Had it not been for a near-fatal car accident, Elvis Presley might not be the rockstar we most closely associate with "Blue Suede Shoes".

On Elvis’ birthday, it’s nice to go back to where it all started. The first track of Elvis’ first album, “Blue Suede Shoes” set the tone for a lot of his early music. While Carl Perkins wrote and ...

Elvis Presley famously disliked The Beatles despite admiring their music, while Paul McCartney was not always a fan of Presley’s songs.

Perkins, who died in 1998, wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," the hit song sung by Elvis Presley, which became the first Sun label record to sell over a million copies. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1996.

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 ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...

Perkins was best known for writing the song "Blue Suede Shoes." In 1956, his version of "Blue Suede Shoes" was a pop, rhythm and blues and country hit. Soon after, Elvis had a huge hit with the song.