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  Carl Perkins
Although he placed only one record in the pop top forty "Blue Suede Shoes," it became a legendary one in the annals of rock-and-roll and propelled Perkins, one of the original rockabilly singers, into his legendary status.
"Blue Suede Shoes" was recorded December, 1955, and released January 1, 1956 on the Sun label.
The flip side of Blue Suede Shoes was "Honey Don't," which had originally been intended as the A-side.
www.history-of-rock.com /perkins.htm   (1066 words)

  
  Blue Suede Shoes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is considered one of the first rock and roll records and incorporated elements of blues, country and pop music of the time.
"Blue Suede Shoes" was chosen as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Blue Suede Shoes is also the title of a 1980 documentary film about the British rockabilly scene.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes   (539 words)

  
 The Blue Suede Shoes Story
"Blue Suede Shoes" was the first record to borrow from all three categories and become a hit on all three charts.
Phillips circulates dubs (acetates run from the tapes) to local radio stations and confirms that his hunch is correct: "Blue Suede Shoes" is the side to watch.
Four songs are recorded, but the intense action surrounding "Blue Suede Shoes" convinces Phillips to delay mastering a new single.
www.rockabillyhall.com /BlueSuedeShoes.html   (1063 words)

  
 carl perkins blue suede shoes fo
"blue suede shoes" is probably the most popular song ever recorded.
carl would mix rhythm and blues with country and when the folks got "dixie fried" carl would do a little experimenting and since no one came to hear the music as their first choice anyway why not mess around with some different styles of music.
he was there when country music and blues crossed over and became rock-a-billy but no one knew that's what it was all they knew was it sounded good and it was fun to play.
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 Blue Suede Shoes Stage Show Reviews
Conceived and choreographed by Ballet Artistic Director Dennis Nahat, the rock-and-roll ballet takes three mid-1950's buddies (in their blue suede shoes, natch!) from the high school to the hot dog drive-in, through graduation and into the army.
"Blue Suede Shoes" returns to the Cleveland stage next April, then goes on the road to the new opera house in Detroit and then to San Jose, the California city that shares the Ballet's identity and that provided investors for this production.
One ballet office spokesperson said, "Blue Suede Shoes could play for the next three to five years." That kind of acceptance would be emphasis to a Presley favorite, "Love Me Tender.
www.elvisinfonet.com /bluesuedeshoes.html   (1244 words)

  
 RAB Hall of Fame: Carl Perkins
Three months later, "Blue Suede Shoes," a tune that borrowed stylistically from pop, country and R&B music, is sitting at the top of all charts, the first record to accomplish such a feat while becoming Sun's first million seller in the bargain.
He wrote `"Blue Suede Shoes" after hearing someone telling his date at a high school prom not to step on his blue suede shoes.
"Blue Suede Shoes" sold 2 million copies before Elvis Presley even got his hands on it, becoming the first record ever to hit the pop, country, and rhythm and blues charts at the same time - a song Perkins said he wrote after playing "a gut-bucket barroom" called the Roadside Inn.
www.rockabillyhall.com /CarlPerkins.html   (3986 words)

  
 Blue Suede Shoes
Crossville Color Blox 6 x 6 Blue Suede Shoes Tile & Stone
Crossville Color Blox 18 x 18 Blue Suede Shoes Tile & Stone
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 Blue Suede Shoes Boutique   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Well Blue Suede Shoes are the shoes for you.
Blue Suede Shoes is an upscale boutique that provides stylish fashionable shoes in all sizes for all women.
Blue Suede Shoes has been serving the community for 25 years and plan to serve it 25 more.
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 Metroactive Stage | Blue Suede Shoes
Consider San Jose Cleveland Ballet Company's newest show, Blue Suede Shoes, an evening of dance numbers choreographed to three dozen of the King's biggest hits, costumed and staged to the hilt for maximum aural and visual impact.
The secret to Blue Suede Shoes' appeal, Nahat believes, lies in the way that the music of Elvis Presley so perfectly encapsulates the American zeitgeist of the postwar period.
Blue Suede Shoes plays April 24, 29­May 1 at 7:30pm, April 25 and May 2 at 8pm, April 26 at 2 and 8pm, April 27 at 1:30 and 7:30pm, May 3 at 2 and 8pm at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose; tickets are $15­50.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/04.24.97/stage1-9717.html   (956 words)

