Blue Suede Shoes was written by Carl Perkins in late 1955. There are two versions of how Perkins came to write the song. Perkins had said that he played for a high school dance in Jackson, Tennessee, on December 4, 1955. During the dance, he spotted a boy with blue suede shoes dancing with a gorgeous girl. The boy told her, Uh-uh! Dont step on my blue suede shoes! Perkins couldnt get the image out of his mind. He awoke at three oclock the next morning with the lyrics to Blue Suede Shoes and wrote them down on a brown paper potato sack. Originally, the first line was One for the money, two for the show, three get ready, and go, man, go. But while recording the song at Sun Records, Perkins substituted the word cat for man. Johnny Cash told a different story about the origin of Blue Suede Shoes. While Perkins, Elvis, and Cash were performing in Amory, Mississippi, one night in 1955, Cash told Perkins about a black sergeant he had in the Air Force by the name of C.V. White. Sergeant White would frequently step into Cashs room and ask him how he (White) looked and then say, Just dont step on my blue suede shoes! (Never mind that Sergeant White was wearing regulation Air Force shoes). Perkins thought that Cashs story was a good idea for a song. While Elvis was performing on stage, Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes. Whatever the story, Perkinss Blue Suede Shoes (Sun 234) was released on January 1, 1956. Three versions of Blue Suede Shoes charted in 1956: Perkinss, Elviss, and that by Boyd Bennet and His Rockets. Elvis recorded Blue Suede Shoes on January 30, 1956, at RCAs New York City studios. He sang Blue Suede Shoes during his screen test for Paramount Pictures on April 1, 1956, and on the following TV programs: Stage Show (February 11, 1956; March 17, 1956), The Milton Berle Show (April 3, 1956), and Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii (January 14, 1973). In addition, a performance of the song at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in August 1970, was used in the documentary Elvis - Thats The Way It Is. Blue Suede Shoes was recorded for the 1968 TV special, Elvis, but was not used. However, a spliced version, using the first portion of the song recorded on June 27, 1968, at the 6:00 P.M. show, and the last portion recorded on June 29, 1968, at the 8:00 P.M. show, was heard in the 1981 documentary This Is Elvis. The version of Blue Suede Shoes heard on a jukebox in G.I. Blues was recorded at RCAs Hollywood studios on April 28, 1960. In 1985 RCA issued a music video of Elviss Blue Suede Shoes in which Carl Perkins made a cameo appearance. https://youtube/watch?v=v5RAz9I569w
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:04:02 +0000
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