Elvis Presley – ‘Blue Suede Shoes’
Original version by Carl Perkins
Like many of Elvis Presley’s early hits, his weren’t the first, but they were definitely the best. Carl Perkins, a fellow Sun Records artist, is the man behind the original. He got the idea for the song after seeing a dancer get upset with someone for scuffing up his new shoes.
Source: Collider.com
Considered one of the first rockabilly songs, the song was later covered by Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, and others. Then RCA asked Elvis to record “Blue Suede Shoes” at a time when the Perkins release was still hot. But, they delayed the cover version (which Elvis considered a tribute to his friend, Perkins) until the original started to fall from the charts.