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Written by: Carl Perkins
Produced by: Steve Sholes
Released: March '56 on RCA
Charts: 12 weeks
Top spot: No. 20
The day after Presley made his television debut, on Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey's Stage Show, he went into a studio in New York, kicking off the session with "Blue Suede Shoes"; Perkins' original was still climbing the charts. Despite thirteen takes, Presley and Sholes felt they hadn't matched it. Maybe they were right: Perkins' single got to Number Two, but Presley's peaked at Number Twenty.
Appears on: 2nd to None (BMG Heritage)