Blue Suede Shoes - Selected List of Recorded Versions

Selected List of Recorded Versions

The song is a rock and roll standard and has been performed and recorded by many artists, including:

  • Carl Perkins, US No. 1 (3 weeks), Billboard Country & Western Chart, No. 2 (4 weeks), Billboard Juke Box chart, No. 3 Best Seller chart, No. 4 Top 100 chart, No. 5 Jockey chart, No. 2, R&B Chart; Cashbox pop singles chart, No. 2, 1956; UK, No. 10
  • Elvis Presley, US, No. 20, Billboard Best Seller chart, No. 24 Top 100 chart, No. 24 Jockey chart; UK, No. 9, 1956
  • Bill Haley and His Comets, 1960, Warner Bros. album
  • Buddy Holly as recorded on the Buddy Holly Story compilation and the 1964 LP Buddy Holly Showcase.
  • The Dave Clark Five, 1965, Weekend in London; 1970, No. 7, UK singles chart, as part of medley "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll"
  • The Beatles, 1969, Anthology 3
  • Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, No. 21, Billboard, 1969, as part of medley "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll" produced by Jimi Hendrix
  • Mountain, Woodstock, 1969
  • Plastic Ono Band, with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, 1969, Live Peace in Toronto
  • Ten Years After, Woodstock, 1969, as part of medley
  • Albert King, 1970, Blues for Elvis – King Does the King's Things
  • Black Sabbath on the Black Mass EP, 1970
  • Jerry Lee Lewis, 1973, The London Rock and Roll Show
  • Johnny Rivers, US No. 38, 1973
  • Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning, Hendrix in the West, Loose Ends, 1975
  • Johnny Cash, 1976, in concert
  • Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, Paul Shaffer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999
  • Dion, 2008 Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock album
  • Bruce Springsteen, live in concert
  • Grateful Dead, sound check
  • Pat Boone
  • Merle Haggard
  • Conway Twitty
  • Mary J. Blige
  • Brian Setzer
  • The Toy Dolls
  • Helloween, 1991, "Kids of the Century" single
  • Hasil Adkins, a previously unreleased version that was included on the 1990 Norton album, Peanut Butter Rock and Roll.

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