Blue Suede Shoes

Name: Blue Suede Shoes
Duration: 2 min 16 s

~ Recording by Carl Perkins

Annotation

Take 2. First issued on single Sun 234.

Annotation last modified on 2018-12-10 14:51 UTC.

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes / Honey, Don't!	Carl Perkins	Single	US1956-01-21	Sun (US label founded in 1952)	234
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	CA1957	Quality (Canadian label, 1950–1985)	V-1611
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of… Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	NZ1957	London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present)	HAM-S 6034, HAM-S.6034
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of… Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	US1957	Sun Record Company	LP-1225
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	EP	US1958	Sun Record Company	EP 115, SUN EP-115
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1959	London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present)	HA-S 2202, HAS.2202
1.3	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Sun's Gold Hits, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1961	Sun Record Company	1250, SLP 1250
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Teen Beat: The Best of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	US1961	Sun Record Company	1225, SLP 1225
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1964-03	London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present)	HA-S 2202, HAS.2202
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins (Black label and white text)	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1964	London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present)	HA-S 2202, HAS 2202
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes (London)	Carl Perkins	Album	FR1965-04	London Disques	HA 2202
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	Album	NL1968	London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present)	LDY 379 271
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Original Golden Hits	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1969-12	Sun Record Company	SUN-111
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes (SUN-112)	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1970-01	Sun Record Company	SUN-112
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1972	Hilltop Records (60s/70s US)	JS-6103
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Rocking Guitarman	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	FR1974-12	Charly Records	CR 300003
1.5	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	The Original Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	GB1976	Charly Records	CR 30110
1.5	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	The Original Carl Perkins: Greatest Hits	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	NL1976	Charly Records	385 269, 385.269
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	The Sun Story, Vol. 3: Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1977	Sun (US label founded in 1952), Sunnyvale Records	9330-903
1.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	40 Country Classics: Original Artistes (Limited Edition 2)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1978	Pickwick Records (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)	PLD 8011
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1981	Sun (US label founded in 1952)	CRM 2012
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1981	Charly Records	CRM 2012
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of… Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	IT1981	Oxford (Italian label)	OX/3206
1.14	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	The Sun Years	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	GB1982-03	Sun Record Company	S BOX 101, SUN B0X 101
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	ES1984	CFE	30.100164, 30100164
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	ES1984	CFE	ES-164, ES-164 (C)
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1985	Charly Records	CRM 2012
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	IT1985	Charly Records	CRMK 72012
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	PT1985	Sun (US label founded in 1952)	MOV. 20094
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:11	Carl Perkins	Rabbit Action	Carl Perkins / Junior Thompson	Album + Compilation	GB1985	Sun Record Company	LP 1018, SUN 1018
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	Original Sun Greatest Hits	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1986-06	Rhino (reissue label)	RNCD 75890
1.7	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Up Through the Years 1954-57	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	DE1986-10	Bear Family Records	BCD 15246
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of… Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	GB1986	Topline Records	TOB CD 503
1.11	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Jukebox Classics, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1986	Rhino (reissue label)	RNCD 75893
1.3	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	The Sun Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1986	Rhino (reissue label)	RNDA 71103
1.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	21 Legendary Superstars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Original Sound Recordings (compilations, pre-90s)	OSCD 8883
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	25 Greatest Rock ’n Roll Hits, Part I	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1987	Maybellene	CD 05503
1.20	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	Baby Boomer Classics: Fifties, Vol. 1	Various Artists	Other + Compilation	CH1987	Trax Music	BBCD1001
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	?:??	Carl Perkins	Dance Album of... Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album	XE1987	Topline Records	TOP CD 503
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1987	Media Markt (German electronics retailer)	CD 100.001
1.7	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Oldies But Goodies, Vol. 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Original Sound	OSCD8554
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:19	Carl Perkins	Prime All-Time-Hits: Rock and Roll Club, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1987	World Star Collection	WSC 99911
1.3	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Best of 50s Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Priority Records (US hip hop)	CDL-9437
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Best of Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	DK1987	World Star Collection	WSC 99039
1.17	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	The Golden Era of Pop Music, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1987	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	460616 2
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products	2RNR-14, OPCD-2544
1.20	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	The Sun Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1987	Rhino (reissue label)	RNCD 75884
2.22	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Yesterdays Gold: 120 Golden Oldies, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1987		YDG 2551
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	20 Rock & Roll Classics Part 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1988
2.13	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	50 Rock & Roll Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1988	Double Gold (Portuguese)	DBG 2-53010
2.19	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	72 Golden Pop Memories	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1988
2.8	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	100 Super Oldies: Too Good to Be Forgotten	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1988	Black Tulip	2699122
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes (Sun LP 1014)	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1988	Sun Record Company	LP 1014
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Original Sun Greatest Hits (club edition)	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1988	Rhino (reissue label)	RNCD 75890
1.4	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	Rock & Roll Music, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1988	Evasound	D0724CD
2.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Heart & Soul of Rock & Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1988 GB1988	Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)	TCD 2351
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Sound of Sun	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1988	Charly Records	CD SAM 103
1.3	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1989	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 70599
1.13	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Country Memories	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1989
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer (2nd amended edition)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Media Markt (German electronics retailer)	100.004, CD 100.004
1.12	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Rock Times, Volume 1: 1955-1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Zounds	2700021
2.13	Blue Suede Shoes	2:24	Carl Perkins	Rock’n’Roll!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1989	Pathé Marconi EMI (record company, renamed EMI Pathé Marconi in 1986)
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Rockfile, Volume 7	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1989	Backline Records (Line Music GmbH)	BLCD 9.00764 L
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Charly Originals: Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	EP + Compilation	XE1989	Charly Records	CDS 9
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Greatest Years of Rock ’n’ Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1989	Object Enterprises	0Z0004
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Greatest Years of Rock ’n’ Roll 1956–1965	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Object Enterprises	OS0034, OS0035, OS0036
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Rock ’n’ Roll Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1989	Object Enterprises
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Rock ’n’ Roll Collection 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Compact Classics	FPF03A
3.5	Blue Suede Shoes (take 4)	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Sun Years: The Definitive Rock’n Roll and Country Recordings 1954 to 1957	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Charly Records, Sun Record Company	CD SUN BOX 2
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes (take 2) (9A)	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Classic Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	DE1990-02	Bear Family Records	BCD 15494 EH
1.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Let’s Have a Party: Hot Dance Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BR1990-06-10	Sony Music \| Latin
2.22	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Beat, Twist & Rock ’n’ Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1990	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	466973 2
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	Best of Eis am Stiel, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1990	Edel Company (edel Company music AG)	EDL 2550-2
1.13	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	Country USA: 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1990	Time–Life Music	CTD-13
1.17	Blue Suede Shoes	2:12	Carl Perkins	Stereoplay, CD 50: Yesterday’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1990	stereoplay	CD 27100500 A
1.9	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	Do You Remember 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1991	Elap Music (Danish label)	4556CD
1.11	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Jukebox Hits of 1956, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1991	Double D Entertainment	9156
2.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	Let’s Have a Party	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1991	EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.11	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Elvis Presley Years (disc 1)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1991
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	The Rock'n'Roll Story	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1991
2.28	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	The Ultimate Sun Rockabilly Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1991	Disky	DCD 5202
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:19	Carl Perkins	The Very Best of Sun Rock ’n’ Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1991	Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)	MCCD024
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	Vragen staat vrij	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1991	Reader’s Digest	B 82 206 BB3
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	70 Ounces Of Gold: Solid Gold	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1992-12-12	Compose, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)	9073-2, D 108404
1.6	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	25 Jukebox Hits, Vol. 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	K-Box (imprint of Weton-Wesgram B.V.)	K-BOX 029D
1.19	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	De Pre Historie 1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1992	BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA (do not use this as an imprint!)	262.656
1.18	Blue Suede Shoes	2:13	Carl Perkins	Million Sellers 2: The Fifties	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Disky	MSCD 1902
1.10	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Pioneros del rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ES1992	Perfil	ECD 0046
1.12	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Rock "n" Roll Hits of the 50's and 60's, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1992	Golden Circle, Inc.	CDG5702
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	Rock Around the Clock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	FR1992	Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)	252 004
1.4	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1992	Impuls International	IMP 9271
1.5	Blue Suede Shoes	2:18	Carl Perkins	Sun’s Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1992	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	07863 66059-2
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The Golden Serie: History of Pop, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1992	Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs)	UN 1 901
1.2	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	The History of Pop Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Disky	DCD 14, DCD 15, DCD 16, HRCD 8019
1.3	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1955-1956	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1992	Time–Life Music	TL 516/07
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:15	Carl Perkins	The Rockin’ Guitar Man (Charly)	Carl Perkins	Album + Compilation	US1992	Charly Records	CDCD 1052
1.4	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The World of Classic Country	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1992	Trace Trading	0400082
3.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:17	Carl Perkins	The World of the 50’s & 60’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Trace
1.1	Blue Suede Shoes	2:16	Carl Perkins	The World Of The 50s & 60s (Rescue Me)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Trace Trading	0400012
1.16	Blue Suede Shoes	2:14	Carl Perkins	U vraagt… Wij draaien	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1992	Reader’s Digest	DRDS 3547/51

