*(1968) RCA ''Blue Suede Shoes'' (June 29, 1968 6PM Stand Up Show) Elvis Presley

''Blue Suede Shoes'' (LPA5-5817) (LPA5-5817) (6:00PM Stand Up Show)
Recorded Saturday June 29, 1968 at NBC Studio 4, 3000 West Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California

Name (Or. No. of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocals & Guitar / Tommy Tedesco - Guitar
Mike Deasy - Guitar / Al Casey - Guitar
Larry Knechtal - Bass & Keyboard - Charles Berghofer - Bass
Don Randi - Piano / Hal Blaine - Drums
John Cyr - Percussion / Elliot Franks - Percussion
Frank DeVito - Bongos / Tommy Morgan - Harmonica
Bob Alberti - Keyboard / Tommy Wolfe - Keyboard
The Blossoms consisting of Darlene Love, Jean King, and Fanita James - Backup Vocals
Julie Rinker, B.J. Baker, Frank Howren, Bill Lee, Gene Merino, Thurl Ravenscoft, Bill Brown,
Joe Eich, Elaine Black, Dean Parker, Jack Gruberman, Sally Stevens, Jackie Ward, Ronald Hicklin,
Tom Bahler,Mitch Gordon - Backup Vocals

Billy Goldenberg Orchestra consisting of
Leonard Atkins, Leonard Malarsky, Sidney Sharp, Thelma Beach, Marvin Limonick,
Joseph Stepansky, Alexander Murray, Ambrose Russo - Violins
Eloanor Saltkin, Paul Bergstrom, Christine Walevsky, Emmett Sargeant, Richard Noel,
Frank Rosolino, Ernest Tak - Cello
Francis Howard - Trombone
Oliver Mitchell, John Audino, Manny Stevens, Antony Terran - Trumpet
Anthony Ortega, Peter Christlies, John Kelso, Gene Cipiano - Saxophone
Dick Perissi, William Hinshaw - French Horn

William Goldenberg & Jack Elliot - Arrangers
Producer - Steve Binder
Recording Engineer - Bones Howe

"Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues, country and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song appeared on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks at the number two position. Elvis Presley recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" in 1956 and it appears as the opening track of his eponymous debut album ''Elvis Presley''. 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.

There are differing accounts about the origin of the song. In his second autobiography Cash: The Autobiography, Johnny Cash recalled planting 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, C. V. White, whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany, who had referred to his military regulation airmen's shoes as "blue suede shoes", and insisted that no one step on or scuff them. Cash suggested that Perkins write a song about the shoes. Perkins replied, "I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?".

In another version, Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, and noticed a couple dancing near the stage. Between songs, he heard the boy scold his partner, "Uh-uh, don't step on my suedes!" Looking down, he saw that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes and one had a scuff mark. Perkins was amused to see that the boy cared more about his shoes than the pretty girl he was with, and began working on a song about the incident that night.

In either case, Perkins decided to use a nursery rhyme for the basis of the song, settling on "One for the Money". Working with his Les Paul guitar, Perkins started with an A chord and improvised some lyrics: "Well, it's one for the money ... Two for the show ... Three to get ready ... Now go, man, go!''. Satisfied, he scribbled the song onto some scrap paper, spelling the title as "Blue Swade" in his haste. According to Perkins, "On December 17, 1955, I wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I recorded it on December 19", for Sun Records. Sun's producer, Sam Phillips, convinced Perkins to change the lyric from "go, boy, go" in the first take of the song to "go, cat, go" in the second, which became the release version.

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