Perkins never fully recovered, either emotionally or career-wise. With Perkins unable to touring and promote it, Elvis' cover version became a massive hit. Presley's copy was done at RCA studios in Nashville. Elvis recorded this later in His version hit US 20 and UK 9. This was the only Top 40 hit for Perkins on the pop charts, but his influence reaches much further. Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in The lyrics describe some of the things that Perkins would prefer over getting his shoes scuffed, and the list includes some derelict behavior: stepping on his face, stealing his car, burning down his house and drinking his liquor.
Some in the Sinatra-loving older generation were horrified, and used the song to back their case that rock 'n' roll was the Devil's music. Released on January 1, , 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. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, came up with the idea of changing the line "Go, man, go" to "Go, cat, go.
In Perkins' original version of this song, there are two deliberate beats after each of the first two lines: "One for the money New single that was pressed on blue vinyl with a gold "50th" anniversary label. October Disc jockey promotional release. Blues ». His Greatest Hits ». Blues » — This Is Elvis ». Blues Blues - FTD ». Blues, Volume 2 - FTD ». According to Scotty Moore, when the song was recorded, "We just went in there and started playing, just winged it.
Just followed however Elvis felt. Presley performed the song on national television three times in The first was February 11 on Stage Show. Presley mentioned blue suede shoes a second time on this show: in a song during the "Range Roundup" comedy skit with Steve Allen , Andy Griffith , and Imogene Coca , he delivers the line, "I'm a warnin' you galoots, don't step on my blue suede shoes.
Moore has said that Presley recorded the song to help out Perkins after his accident. Of course Carl was glad he did. It really helped as his record started going down. RCA released the Presley version as a single on September 8. When another soldier tries to unplug the jukebox, the entire place erupts into a fight.
Rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran recorded his version in May or June It was referenced in the record as "Shoes" by Pa Gherkins. In , Perkins' version was ranked No. Presley's recording of the song was also on the list at No. The Grateful Dead's hit "U. Blues" features the line "Red and white, blue suede shoes, I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do?
The title character, a homeless man, "claims that he wrote the Blue Suede Shoes". Although Elvis Presley had the big hit, credit was always given to Perkins. The idea for the song came from his early days when he and Johnny Cash — were in a food queue. Someone in front cried a warning to another not to trod on his foot.
Cash was moved to say to his companion that would be a good title for a song. Later, when Perkins — was playing in a dance hall he noticed one of the dancers gesticulating to his partner not to stand on his feet.
The following morning, or so the story goes, he woke up with the song lyrics in his head and cleverly wrote them down. He recorded the song before Elvis — but a road accident prevented him from performing the hit. Presley meantime was in need of a successful follow-up to Heartbreak Hotel and took his version of 'Shoes' the top of the US charts. The rest, as they say is history.
Perkins did not personally wear blue suede shoes although Presley did own a pair. The King did wear lifts in his shoes to make him look taller and Buddy Holly — only wore brown suede shoes. Had Carl Perkins not penned this tune and Elvis sang it then who knows what kind of world we would have today.
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