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colonel snow wrote:

Mister Moon wrote:There's also a myth going around (perpetuated by Wikipedia, for example) that the 1949 red vinyl reissue carried the "That's All Right, Mama" wording on the label, which is totally false, as can be seen in the image I posted in the thread linked above.

In fact, all of the early versions of the song, from the Crudup original, through Elvis, Marty Robbins, etc. used the same wording - "That's All Right" - no "Mama", no "Alright", etc.

End of rant.

Indeed (see scan).

Columbia 21351 Robbins Thats All Right.jpg

Suspicious Minds wrote:Excerpts from Tony Plews’ essay ‘The Crudup Connection: 5th July 1954 revisted’

According to Tony Plews, Elvis didn’t just perform a cover of Crudup’s ‘That’s All Right’, but turned it into a medley of different Crudup hits...

Colin B wrote:

Suspicious Minds wrote:Excerpts from Tony Plews’ essay ‘The Crudup Connection: 5th July 1954 revisted’

According to Tony Plews, Elvis didn’t just perform a cover of Crudup’s ‘That’s All Right’, but turned it into a medley of different Crudup hits...

Arthur Crudup's songs were all pretty similar.

In the absence of any sheet music, I reckon Elvis was singing what he recollected & simply mixed up some lyrics from different ones.

Rather than any sort of 'tribute' to the writer...