  
 Blue Suede Band Wedding Music Band in Harrisonburg VA, Virginia
Blue Suede was established in Harrisonburg in the Spring of 1995 by a group of seasoned musicians with the idea of providing some of the best swing and rock dance music around.
Blue Suede is capable of playing the most intimate of social gatherings, or making the largest events a smashing success!
Blue Suede is available for weddings, picnics, shows, cruise-ins, dances, meetings, and anywhere high quality music is required.
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 Ballet San Jose - Blue Suede Shoes
Dennis Nahat’s BLUE SUEDE SHOES combines classical dance with classic rock in a one-act ballet danced to 36 master recordings of Elvis Presley's greatest hits.
Once released, all of the characters from their lives join them in the big finale as they go off to seek fame and fortune and the American Dream...each wearing a pair of blue suede shoes.
First performed in February of 1979, this dance for twelve individual dancers (initially presented as six mated couples) contrasts sharply, in its serenity and simplicity, with the extravagance and free-for-all form that distinguishes the dances of choreographer Twyla Tharp.
www.balletsanjose.org /BlueSuedeShoes.htm   (481 words)

  
 eBay - blue shoes suede, Women's Shoes, Men's Shoes items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NWOB Salvatore Ferragamo Blue Suede Shoes sz 61/2EE
Blue Suede Turquoise Stilletto Shoe Heel Pump NIB 10
NIB-Blue Suede Michael KORS Kitten Heel Loafer Shoe~9.5
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 Blue Suede Shoes Ballet Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dennis Nahat's Blue Suede Shoes, a one-act ballet danced to 36 master recordings of Elvis Presley songs, combines classical dance with classic rock, extending traditional ballet to rock and disco (on pointe!).
The rock-and-roll ballet, with a good helping of jazz, follows three friends over almost twenty years, starting with high school in the 1950s (when they are first seen wearing their blue suede shoes).
Blue Suede Shoes was first performed May 1996 in Cleveland; its west coast premiere was in San Jose in April 1997.
www.shomler.com /dance/bss/bsst.htm   (639 words)

  
 Blue Suede Shoes (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Blue Suede Shoes", a classic rock and roll song by Carl Perkins
Blue Suede Shoes, a 1980 British documentary on rock and roll, starring Bill Haley and His Comets
Blue Suede Shoes, an American magazine devoted to rockabilly music.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes_(disambiguation)   (119 words)

  
 Item #8899693FK - Blue Suede Shoes - Concert Band
"Blue Suede Shoes" is now available for your beginning band's next concert.
Composer(s): "Blue Suede Shoes" was composed by Carl Perkins.
Publisher: "Blue Suede Shoes" was published by Warner Brothers Publications.
www.superdupermusic.com /8899693.html   (355 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session: Music: Carl Perkins,Eric Clapton,George Harrison   (Site not responding. Last check: )
You knew very good and well Perkins was not about to leave the place without playing "Blue Suede Shoes." It is one helluva classic that will last for time immemorial.
The powerhouse performance of Perkins' masterpiece "Blue Suede Shoes" is reason enough to buy this CD.
Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session ~ Carl Perkins
www.amazon.com /Blue-Suede-Shoes-Rockabilly-Session/dp/B000EYK2GE   (1229 words)

  
 Shoewawa: Vintage Blue Suede Shoes
The great thing about vintage emporium Candy Says is that a lot of their retro shoes are unworn and very reasonably priced.
These 80s jewelled blue suede shoes (*insert Elvis pun here*) are £35, and yours if you're a size 5!
Those are gorgeous, in the 80's they knew how to design a pump, toe clevage with no gaping and comfortable too.
www.shoewawa.com /2006/04/vintage_blue_su.html   (169 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Blue Suede Shoes Collection: Music: Elvis Presley   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 2 mammoth 30CD box sets released by RCA ('The Collection' aka 'The Red Suede Collection', and 'The Blue Suede Shoes Collection') have been harshly criticized by some Elvis fans as unnecessary and just another in a very long line of "cashing in" projects by his record label.
And while that is probably true - repackaging old material for a quick profit is something that has never been beneath RCA (or the Colonel, or Elvis, for that matter) - let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater.
For the blue box, the main draws after the interview CD are the hard-to-find 'A Hundred Years From Now' and 'Such A Night', volumes 4 and 6, respectively, in the great 'Essential Elvis' series of alternate takes and unreleased recordings.
www.amazon.com /Suede-Shoes-Collection-Elvis-Presley/dp/B00005LN73   (771 words)

