This man, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, was and is as big an original . . . one of the father's of guitar blues as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightning Hopkins, and Son House. If he hasn't been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame yet, he should be. July 6, 1954, Memphis, Tennessee: Elvis Presley: "Crudup?" Bass player Bill Black: "Yeah, we can do Crudup." Elvis Presley then breaks into an improv version of the song "That's All Right (Mama)" previously written and recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Rest in eternal peace ☮️ Arthur, sir. Rock 'n' Roll will always owe a debt of gratitude to you.
With all due respect to the originators of the "That's Alright Mama, any old way you do" blues couplet, including Arthur Crudup, Ishman Bracey, and especially going back to Blind Lemon Jefferson who was first, that's not how any of it happened in the Sun studio. Bill Black and Scotty Moore had NO knowledge of what Elvis was playing. They had no idea, but they just fell in behind him. Sam recognized it. Crudup was not a particularly well-known bluesman and in no way compares to the great bluesmen you mentioned. And Moore and Black were hillbilly style musicians, which gave their tracks a singular distinction for the time. They didn't know what they were playing. They just did their best to keep up. And it kind of scared them, too. Scotty felt "they'll run us out of town!" But just to set the record straight, neither man knew the song, or even parts of the song. Sam told them to jump in, and they sure did. Scotty very quickly learned to play R&B licks! Elvis had a different past than Scotty and Bill. He lived in black neighborhoods and attended black churches. Black children were his friends. He was sneaking around juke joints in Tupelo as a child, enraptured by the sounds. And he'd go alone because his young African-American friends in Tupelo were not allowed to do what he did. These were adults-only places; he didn't actually go in because he was a child. He wasn't even supposed to be there! (From Charles "Bo" Clanton, a musician from Tupelo, MS.) Arthur Crudup had what Elvis described as something that he "felt" and that's all Elvis wanted to express: "I thought if I could feel what old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." He didn't want to play or sing like him; he wanted to express the feeling he heard in Crudup's music. Crudup basically had only a few interchangeable riffs that appeared in most of his songs. The same lyrics appeared in many of his songs, too. But Elvis wasn't listening to music that would win any Nobel prizes; he loved music that had *feeling.* That's what interested him. It was fortunate that Elvis Presley was likely Arthur Crudup's biggest fan.
@@RobinMarkowitzcoolmedia True. Lot of misinformation out there that have many folks mixed up on how that went down. Just read one account by a self proclaimed "Historian" that said "Sam Phillips taught Elvis about this song and Arthur Crudup... and Sam is the one that had Elvis sing this song". LMAO. Actually it's not funny but rather sad and scary. Got historians out there that can't even do basic reading & research on that history No one else in the studio that night knew Arthur Crudup better than Elvis. And his 19 year old self deserves full credit for being the only one in the building to care enough about Arthur Crudup and inspired Enough by him to pull Arthur's old song out of his own memory bank, and decide to do it. Scotty, Bill and Sam Phillips were just along for the ride after that helping Elvis with the session. And it's actually a testament to Elvis that years later in 1969 interview Arthur spoke respect for Elvis's version pointing out that what Elvis did with it was unique and great and "different" because he fused it with a blues, country & western sound, and he acknowledged he liked Elvis's.... "I liked it. Everybody did!" Rest In peace to both Arthur & Elvis
Mas teve uma mistura com o country esse som é Blues através da mistura veio o Rock Roll primeiro Rock considerado na historia é o do Bill Halen em 54 o mundo conheceu o primeiro ROCK ROLL O Aniversário do Rock É Basiado nessa música que tem o mês lançado Bill Halen e a música é Rock in The clock
@@jadsonramos2712 errado,, o primeiro rock & roll a ser gravado foi crazy Man crazy , também lançado pelo grupo Bill Haley & His Comets em abril de 1953... acho que as maioria das pessoas fazem a confusão porque rock around the clock foi o primeiro rock a fazer sucesso .
For your information he was already sick during this performance and died less than two years later...you wouldn't smile either if you were in his position.
