19 December, 1955 - Carl Perkins recorded the hit Blue Suede Shoes. Johnny Cash planted 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 whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as blue suede shoes. Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl replied, I dont know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes? When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing near the stage. Between songs, Carl heard a stern, forceful voice say, Uh-uh, dont step on my suedes! Carl looked down and noted that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes and one had a scuff mark. Good gracious, a pretty little thing like that and all he can think about is his blue suede shoes, thought Carl. That night Perkins began working on a song based on the incident. His first thought was to frame it with a nursery rhyme. He considered, and quickly discarded Little Jack Horner... and See a spider going up the wall..., then settled on One for the money... Leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing Well, its one for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go, man, go! he broke into a boogie rhythm.He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing the title out as Blue Swade; S-W-A-D-E – I couldnt even spell it right, he later said. According to Perkins, On December 17, 1955, I wrote Blue Suede Shoes. I recorded it on December 19.Producer Sam Phillips suggested that Perkinss line go cat go be changed to go man go, but it wasnt. youtube/watch?v=DRNyvO4QouY
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