Blue Suede Shoes

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rock and roll song single song

"Blue Suede Shoes" is a pioneering rock and roll song, famously performed by Elvis Presley, that became one of the genre’s earliest and most iconic hits.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blue Suede Shoes canonical 5
Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
chartSuccess major hit in the 1950s ⓘ
composer Carl Perkins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus rock and roll standard ⓘ
rockabilly classic ⓘ
describedAs early rock and roll hit ⓘ
iconic rock and roll song ⓘ
pioneering rock and roll song ⓘ
ElvisPresleyVersionLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
era 1950s rock and roll ⓘ
famousCoverArtist Elvis Presley ⓘ
firstRecordingYear 1955 ⓘ
genre rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Buddy Holly ⓘ
Eddie Cochran ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
hasNotableLyric Don’t you step on my blue suede shoes ⓘ
influencedGenre rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
instrumentation bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Carl Perkins ⓘ
notableFor association with Elvis Presley’s rise to fame ⓘ
early fusion of country and rhythm and blues elements ⓘ
influence on early rock and roll style ⓘ
notablePerformer Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
originalArtistLabel Sun Records ⓘ
originalPerformer Carl Perkins ⓘ
performanceType vocal music ⓘ
performer Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
producer Sam Phillips ⓘ
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
subjectMatter fashionable blue suede shoes ⓘ
warning not to step on shoes ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
writer Carl Perkins ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elvis Presley → notableWork → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
Carl Perkins → notableWork → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
Sun Records → catalogIncludes → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes"
G.I. Blues → featuresSong → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite concert → setListIncludes → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
subject surface form: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
The King → notableWork → Blue Suede Shoes ⓘ
subject surface form: Elvis Presley