The real real deal. No bullshit, just a solid blues man. I wish people would pay more attention to his That's Alright Mama. Elvis' version is great but Arthur's kicks arse.
How nice is that? Very nice. I'm a musician, played my 1st bar gig at age 16 in the 6o's. Musicians like Crudup remind me what soothing music is all about. He's getting high playing that guitar and singing. I know. It happens to me too.
My BIL gave me a 2 CD set of Arthur "BIG BOY " Crudup for Christmas. In the first disc you can hear the heavy influence he had on Elvis. Too bad he never got the royalty money he deserved. Classic American Bluesman !
1-Shot slinger He got royalties but Elvis only covered like 3 of his songs and none of them became hits on the charts. So his royalties couldn't have been that much.
Little Jimmy Scumbag Actually, He never received royalties until after his death, he worked on his farm until his death never being paid for any of his songs. Elvis never gave him anything. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an Elvis fan, Elvis just didn't know that Mr. Crudup never received any royalties.
george crowell and like I said, there were barely any royalties to be given by anyone. Elvis only covered around three of his songs and none of them were single releases except for That's Alright Mama which was only a local hit and did nothing on the national charts. I don't think he never got paid. That doesn't make sense. Royatly companies existed back then. If Arthur didn't get paid it was his own fault. He could have easily gone legal and got some money. That's assuming that he didn't get paid.
He and his family tried the legal system and his contract was written to where he received no royalties, not to bring race into but when he signed with RCA/Blue bell records they signed him out if his royalties, companies where crooked back then a whole lot worse than they are ,now, its a shame really
george crowell if that's true then yes it really is a shame. The guy was a good bluesman. So Glad You're Mine is one of my favorite blues songs by him.
Elvis Era moleque ouvia esse Cara e aprendeu a gostar de Blues pq ele era criado com country Elvis era do interior o caipira aqui seria sertanejo mas quando se mudou havia cantores de Blues e esse Cara ele moleque ouvia e gostava do som dele anos depois gravou essa música desse cara Elvis era lanterninha de cinema quem iria imaginar que ele iria gravar um disco e fazer sucesso com Esse Blue
I really enjoy the Blues of those years. The voice and the guitar it was what I would call sing with heart and the real stories you could feel it in your blood. Great great video. It's worth a million. Thank you for sharing.
Cronologia do Rock: Bisavô do Rock - Robert Johnson Avô do Rock - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup Pai do Rock - Elvis Presley Pai do Rock Brasileiro - Raul Seixas Mãe do Rock Brasileiro - Rita Lee (Celly Campelo era avó) kkkkkkkkkk e Viva o Rock'in Roll
Elvis pai do rock? Elvis foi um produto da empresa ( racista ) sonografica norte americana. Só é tido como o rei do rock porque era branco. Oh! Rockeee... nasceu das mãos negras norte americanas e isso é um fato!
Elvis Presley ficou famoso com a primeira musica que gravou, "That's All right" Musica roubada do Arthur Big Boy Crudup, e pagaram compensacao um cheque de UM dollar.... Vergonhoso.
Mentira descarada sua, se fosse assim Elvis teria roubado o estilo dos cantores country também, Elvis nunca mentiu sobre suas influencias que desde criança cresceu ouvindo todo esses grandes artistas tanto do blues como do country e pra ele não tinha essa besteira de música negra e branca ele falou um dia que tudo era música pra ele não importa quem a cantasse, na sua época não se podia um Negro sentar com um Branco em lugar nenhum é lastimável que isso acontecia, Elvis através da sua música quebrou todas essas barreiras popularizando o rock, junção do R&B dos negros com o country dos brancos criando um novo estilo o Rockabilly e dando espaço justamente a esses que eram tão descriminados, então pra falar merda por aí com esse papo de que apropriação Cultural vai estudar primeiro, ao invés de tá falando baboseiras por ai!!
