This image provided by the estate of Dick Waterman, shows Arthur Crudup, center, with Fred McDowell, left, and Robert Pete Williams. Crudup wrote the song “That’s All Right,” which Elvis Presley later ...
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — 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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This image provided by the estate of Dick Waterman, shows Arthur Crudup, center, with Fred McDowell, left, and Robert Pete Williams. Crudup wrote the song “That’s All Right,” which Elvis Presley later ...
“Of course materialistic things don’t mean everything,” says Prechelle Crudup Shannon, a granddaughter. “But they took so much more than just money.” FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup ...