Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes have sold for more than $150,000. The iconic item from the King of Rock 'n' Roll's wardrobe was bought by an American collector based in California as part of an ...

Elvis Presley is probably one of a handful of deceased rock and roll artists still making money for their estate and, in his case, he's been doing it since August 1977 -- some 41 years ago -- and ...

The titular footwear connects these overtly inspiring tales of African-American women recovering from domestic violence in the latest effort from Price-Thompson. Desiree Cooper's opener, "Breakin' It ...

“Blue Suede Shoes” is a song by Carl Perkins that was subsequently covered by Elvis Presley. In his autobiography, Johnny Cash said he helped inspire Perkins’ original version of the song. Cash said ...

Back then, rockabilly music was just coming into fashion, with "Blue Suede Shoes" being one of the first highly successful ...

Perkins, who died in 1998, wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," the hit song sung by Elvis Presley, which became the first Sun label record to sell over a million copies. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1996. This is ...

Bob Dylan wrote a whole essay about the lyrics of Elvis Presley’s “Blue Suede Shoes.” He said that there is a threat of violence in the track’s lyrics. Interestingly, Johnny Cash said he helped ...

“Blue Suede Shoes” is a favorite of Elvis Presley fans around the world, and they oddly have something in common with legendary rock outfit Black Sabbath. It’s not exactly that surprising that the ...

Ketchum-born Jordan Noel Hawkes will need more than ordinary track shoes as she shuttles between Hackfort and Filmfort the (respectively) all-things tech and all-things movie elements of Treefort ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...