Para Com Isso essa mania de culpar os outros pelo sucesso dos outros Elvis presley era fera talentoso o cara vendeu mais de Um Bilhão de discos ele enganou um Bilhão no mundo ? Ai vem Esse papo de roubar acusar ai vc vê depoimentos dos caras que conviveram com ele tem nada disso o cara era Foda e era pobre também, pessoal da cidade chamava ele de caipira ele era do interior isso era um meio de Menosprezar o cara, as pessoas ve Elvis branco Boa pinta acha que ele era rico essa imagem tem um monte que tem isso no inconsciente, o cara era pobre pra caramba veja a história do cara, Elvis gravou country roubou também? Influência dele foi country e Blues como todos sabem Country é a música da Fazenda interior mais cantada por Brancos e Blues mais cantada por negros ele cantava as duas Country e Blue
Never understood ,why elvis gave no credits and the authors money to arthur in his fortune and fame time .He had have the golden money. crap shit Ps or some cars and brillies........
santos susui Where'd you get that from? He got paid royalties from Elvis' records. Probably the most money he ever made on his life. He got ripped off on his royalties from before Elvis covered his stuff. His own record red company ripped him off.
You never understood it, because it didn't happen. Elvis gave Crudup every credit and then some in just talking about a little known bluesman. Elvis idolized him. But every Crudup related song had Crudup's name on it, and only his name. Elvis gave HIMSELF NO CREDITS in the very major changes he made to these songs. Crudup had about 3 songs, very similar, that he recycled over and over to make "new" records. He was actually taking shards of older songs he heard. He was awfully lucky that Elvis was likely his biggest fan. Crudup's management was given full credit and royalties every single time Crudup was credited, which was every time. Elvis Presley had no idea about Arthur Crudup's management. But later on in Crudup's life, Elvis paid for a new recording session for Arthur Crudup. And that's not the only time Elvis did that.
@@syourke3 Can you tell me where I can find proof of what you say, because as far as I know Arthur did not receive royalties from Elvis's covers of his songs. The royalties would've been paid to the music publishsing company, not direct to him, and in everything I've read the company, Wabash Music Publishing Company (run by Lester Melsore) kept the money. In time, Melrose sold the company to Hill & Range Publishing Co, and in turn they hung on to the royatlies. A payout was agreed but never delivered, and Arthur Crudup died in 1974, a poor man. The full story is here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/father-rock-n-roll-collects-royalties-after-decades-brian-lukasavitz
Father of the Rock and Roll
This man, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, was and is as big an original . . . one of the father's of guitar blues as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Lightning Hopkins, and Son House. If he hasn't been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame yet, he should be.
July 6, 1954, Memphis, Tennessee:
Elvis Presley: "Crudup?"
Bass player Bill Black: "Yeah, we can do Crudup."
Elvis Presley then breaks into an improv version of the song "That's All Right (Mama)" previously written and recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.
Rest in eternal peace ☮️ Arthur, sir. Rock 'n' Roll will always owe a debt of gratitude to you.
With all due respect to the originators of the "That's Alright Mama, any old way you do" blues couplet, including Arthur Crudup, Ishman Bracey, and especially going back to Blind Lemon Jefferson who was first, that's not how any of it happened in the Sun studio. Bill Black and Scotty Moore had NO knowledge of what Elvis was playing. They had no idea, but they just fell in behind him. Sam recognized it. Crudup was not a particularly well-known bluesman and in no way compares to the great bluesmen you mentioned. And Moore and Black were hillbilly style musicians, which gave their tracks a singular distinction for the time. They didn't know what they were playing. They just did their best to keep up. And it kind of scared them, too. Scotty felt "they'll run us out of town!" But just to set the record straight, neither man knew the song, or even parts of the song. Sam told them to jump in, and they sure did. Scotty very quickly learned to play R&B licks!
Elvis had a different past than Scotty and Bill. He lived in black neighborhoods and attended black churches. Black children were his friends. He was sneaking around juke joints in Tupelo as a child, enraptured by the sounds. And he'd go alone because his young African-American friends in Tupelo were not allowed to do what he did. These were adults-only places; he didn't actually go in because he was a child. He wasn't even supposed to be there! (From Charles "Bo" Clanton, a musician from Tupelo, MS.)
