Blue Suede Shoes
Song by Carl PerkinsWikipedia
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Search complete. 41 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Blue Suede Shoes".
Sep 23, 2026
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This was their debut studio album from the legendary Australian rock band And while it did not chart in the United States, it became a breakout hit regionally.
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It had songs like She's So Fine on it.
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In 1969, Diana Ross and the Supremes, along with The Temptations, released Together.
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This was their second and final collaborative duet studio album pairing.
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Santana and his band, of course, blended their rock, blues, jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
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This was a huge success.
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Got to number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, stayed there for six consecutive weeks, hit number seven on the UK charts, and it had three big songs on it.
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Two of them hit the charts and one was a classic.
Michael FrondelliGUEST
It wasn't until I heard Elvis that everything changed.
Michael FrondelliGUEST
My first record that I made my parents buy for me was Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis, not Carl Perkins.
Michael FrondelliGUEST
I was smitten with it.
Michael FrondelliGUEST
I had to learn.
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
Yeah.
Bobby BonesHOST
Uh, Elvis, Blue Suede Shoes.
Bobby BonesHOST
Carl Perkins.
Brandon RayPANELIST
Okay.
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
That's so stupid.
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
Literally my next one was Elvis.
Bobby BonesHOST
Was it Blue Suede Shoes?
Eddie GarciaPANELIST
No, it wasn't, but now I don't wanna pick an Elvis.
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Not that Maggie's back in time.
The Old ManHOST
Coming in at number 25, Blue Suede Shoes.
The Old ManHOST
Not by Elvis, but by Carl Perkins.
The Old ManHOST
Here we go.
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two for the show, three to get ready.
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Now go, cat, go, but don't you.
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tap on my blue suede shoes.
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You can do anything for the half of my blue suede shoes.
EddieHOST
Yeah.
Bobby BonesHOST
Uh, Elvis, Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins.
BrandonPANELIST
Okay.
BrandonPANELIST
That's a good one.
EddieHOST
That's so stupid.
EddieHOST
Literally my next one was Elvis.
Bobby BonesHOST
Was it Blue Suede Shoes?
EddieHOST
No, it wasn't, but now I don't wanna pick an Elvis.
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In an unprecedented marketing blitz that was designed to capitalize on his fame at that point, RCA Victor simultaneously released a bunch of tracks as individual singles on the same day.
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The songs were Money Honey, Just Because, Blue Suede Shoes, Lordy Miss Claudia, Trying to Get to You, Blue Moon, and Shake, Rattle, and Roll.
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Out of these seven songs, the one that peaked at the highest on the chart was Blue Suede Shoes, his cover of the Carl Perkins hit.
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It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
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Meanwhile, the next one down was Blue Moon.
Ed ChenHOST
So George gets to end with a thank you.
Ed ChenHOST
Then, blue suede shoes.
Ed ChenHOST
John Fogerty is back up as the lead vocalist.
Martin QuibellHOST
Yeah,
Ian ClarkHOST
really true that's what i i mean it's extraordinary and it's ordinary and this book really brings that home because the detail sitting in a kitchen like just you know but where else does this stuff start right thinking up the name the Beatles like this the word the name the Beatles come from or the Rolling Stones like it's just thinking it up and now it's institutionalized right right you know you
Jim BerkenstadtGUEST
know another scene that just blew me away and I give the whole thing away but Scotty talks about going over to Carl Perkins's house and they sit on the floor with like some Jack Daniels and Carl pulls out like a paper bag with chicken scrawl on it and it's the early lyrics for Blue Suede Shoes
Ian ClarkHOST
oh man
Jim BerkenstadtGUEST
I mean it's so wonderful to be in the kitchen there on the floor with them having a Jack Daniels and you just feel like you're there as Carl develops this amazing song that's been a part of all of our lives for so many years and of course both Elvis and Carl who did it first you know both of them recorded that song and made great versions and know they're still played on the radio