Who wrote and recorded the original version of the song Blue Suede Shoes which was a hit single for Elvis Presley in 1955?
Blue Suede Shoes Blue Suede Shoes "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock-and-roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock-and-roll) records, incorporating 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 two weeks in the number two 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. Johnny Cash planted the seed for the
Blue Suede Shoes "claims that he wrote the Blue Suede Shoes". It is also referred to ("maybe some blue suede shoes") in The Lowest of the Low's 1991 song "Henry Needs a New Pair of Shoes", about a homeless man. The song is referred to by Marc Cohn in "Walking in Memphis," which begins, "Put on my blue suede shoes, and I boarded the plane." In 1971 Kevin Ayers recorded "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes" which included the line (from the bartender) "we don't serve strangers in blue suede shoes". The song appears in the TV miniseries "Elvis", in which Presley (played by