Arthur Crudup had what Elvis described as something that he "felt" and that's all Elvis wanted to express: "I thought if I could feel what old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." He didn't want to play or sing like him; he wanted to express the feeling he heard in Crudup's music. Crudup basically had only a few interchangeable riffs that appeared in most of his songs. The same lyrics appeared in many of his songs, too. But Elvis wasn't listening to music that would win any Nobel prizes; he loved music that had *feeling.* That's what interested him.
It was fortunate that Elvis Presley was likely Arthur Crudup's biggest fan.
@@RobinMarkowitzcoolmedia True. Lot of misinformation out there that have many folks mixed up on how that went down. Just read one account by a self proclaimed "Historian" that said "Sam Phillips taught Elvis about this song and Arthur Crudup... and Sam is the one that had Elvis sing this song".
LMAO.
Actually it's not funny but rather sad and scary.
Got historians out there that can't even do basic reading & research on that history
No one else in the studio that night knew Arthur Crudup better than Elvis. And his 19 year old self deserves full credit for being the only one in the building to care enough about Arthur Crudup and inspired Enough by him to pull Arthur's old song out of his own memory bank, and decide to do it.
Scotty, Bill and Sam Phillips were just along for the ride after that helping Elvis with the session.
And it's actually a testament to Elvis that years later in 1969 interview Arthur spoke respect for Elvis's version pointing out that what Elvis did with it was unique and great and "different" because he fused it with a blues, country & western sound, and he acknowledged he liked Elvis's....
"I liked it. Everybody did!"
Rest In peace to both Arthur & Elvis
@@jayviviano109 I edited my reply post.
Damn right
Raul disse que esse é o verdadeiro pai do Rock in roll
Exatamente em todos os shows Raulsito dizia todo mundo aqui é ROCK??? O rock começou em 1941 qdo um cara chamado ....
Mas teve uma mistura com o country esse som é Blues através da mistura veio o Rock Roll primeiro Rock considerado na historia é o do Bill Halen em 54 o mundo conheceu o primeiro ROCK ROLL O Aniversário do Rock É Basiado nessa música que tem o mês lançado Bill Halen e a música é Rock in The clock
@@jadsonramos2712
The father of Rock n Roll is Robert Johnson. Check out his song ' They're Red Hot.' This was back in the 1930s.
Era o avô do Rock.
@@jadsonramos2712 errado,, o primeiro rock & roll a ser gravado foi crazy Man crazy , também lançado pelo grupo Bill Haley & His Comets em abril de 1953... acho que as maioria das pessoas fazem a confusão porque rock around the clock foi o primeiro rock a fazer sucesso .
A real serious bluesman. Doesn't laugh and act silly at the end of a song.
For your information he was already sick during this performance and died less than two years later...you wouldn't smile either if you were in his position.
Laid back in a soft and gentle way like a Summer breeze 😊
Arthur from heaven play the Blues for all us. MV
Arthur big boy Crudop 🎶🇧🇷🇺🇲
The real real deal. No bullshit, just a solid blues man. I wish people would pay more attention to his That's Alright Mama. Elvis' version is great but Arthur's kicks arse.
No, it doesn't, lol. It's an old fogey version.
Effortless. Simply, sublime.
Absolutely beautiful.....more about heart & soul.....it makes ,'art' obsolete.....
How nice is that? Very nice. I'm a musician, played my 1st bar gig at age 16 in the 6o's. Musicians like Crudup remind me what soothing music is all about. He's getting high playing that guitar and singing. I know. It happens to me too.
Shut up
My BIL gave me a 2 CD set of Arthur "BIG BOY " Crudup for Christmas. In the first disc you can hear the heavy influence he had on Elvis. Too bad he never got the royalty money he deserved. Classic American Bluesman !
1-Shot slinger He got royalties but Elvis only covered like 3 of his songs and none of them became hits on the charts. So his royalties couldn't have been that much.
