45 RPMs 100: Elvis Presley ~ Blue Suede Shoes

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Elvis Presley ~ Blue Suede Shoes 

45 RPM, side 1 

    

I missed buying the Elvis Presley 45 RPM version of Hound Dog (link below) because of prejudice favoring the Big Mama Thornton version (I still like it better). On January 30,1956, Elvis Presley recorded Blue Suede Shoes. I had been familiar with the version recorded and written a year earlier by Carl Perkins (link below), so, I was curious and intrigued to hear what Presley would do with it. I threw prejudices aside. I'm glad I did.     

 

Blue Suede Shoes is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues, country and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song appeared on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks at the number two position. it appears as the opening track of Presley's debut album. It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran. Of the four versions I like the Perkins one the best (links below).          

 

According to Perkins, he wrote Blue Suede Shoes on December 17, 1955 and recorded it two days later for Sun Records. In Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey Bill Randle played Blue Suede Shoes often on his nightly show, and before the end of the month, Phillips shipped an additional 25,000 copies to Cleveland.   

 

Perkins never attained the stardom of Presley, who, according to Perkins, "had everything. He had the looks, the moves, the manager (Colonel Tom Parker), and the talent.         

 

In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where he was regarded as "average". His first public performance was a singing contest at the Mississippi–Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, when he was 10; he sang Old Shep, composed by Red Foley, and placed fifth.         

        

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Blue Suede Shoes, written by Carl Perkins - 1:58

Side 2:

B - Tutti Frutti, written by Dorothy LaBostrie*, Richard Penniman - 1:57

Companies, etc.

    Record Company – Radio Corporation Of America
    Published By – Hi-Lo Music
    Published By – Venice Music, Inc.

 

Notes:

1st pressing, black RCA Victor label with dog on top and horizontal silver line.
Very early 1st pressing (August 31 ,1956) with dog on top and no silver line (-1S on matrices) - see release Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti

Barcode and Other Identifiers         

    Rights Society: BMI
    Matrix / Runout (Label A): G2WW-1230
    Matrix / Runout (Label B): G2WW-1255
    Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): G2 WW1230-3S
    Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): G2 WW1255-3S
    Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): G2 WW1230-5S RCA F
    Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): G2 WW1255-5S RCA I A

        

Elvis Presley – Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti
Label: RCA Victor – 47-6636
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1956
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll

        

        

        

        

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Eddie Cochran      

Red Foley          

Buddy Holly

Carl Perkins  

Elvis Presley 

         
     
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Eddie Cochran ~ Blue Suede Shoes    

Buddy Holly ~ Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins ~ Blue Suede Shoes         

Elvis Presley ~  

                        Blue Suede Shoes                 

                        Old Shep    

                        Tutti Frutti       
                        Tutti Frutti (live)   

Big Mama Thornton ~ Hound Dog                             
         

 

 

        

        

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Otis Redding US postage stamp

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 Otis Redding

commemorative stamp - 1993

 designer: John Berkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thirty-one years ago today, on October 8, 1992, the US Postal Service announced a new series of stamps would be issued to celebrate Rock ‘n’ Roll and Rhythm & Blues music and artists. The first full set entitled the Legends of American Music Series, included Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, Dinah Washington, and Otis Redding (links below).             

     

The Redding stamp was issued as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll/Rhythm & Blues se-tenant set of seven. The design was by John Berkey.  This was the first full set in the Legends of American Music Series, The first day of issue: was on June 16, 1993.    

    

Otis Redding was on a chartered plane that crashed into Lake Monona on Dec. 10, 1967, killing Redding and four members of his backup band, the Bar-Kays while they were flying to a scheduled performance.          

    

    

    

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The Bar-Kays     

Bill Haley    

Buddy Holly    

Clyde McPhatter     

Postal stamps on the Viewfinder          

Otis Redding    

Dinah Washington    

    

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Musical Stamps ~ Legends of American Music Series             

RollingStone ~ Putting Their Stamp on the Music    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

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20,000 vinyl LPs 288: Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do

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Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP front cover detail

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

detail photo of album cover by Styrous®

 

Today is the birthday of cute as a button, 1960's teen idol, Bobby Vee, born on April 30, 1943, in Fargo, North Dakota. His father was a chef, pianist and fiddle player of Norwegian descent and his mother was of Finnish descent.         

 

 

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP front cover 

cover photo by Peter Whorf 

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo of album cover by Styrous®

 

 

The career of Bobby Vee was born when he had to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson were killed in the crash of a V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane on February 3, 1959.        

V-tailed 1947 Beechcraft Bonanza airplane

photo by Bill Larkins

 

His single, Rubber Ball (1961, U.S. number six, Australia number one), made him an international star. The song was covered by Gary Lewis and the Playboys in 1966.     

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP back cover

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo by Styrous®

 

The album is a gatefold format designed by Kittyhawk Graphics, so there is plenty of room for graphics as well as information.            

