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.

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 would sing it on a chart ...

Elvis, who was strongly influenced by and nurtured on Black music, was a part of the revolution that stood up against Jim ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elvis Songwriter Dies in Poverty, as He Predicted Arthur Crudup was paid only a few thousand dollars in his lifetime and gave up pursuing fairness before he died. First Rock Act of Each Decade to ...