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2 unusual facts about Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session


Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby

George Harrison performed the song with Carl Perkins on the Cinemax cable special Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session in 1985.

Your True Love

Perkins also performed the song on the 1985 HBO/Cinemax concert special Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session with George Harrison, Dave Edmunds, and members of the Stray Cats.


Go Cat Go!

The album includes recordings from all four ex-Beatles, with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recording new material, while John Lennon's version of "Blue Suede Shoes" comes from his album Live Peace in Toronto 1969; Jimi Hendrix's version of the same song is also an archive recording.

Jukka Ammondt

In 2001 Ammondt recorded a new album, Three Songs in Sumerian, featuring Blue Suede Shoes, verses from Gilgamesh, and a translation of the Finnish tango Satumaa sung in ancient Sumerian.

Sheila Andrews

She sang "A Little Thing Like Love" and also sang a medley of "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Suede Shoes" with host Tom T. Hall.

Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live

#"Rock & Roll Medley": "Slippin' and Slidin'"/"Jailhouse Rock"/"Tutti Frutti"/"Sick & Tired"/"I'm Ready"/"Reelin' & Rockin'"/"Blue Suede Shoes"/"Jenny Take A Ride"/"Good Golly Miss Molly"


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