 

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold front cover 

cover photo by Peter Whorf 

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo of gatefold  cover by Styrous®

The songs are classic Motown, such as his cover of Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr., and produced by Whitfield. It had been a big hit on the Pop and R&B charts by The Temptations two years earlier. Stubborn Kind of Fellow, written by Marvin Gaye, also fits in this category. It was Gaye's first big reaching the top 10 of the R&B chart and the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1962.                

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP back cover detail

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

detail photo by Styrous®

Can You Love A Poor Boy, written by Ivy Hunter and Stevie Wonder, is a gentle ballad; Wonder never recorded the song.       

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Peter Whorf

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®

The Medley, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) and It's The Same Old Song, both written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland team, had the same feeling of the originals with a great female chorus backup; it was a pretty good cover of the songs.                

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®

Run Like the Devil, written by Paul Leka and Irwin Schuster, has the typical 60's sound. Leka also wrote  Green Tambourine, recorded by the Lemon Pipers, and the classic, Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (one of my all-time favorite songs) recorded by him, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer under the name Steam.          

 

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Peter Whorf

Design: Kittyhawk Graphics

photo of gatefold interior by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP gatefold interior

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP, side 1

photo by Styrous®

Bobby Vee ~ Do What You Gotta Do 

vinyl LP, side 2

photo by Styrous®

   

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A1 - Do What You Gotta Do, written by Jim Webb* - 2:48
A2 - If My World Falls Through, written by Kenny Gist, Jr. - 2:50
A3 - Thank You, written by R. Velline* - 2:30
A4 - Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, written by Eddie Holland*, Norman Whitfield - 2:35
A5 - Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, written by George Gordy, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson - 2:10
A6 - Can You Love A Poor Boy, written by Ivy Hunter*, Stevie Wonder - 2:55

Side 2:

    Medley: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / It's The Same Old Song - (2:45)
B1a - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*   
B1b - It's The Same Old Song, written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland*
B2 - I Like It Like That, written by Marvin Tarplin, William Robinson* - 2:35
B3 - Run Like The Devil, written by Irwin Schuster, Paul Leka - 2:35
B4 - Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone), written by Jackie Avery, John Farris - 2:45
B5 - That's What Love Is Made Of, written by Robert Rogers, Warren Moore, William Robinson* - 2:48

Companies, etc.

    Copyright © – Liberty Records, Inc.
    Mastered At – Audio Matrix, Inc.
    Pressed By – Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
    Record Company – Liberty Records, Inc.
    Published By – Johnny Rivers Music
    Published By – Mirwood Music
    Published By – Saima Music Co.
    Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
    Published By – T. M. Music, Inc.
    Published By – Avery-Farris Music

Credits:

    Arranged By – Lincoln Mayorga
    Art Direction – Woody Woodward
    Design – Kittyhawk Graphics
    Engineer – Dino Lappas
    Liner Notes – James Ashton*
    Photography By [Cover] – Peter Whorf
    Producer – Dallas Smith

Notes:

 Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc. pressing denoted by "AB" etch in runouts.
AudioMatrix stamp in runouts is partial on Side A and extremely faint on Side B.
UNIPAK gatefold jacket.

Writing credits differ between gatefold and labels; gatefold information used.
Label incorrectly lists miscredits "Stevie Hunter" for Stevie Wonder on track A6.

 
Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (Runout A etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-1 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
    Matrix / Runout (Runout B etch; AudioMatrix stamp): LST-7592-2 AB 9,68 AudioMatrix
    Rights Society: BMI    

 

Bobby Vee – Do What You Gotta Do
Label: Liberty – LST-7592
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Abbey Press
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock

         

Viewfinder links:        

         

Lamont Dozier            

Marvin Gaye         

Brian Holland          

Eddie Holland        

Holland–Dozier–Holland         

Buddy Holly         

The Lemon Pipers ~ Through With You          

Steam       

Ritchie Valens           

Bobby Vee      

Norman Whitfield         

Stevie Wonder 

        

Net links:        

        

CBC ~ Bobby Vee, 1960s teen idol, dead at 73 obit       

NPR ~ Gary DeCarlo, Singer Of Na Na Hey Hey Dies At 75      

        

         

        

        

YouTube links:        

         

Bobby Vee ~              

      Beauty Is Only Skin Deep         

      Can You Love A Poor Boy         

      Do What You Gotta Do         

      I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / It's The Same Old Song     

      Let Nobody Love You (While I'm Gone)         

      Run Like The Devil         

      That's What Love Is Made Of         

Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye        

         

        

        

        

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Chrisma ~ Chinese Restaurant lyrics

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*		1		Thank you		4:17
		2		Black silk stocking		2:36
		3		Lola		2:52
		4		C-rock		5:29
		5		What for		3:43
		6		Wanderlust		2:14
		7		Lycee		7:38
		8		Mandoia		4:24
		9		Thank you		4:19
				Total playing time		37:53

