Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Definitive Collection 1941-62Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup was a Mississippi Delta blues guitarist, singer and noted songwriter who was often known as "The Father of Rock 'n' Roll", because even in the early '40s he was playing in a style which unmistakeably provided many of the essential roots of the musical revolution that was still more than a decade distant. He wrote classic songs like "That's All Right Mama", which became Elvis Presley's first commercial recording, and other songs

originally published by Artaria Editions

but this one's a bit special

whose wife is in a coma

studied at the Conservatories of Perugia

Wildwood Flower"

pianist Vaclav Macha

Eddie Miller

On this release

his first record

which established his reputation

Les Baxter's "The High And The Mighty"

24 more cool 1950s killers from the deep vaults of Combo Records