That's All Right Mama
In 1954, Elvis Presley reconstructed Crudup's "That's All Right Mama" and scored his first Memphis hit thanks to local disc jockey Dewey Phillips. The original and twenty-one other songs recorded by the Delta-born singer/guitarist for RCA's Lester Melrose between 1941 and 1953 are competently performed but unremarkable. Crudup's preening voice lacks heft and evocative power, and his small groups don't have a leavening sense of swing.-- © Frank John Hadley 1993--From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD