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  2. " 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.

  3. Jan 21, 2024 · It was track one, side one on Elvis Presley’s game-changing, eponymous 1956 debut album. Naturally, many music-lovers have since assumed that “Blue Suede Shoes” was an Elvis original. Yet the...

  4. Release and sales. 1956 sheet music cover, Hill & Range, New York. Perkins' recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" was released in early 1956, as Sun 234. Two copies of the song on 78-rpm records were sent to Perkins but arrived broken.

  5. Released on January 1, 1956, the song made a slow climb up the charts, appearing on all three in May, which is when it reached its peak of #2 on the Pop charts. Perkins based the beginning of this song on a nursery rhyme: "One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go."

  6. Aug 23, 2017 · Written and recorded in 1955 by American country singer-songwriter Carl Perkins, "Blue Suede Shoes" remains one of the staple rock and roll standards. Released in 1956 on the Sun Records...

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  7. May 15, 2015 · Released on New Years Day 1956, by March the single had reached the Billboard Top 100, where it peaked at No.2, kept off the top spot by Elvis’s Heartbreak Hotel. Perkins became the first country artist to cross over into both the national and R&B listings. Moreover, Blue Suede Shoes gave Sun Records its first million-seller. The single ...

  8. Blue Suede Shoes Released: Aug. 31, 1956 Whether simply to maximize sales in every format, or in the belief that many teenagers either didn’t have a long-playing record player or wanted the individual sides at the lowest per-unit price, RCA simultaneously released seven 45s incorporating every one of Elvis’ songs not previously available on ...