<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Gone, Gone, Gone" (1955) </Td> <Td> "Blue Suede Shoes" (1956) </Td> <Td> "Tennessee" (1956) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Gone, Gone, Gone" (1955) </Td> <Td> "Blue Suede Shoes" (1956) </Td> <Td> "Tennessee" (1956) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock - and - roll standard written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955 . It is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock - and - roll) records, incorporating elements of blues, country and pop music of the time . Perkins' original version of the song was on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks in the number two position . Elvis Presley performed his version of the song three different times on national television . It was also recorded by Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, among many others . </P> <P> 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, C.V. White, whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany, who had referred to his military regulation airmen's shoes as "blue suede shoes". Cash suggested that Perkins write a song about the shoes . Perkins replied, "I don't know anything about shoes . How can I write a song about shoes?" </P>

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