Milkcow Blues Boogie
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Milkcow Blues Boogie is a song by Elvis Presley
, released as the A-side of his third Sun Records
single in 1954 (catalog number Sun 215). It is a cover of a blues
song originally recorded by Kokomo Arnold
, which, performed by Presley at a much faster tempo and including a number of variations, bears almost no resemblance to Arnold's original.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, released as the A-side of his third Sun Records
Elvis Presley's Sun recordings
Elvis Presley's Sun recordings were made by Elvis Presley at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. between 1953 and 1955. The recordings were produced by Sam Phillips. Memphis is a melting pot of many types of music: both black music and white music , the recordings reflect these influences...
single in 1954 (catalog number Sun 215). It is a cover of a blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
song originally recorded by Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold was an American blues musician.Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana...
, which, performed by Presley at a much faster tempo and including a number of variations, bears almost no resemblance to Arnold's original.