Little Jimmy Scumbag Actually, He never received royalties until after his death, he worked on his farm until his death never being paid for any of his songs. Elvis never gave him anything. Now don't get me wrong, I'm an Elvis fan, Elvis just didn't know that Mr. Crudup never received any royalties.
george crowell and like I said, there were barely any royalties to be given by anyone. Elvis only covered around three of his songs and none of them were single releases except for That's Alright Mama which was only a local hit and did nothing on the national charts. I don't think he never got paid. That doesn't make sense. Royatly companies existed back then. If Arthur didn't get paid it was his own fault. He could have easily gone legal and got some money. That's assuming that he didn't get paid.
He and his family tried the legal system and his contract was written to where he received no royalties, not to bring race into but when he signed with RCA/Blue bell records they signed him out if his royalties, companies where crooked back then a whole lot worse than they are ,now, its a shame really
george crowell if that's true then yes it really is a shame. The guy was a good bluesman. So Glad You're Mine is one of my favorite blues songs by him.
Elvis Era moleque ouvia esse Cara e aprendeu a gostar de Blues pq ele era criado com country Elvis era do interior o caipira aqui seria sertanejo mas quando se mudou havia cantores de Blues e esse Cara ele moleque ouvia e gostava do som dele anos depois gravou essa música desse cara Elvis era lanterninha de cinema quem iria imaginar que ele iria gravar um disco e fazer sucesso com Esse Blue
one of my all time fave songs -- he kills
Oh thats so beautiful, touches my soul
(of course i know all his old recordings but this is special)
has to be my favorite, so much passion and skill
Gratitude.
So cool this GUITAR playin’! Timeless
¡Qué belleza!
This is core of music glad to have this to Go back on this great artist
That guitar sounds soo smooth..
Thanks.
This is a lesson in the old saying the immitation is never better than the work of the inventor...
Dominava a guitarra ele era único
Excelente
I really enjoy the Blues of those years. The voice and the guitar it was what I would call sing with heart and the real stories you could feel it in your blood. Great great video. It's worth a million. Thank you for sharing.
yahhhhh this is real blues a real man too.woh is great,
He's one of Elvis Presley's main influences.
Elvis Presley is a shit.
Daniel Rocha Elvis is your king. Bow down foo'
mysteryjesus Elvis is no fucking king, Arthur is the real king.
Daniel Rocha You're not too smart are ya.
mysteryjesus Okay, so tell me... what is the song Elvis wrote?
wow,what a feelin for the blues,excellent!
I know a lot of guys who can play that guitar part but 0 who can sing that smooth with that tone..
Pura emoção. Talento muito bom
Thanks for this Bob , what a masterpiece.
Yes!
Quem veio pelo Raul? 🥰
eu kkkkkkkkkk
Fantastic.
Que privilégio....
A real bluesman!!! Thank you for sharing.
Shared on Google+ & Facebook, March 28, 2018
And I like this too
Que pérola!
Linda voz aí começava o rock
Esse é o Cara que fez a cabeça de uma criança chamada Elvis Presley!
This is where UA-cam needs to fight back!! This would be lost over analogue time....crudup....order a cd!!
Cheguei aqui por causa de Raulzito! Salve mestre!
uau...
Blues das antigas
Cronologia do Rock:
Bisavô do Rock - Robert Johnson
Avô do Rock - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
Pai do Rock - Elvis Presley
Pai do Rock Brasileiro - Raul Seixas
Mãe do Rock Brasileiro - Rita Lee (Celly Campelo era avó)
kkkkkkkkkk e Viva o Rock'in Roll
Tou aqui por causa da versão de Raul Seixas
Elvis pai do rock? Elvis foi um produto da empresa ( racista ) sonografica norte americana. Só é tido como o rei do rock porque era branco. Oh! Rockeee... nasceu das mãos negras norte americanas e isso é um fato!
Its infuriating that blues man like him Tampa red Lonnie johnson or Guitar Slim don't get enough credit for pioneering the music genres of today
belo.
Нашел это видео после просмотра Элвис
Very nice .... How to do music 😎
cant believe this is 72, seems like 52, Elvis did it in what 55 or 56
Influência de Raul Seixas
What kind of guitar is Arthur playing here, does anyone know? Thanks for your answer 🎸
Do caraleo...
