Blue Suede Shoes

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Written by: Perkins
Produced by: Sam Phillips
Released: Feb '56 on Sun
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 2

Inspired by a Tennessee hep cat who was trying to keep the girl he was dancing with from scuffing up his new shoes, Perkins wrote the song that would be his Sun debut. It was the first single to crack the pop R&B and country charts, and Perkins was driving to New York to perform the song on The Perry Como Show when his car crashed into a poultry truck, laying him up for weeks. He could only sit home and watch while "Blue Suede Shoes" was performed on The Milton Berle Show -- sung by Elvis Presley, who would later admit he couldn't top Perkins' original.

Appears on: Original Sun Greatest Hits (Rhino)

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