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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 32
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: Baby I Need Your Loving, Baby What You Want Me to Do, Blue Suede Shoes, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Cast Your Fate to the Wind, Catch the Wind, Fire and Rain, Help Me, Rhonda, I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water, Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, Memphis, Tennessee (song), Midnight Special (song), Mountain of Love, Poor Side of Town (Johnny Rivers song), Run for Your Life, Sea Cruise, Secret Agent Man (song), Six Days on the Road, Susie Q (song), The Seventh Son (song), The Tracks of My Tears, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, Willie and the Hand Jive. Excerpt: "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955 and is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time. Perkins original version of the song was on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks, and spent 2 weeks in the No. 2 position. Elvis Presley performed his version of the song three different times on national television. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran among many others. Shoes in Elvis exhibit similar to those that inspired the songJohnny Cash planted the seed for the 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 whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl 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...