Tenho uma curiosidade Sera que Elvis Presley conheceu pessoalmente o Arthur Cundrup?
Sorry Mr pres, you are no BBC!😉
Great version but Elvis is Elvis no matter who wrote this.
Who was Elvis?
no
@@gustavoceccatto4546 Ok
You can like both Arthur Crudup and Elvis, you know. You don't have to pick just one.
@@dartboardpicasso Both are awesome but I like Presley's rendition more.
Arthur was ripped off big style not getting proper royalties a legend
Elvis Presley ficou famoso com a primeira musica que gravou, "That's All right"
Musica roubada do Arthur Big Boy Crudup, e pagaram compensacao um cheque de UM dollar.... Vergonhoso.
Mentira sua.
Mentira descarada sua, se fosse assim Elvis teria roubado o estilo dos cantores country também, Elvis nunca mentiu sobre suas influencias que desde criança cresceu ouvindo todo esses grandes artistas tanto do blues como do country e pra ele não tinha essa besteira de música negra e branca ele falou um dia que tudo era música pra ele não importa quem a cantasse, na sua época não se podia um Negro sentar com um Branco em lugar nenhum é lastimável que isso acontecia, Elvis através da sua música quebrou todas essas barreiras popularizando o rock, junção do R&B dos negros com o country dos brancos criando um novo estilo o Rockabilly e dando espaço justamente a esses que eram tão descriminados, então pra falar merda por aí com esse papo de que apropriação Cultural vai estudar primeiro, ao invés de tá falando baboseiras por ai!!
Para Com Isso essa mania de culpar os outros pelo sucesso dos outros Elvis presley era fera talentoso o cara vendeu mais de Um Bilhão de discos ele enganou um Bilhão no mundo ? Ai vem Esse papo de roubar acusar ai vc vê depoimentos dos caras que conviveram com ele tem nada disso o cara era Foda e era pobre também, pessoal da cidade chamava ele de caipira ele era do interior isso era um meio de Menosprezar o cara, as pessoas ve Elvis branco Boa pinta acha que ele era rico essa imagem tem um monte que tem isso no inconsciente, o cara era pobre pra caramba veja a história do cara, Elvis gravou country roubou também? Influência dele foi country e Blues como todos sabem Country é a música da Fazenda interior mais cantada por Brancos e Blues mais cantada por negros ele cantava as duas Country e Blue
Never understood ,why elvis gave no credits and the authors money to arthur in his fortune and fame time .He had have the golden money. crap shit
Ps or some cars and brillies........
santos susui Where'd you get that from? He got paid royalties from Elvis' records. Probably the most money he ever made on his life. He got ripped off on his royalties from before Elvis covered his stuff. His own record red company ripped him off.
You never understood it, because it didn't happen. Elvis gave Crudup every credit and then some in just talking about a little known bluesman. Elvis idolized him. But every Crudup related song had Crudup's name on it, and only his name.
Elvis gave HIMSELF NO CREDITS in the very major changes he made to these songs. Crudup had about 3 songs, very similar, that he recycled over and over to make "new" records. He was actually taking shards of older songs he heard. He was awfully lucky that Elvis was likely his biggest fan.
Crudup's management was given full credit and royalties every single time Crudup was credited, which was every time. Elvis Presley had no idea about Arthur Crudup's management.
But later on in Crudup's life, Elvis paid for a new recording session for Arthur Crudup. And that's not the only time Elvis did that.
@@syourke3 Can you tell me where I can find proof of what you say, because as far as I know Arthur did not receive royalties from Elvis's covers of his songs. The royalties would've been paid to the music publishsing company, not direct to him, and in everything I've read the company, Wabash Music Publishing Company (run by Lester Melsore) kept the money.
In time, Melrose sold the company to Hill & Range Publishing Co, and in turn they hung on to the royatlies. A payout was agreed but never delivered, and Arthur Crudup died in 1974, a poor man.
The full story is here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/father-rock-n-roll-collects-royalties-after-decades-brian-lukasavitz