Carl Perkins wrote and recorded the song in 1955. It was released through Sun Records as a 7-single on 01 January 1956. Perkins was performing at a dance hall in 1955 and overheard a guy warning his girl not to "step on his suedes". This reminded him of the time that Johnny Cash suggested that "Don't step on my Blue Suede Shoes" would make a good song title.

As the story goes the two performers were standing in a queue when somebody in the front warned another to not tread on his foot ('my blue suede shoes'). Although it did bring Perkins fame, a road accident on 21 March 1956 prevented him from performing it extensively. He had suffered 3 fractured vertebrae in his neck, a severe concussion, a broken collar bone and lacerations all over his body. The Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" reached No. 1 on regional pop, R&B and country charts. It also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and country charts.

Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" was number one on the pop and country charts at that time, but "Shoes" did better than "Heartbreak" on the R&B charts.

By 21 April 1956 (when Perkins returned to live performance), more than 1 million copies of his "Blue Suede Shoes" had been sold.

Elvis Presley was looking for a successful follow-up to "Heartbreak Hotel" and his (Presley's) recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" was released by RCA in March 1956 on the ground breaking "Elvis Presley" album.

Buddy Holly & Eddie Cochran also performed and recorded the song.

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