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Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released.
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'Before Elvis' digs into the Black music that fueled the success of Presley's rock 'n' roll
Elvis, who was strongly influenced by and nurtured on Black music, was a part of the revolution that stood up against Jim ...
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Arthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis's first hit and barely got paid
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right" would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart ...
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Today’s Left Would Have Called Elvis’s Music ‘Cultural Appropriation’
According to Ray Connolly in Being Elvis, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, a black Mississippian, had popularized “That’s All Right.” When Presley first entered the recording studio, he was ...
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The black pioneers who gave Elvis Presley his ‘leg-shaking things’ and much more
and two of the artists who feature in the book Before Elvis, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup (top) and Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton. Photos: Getty When asked about the death of The King ...
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New book 'Before Elvis' explores the music of the Black artists who influenced the King
In "Before Elvis," Lauterbach looks at figures like Parker, Thornton and Crudup, as well as lesser-known Presley influences like Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn and Memphis gospel artist Rev ...
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A Q&A with author Preston Lauterbach, chronicler of the Black pioneers who created Elvis Presley’s music and style
I thought I could do that. Q: Elvis aficionados know that Presley's breakout song, "That's All Right," was written and performed by Arthur Crudup and that his hit "Hound Dog" was first done by Big ...