Arthur Plays the Blues Song

Bluesman Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid for it.

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Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first hit. He barely got paid

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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Bluesman Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid for it.

Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first hit. He barely got paid

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