Relationships

double bass:	Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):	W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:	Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:	Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Sun (US label founded in 1952) (in 1955, from 1956 to present)

has remixes:	Blue Suede Shoes (test acetate)

part of:	Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) (order: 5) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 95) (order: 95)

other databases:	https://www.whosampled.com/Carl-Perkins/Blue-Suede-Shoes/ [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/699 [info]

recording of:	Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)

Blue Suede Shoes

lyricist and composer:	Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)

publisher:	Aberbach (London) (publisher) Carl Perkins Music Inc. Carlin Music Corp. EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Hi Lo Music Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) Unichappell Music Unichappell Music, Inc. Wren Music Co.

referred to in medleys:	Rock Around the Clock / Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti / Long Tall Sally (order: 2) Medley: Johnny B. Goode / Sweet Little Rock & Roller / Blue Suede Shoes / Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Live In New York 1974-09-28) (order: 3) Rock Pie (Detto Mariano arr.) (order: 3) Good Old Rock ’n Roll (order: 5) Raggarkungen (order: 5) Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame (order: 16)
later translated versions:	Blöös söös söös Die Schuach (Blue Suede Shoes) G'nagelte Schuach Zapatos de ante azul
part of:	Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
is the basis for:	Fotformsko
arrangements:	Concerto Grosso no. IV: I. Blue Suede Shoes

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