As far as rock 'n' roll standards go, "Blue Suede Shoes" is a shoo-in. So much so that Paul McCartney's music publishing company, MPL Communications, has owned the rights to it, along with a number of ...

I said, blue moon of Kentucky, keep on... GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to my interview with Carl Perkins, one of the originators of rockabilly. Perkins, who died in 1998, wrote "Blue Suede ...

The bigger the song, the cloudier the lore that surrounds it, and such was the case for the story about the country legend who helped inspire one of Elvis’ greatest hits. We might typically associate ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. Back then, rockabilly music was just coming into fashion, with “Blue Suede Shoes” being one of the first highly successful ...

CARL PERKINS: (Singing) Well it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready. Now go, cat, go. But don't you step on my blue suede shoes. You can do anything but lay off my blue suede ...