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Originally Posted by KC Tattoo
Elvis never really wore blue suede shoes except for once on the Steve Allen show and that's what makes this cheesy.
How can you sing about shoes you don't even wear?
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When you're better looking than Johnny Cash or Carl Perkins?
For those interested, the song was written by Perkins at Sun Studios. While they were hanging out, Johnny mentioned to Carl that he heard someone say 'don't step on my blue suede shoes' at an army dance party 'you out to write a song about that.' Carl didn't think anything of it, until he heard the same thing at another dance later. He went back and hammered out the song. Elvis did the best rendition [for airplay and TV time] at the time, so Sam Phillips gave it to him.