. In 1993, Solomon Burke released a version of this song on his album, ""Soul Of the Blues"". In 1994, blues singer Little Milton covered this song on"
"American release of ""Tonight's All Right for Love"" did not occur until it appeared on the compilation album """" in 1974. The version of ""Blue Suede Shoes"" used on the soundtrack is a new recording of the song Presley first recorded in 1956, and is one of only a few songs that Presley would re-record in a studio setting during his career, others being ""Love Letters"", ""It Hurts Me"" and ""A Little Less Conversation"". The ""G.I. Blues"" soundtrack album was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1960 in the categories Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Original Cast From"
"Run-DMC with Perry and Tyler, and ""Blue Suede Shoes"" by both Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. The Byrds' version was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998, and Dylan's version was honored with the same award in 2002. In 1989 ""Rolling Stone"" ranked the Byrds' version of ""Mr. Tambourine Man"" as the number 86 single of the prior 25 years. That same year, music critic Dave Marsh listed it as number 207 in his list of the top 1001 singles ever made. In 1999, National Public Radio in the United States listed this version as one of"
"Pale Blue Eyes ""Pale Blue Eyes"" is a song written and sung by Lou Reed and performed by The Velvet Underground. It was included on the band's 1969 album ""The Velvet Underground"". Despite the name, ""Pale Blue Eyes"" was written about someone whose eyes were hazel, as Reed notes in his book ""Between Thought and Expression"". The song is said to have been inspired by Shelley Albin, Reed's first love, who at the time was married to another man. Lou Reed initially wanted to play ""Pale Blue Eyes"" for the Velvet Underground's first reunion at the Fondation Cartier in 1990."
"Both the February 20 false-start and the February 21 performance were recorded on soundboard in good sound quality and were released officially in 2007 by the Follow That Dream label; still photos of the February 21 performance also exist. The complete version was first released on bootleg by the Fort Baxter label in 1995. Moody Blue (song) ""Moody Blue"" is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. The song was written by Mark James who recorded the original version of the song, which reached #15 in South Africa during the summer of 1976. James also penned Elvis' ""Suspicious Minds"". ""Moody"
"Wesley Wilson Wesley Shellie Wilson (October 1, 1893 – October 10, 1958), often credited as Kid Wilson, was an American blues and jazz singer and songwriter. His stagecraft and performances with his wife and musical partner, Coot Grant, were popular with African-American audiences in the 1910s, 1920s and early 1930s. His stage names included Kid Wilson, Jenkins, Socks, and Sox (or Socks) Wilson. His musical excursions included participation in the duo of Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie. His recordings include the songs ""Blue Monday on Sugar Hill"" and ""Rasslin' till the Wagon Comes"". Wilson was born and raised in Jacksonville,"
"Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as ""Kentucky Rain"" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and ""Pure Love"" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as ""Suspicions"" and ""Every Which Way but Loose (the theme from the film of the same title)."" His duets ""Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)"""
"introduced Presley on ""The Steve Allen Show"", and Presley, dressed in formal evening wear, said, ""I think that I have on something tonight that's not quite right for evening wear."" Allen asked, ""What's that, Elvis?"" ""Blue suede shoes"" was the answer, as he lifted his left foot to show the audience. Presley mentioned blue suede shoes a second time on this show: in a song during the ""Range Roundup"" comedy skit with Allen, Andy Griffith, and Imogene Coca, he delivered the line, ""I'm a-warnin' you galoots, don't step on my blue suede shoes."" Moore has said that Presley recorded the"