  
 Become.com - Shop results for blue suede shoes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Soft suede upper in a casual sporty style, with smooth contrasting leather toe and heel overlays with ornate laser cutouts, straight and decorative contrast...
Leather and suede are crafted in a bold design with master stitch work.
Blocks of colored kid suede are accented with soft leather trim and a distinctive square toecap.
www.become.com /shop?q=blue+suede+shoes   (791 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Blue Suede Shoes: The Very Best of Carl Perkins: Music: Carl Perkins   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The only thing keeping it from the # 1 slot in both cases was the phenominal success of Little Richard's Long Tall Sally which stayed there for EIGHT solid weeks.
After that, however, it was tough sledding for Carl, a situation not helped by a serious car accident that kept him out of the limelight for several critical months even as Blue Suede Shoes was moving up.
After Sure To Fall/ Tennessee - neither in this compilation - failed to chart, Boppin' The Blues made it to # 7 Country/# 70 pop b/w All Mama's Children, while Dixie Fried scored only on the Country charts, reaching # 10 in October 1956 b/w I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry [also excluded here].
www.amazon.ca /Blue-Suede-Shoes-Carl-Perkins/dp/B00000HX5R   (523 words)

  
 Elvis Presley
Blue Money (1982) (TV) (writer: "Heartbreak Hotel", "Love Me Tender")
Cocksucker Blues (1972) (writer: "Love Me Tender" (uncredited))
G.I. Blues (1960) (performer: "What's She Really Like", "G.I. Blues", "Doin' The Best I Can", "Blue Suede Shoes", "Frankfort Special", "Shoppin' Around", "Tonight Is So Right For Love", "Wooden Heart", "Pocketful Of Rainbows", "Big Boots", "Didja Ever")
www.imdb.com /name/nm0000062   (4723 words)

  
 BLUE SUEDE SHOES
ELVIS PRESLEY Blue Suede Shoes (Rare Original 1956 UK HMV purple & silver label 7" vinyl single also featuring Tutti Frutti with intact push out centre in generic HMV company sleeve.
ELVIS PRESLEY Blue Suede Shoes (Scarce Mexican 4-track RCA orange label vinyl 7" EP also including Tutti Frutti, I Got A Woman and Just Because, complete with the original wrap-around picture sleeve.
ELVIS PRESLEY Blue Suede Shoes (Rare 1984 US '50th Anniversary' mono/stereo2-track 7" single, pressed on BLUE vinyl and also includes Promised Land, picture sleeve.
eil.com /shop/extsearch.asp?disctitle=blue-suede-shoes   (727 words)

  
 Sheet Music song - Blue Suede Shoes ~ The Lyric Library: Early Rock 'N' Roll
Sheet Music song - Blue Suede Shoes ~ The Lyric Library: Early Rock 'N' Roll
Blue Suede Shoes - The Lyric Library: Early Rock 'N' Roll
Prices subject to change to be advised on confirmation of order.
music.netstoreusa.com /songs/5002/HL00240203~88250.shtml   (238 words)

  
 Blue Suede Shoes - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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 Blue Suede Shoes Chords by Elvis Presley @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Blue Suede Shoes Chords by Elvis Presley @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
Blue Suede Shoes Chords by Elvis Presley, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song.
You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.
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 Grateful Dead Family Discography: Blue Suede Shoes
According to a number of sources the genesis of Blue Suede Shoes was roughly as follows.
Cash suggested to Perkins that he write a song based on a phrase he'd heard in the food line in the army - 'Don't step on my shoes'.
A few nights later Perkins was playing in Jackson, Tennessee and saw a dancer at the front of the crowd trying to keep his partner away from his blue suede shoes.
www.deaddisc.com /songs/Blue_Suede_Shoes.htm   (472 words)

  
 Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes Bass Tab
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Title: Blue Suede Shoes Artist: Elvis Presley Tabbed by: Stephane Lapointe (slapointe11@sympatico.ca) Date: July 2003 The King is dead but not his music!
Every bass player should have played at least one time in his life such a song based on a very common blues riff.
www.bassmasta.net /p/presley,_elvis/130779.html   (431 words)

  
 Blue Suede Shoes (1980)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Blue Suede Shoes is an awesome rockabilly film.
I found it neat to see teddy boys getting down with the greasers n all.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Blue Suede Shoes (1980)
us.imdb.com /Title?0080454   (179 words)

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