The Columbian

Sad story behind Elvis’ first hit song

FRANKTOWN, Va. — 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 ...
WTNH

Arthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis’s first hit and barely got paid

FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — 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 ...
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See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985

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