Black silk stocking lyrics

Sensitive her feeling, when she's Waking in the morning, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Put your hand inside it, and she'll tell you where to find it, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking And when she is not talking, be sure she wants some rockin' Black silk stocking Black silk stocking If you're not into rockin' you're best to keep on walking Black silk stocking Black silk stocking You think she's going to leave you, but she only wants to see you in her, black silk stocking Black silk stocking

Lutting instigation, her spell is captivating, Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Provoking whip, lash lash, please stop smoking Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Ho baby, baby no-ones loving, your degeneration Black silk stocking Black silk stocking Oh baby, no-ones loving, your degeneration Black silk stocking Black silk stocking

Lola lyrics

She lives alone Lola, But every night she goes down, to the Chinese where she works very hard there, sipping her cocktails. expenses paid Lola She is performing For a cause, Her glances faking, A deep fascination, She wants information She goes upstairs Lola Clinging on to Another man, She lays him down, down Almond eyes on fire,

Seducing his mind Behind the smoke and Screenz-a, Lola is a Private eye, She well disguises Her lingering actions, No-one suspecting At the Chinese Lola Killed all those Who did her wrong, Her soul is blazing Whith blood thirsty craving, No-one, objecting

C-rock lyrics

Let's rocking
Go back rocking
[etc.]

What for lyrics

What for She likes the way you bore, What for Her foot's inside the door, What for She'll push you to the floor, what for She loves the way you bore What for She likes the way you go What for Her answer's never no, what for She likes to take you so what for She loves you when you're low What for She likes to make you sigh, what for shee seems to get you high what for she's got to get some more what for she loves the way you bore, what for she never did before

What for She likes the way you know What for She likes it very slow, what for Your mind's about to blow, what for And you're just going to owl got it got it got it what for she likes the way you bore, what for She loves the way you bore Take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, what for We're getting to the core What for, we like the way we bore

Wanderlust lyrics

Got the wanderlust you go te the airport and see a plane take off, go to England or take a trip by sea and get off, where you want to get off, write to the boy next door, who always wants to do, what you're just about to do tell him that you like New York city I'm sure he'll like it too - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation Tell your navigator to wait downstairs with his white gloves on, tell him to zip up your bag with his white gloves on take your diamond, so if you've got the money left, you can always sell it here I come, get ready get set fire go, go, go, go, go - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation My transfer agent sens me where I Where I want to go That's a fact He thinks I'm great 'cos I treat him like dirt, like durt, he does me favours But I could do with even better ones, they call him sticky 'cos I treat him like dirt, like dirt, like dirt - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation

Your transit airman is heating up the engine clear your head, go out and get it instead of watching T.V., and stagnating in your bed, by the window thinking of the next record that you're going to buy, you like Maurice with his safety pin so it's gonna be a Punk one - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation Got the wanderlust it's time to go and do, what you've decided to do Go to Milan Or if not just you take a bike to see a sight I feel free you feel free and how about the boy next door, tell him that you like New York I'm sure he'll like it too - you say you like your nation - so let's take a long vacation

Lycee lyrics

I was looking through Through the, the window pane Tears of rain ran down, And blurred a sight so bad, Revolution now, Somehow, I feel afraid I, I heard her cry out loud, echoes insane, shee feel to the ground, her hand reached out in vain Young, Lycee was young, but now, oh there she lay, who will call her name, Victim of blood red flame, she, a living sun will not come back again

I, I saw her face Through the, the window pane, I, still hear her cry I feel, I want to die, I, I saw her face Through the, the window pane, I, still hear her cry I feel I want to die

Mandoia lyrics

I'v gotta in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... I'v gotta in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia I'v gotta in Mandoia An easy hackin in the haia smoking laia

I see the hakin of the Maia In Mandoia I feel the iaia to mahoia through my Lala I see the hackin of Ma'haia so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm... so schön you can komm...

Thank you lyrics

We would like to thank:
Mr. King: for the wonderful chinese food
Moira: for lending us coffee
Yiannis: for inviting us to pay for meals
The japs: for inventing the American finger tip orchestra
The traffic warden: for the 52 parking tickets
The Queen: for her Silver Jubilee...
Romeo Ongarello: for international telecommunications
The publishers: for allowing us to earn 50% OF OUR RIGHTS

We would like to thank: Lonnie Donegan Eddie Cochran Fats Domino Jerry Lee Lewis Little Richard Bill Haley Chuck Berry Wanda Jackson Charlie Watts The Boys Mick Jagger The Saints Bill wyman Iggy Pop Neu (Ney)

Fats and his Cats Dave Anthony Mods Les Paul Sha-Na-Na Roxy Music Buddy Holly Gene Vincent Jimi Hendrix Jonny Kid Brian Jones Jim Morrison Elvis Presley Marc Bolan Louis Armstrong Bing Crosby

and to everyone alse we have forgotten in words but not in thoughts
thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, thoughts      

       

      

       

      

      

      

      

      

     

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