About the song
It’s hard to talk about the birth of rock and roll without tipping our hats to **Elvis Presley – That’s All Right**. This 1954 recording, laid down at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, wasn’t just a song—it was a spark that set an entire cultural movement ablaze. For many listeners, especially those who lived through the 1950s, this track represents not just a shift in music, but a shift in attitude, energy, and youthful identity.
**Elvis Presley – That’s All Right** was his first single, and though it might seem modest by today’s production standards, its impact was anything but small. Recorded in a spontaneous, almost accidental session, the story goes that Elvis began strumming Arthur Crudup’s blues tune during a break, and producer Sam Phillips immediately knew they had something special. It was raw. It was different. And most of all, it didn’t sound like anything else on the radio at the time.
What makes this track so compelling, even decades later, is how natural and unforced it feels. There’s an undeniable buoyancy in Elvis’s voice, a kind of relaxed swagger that feels both youthful and deeply rooted in American musical tradition. He wasn’t trying to sound polished—he was just enjoying himself, and that sense of joy is contagious. The rhythm is upbeat, the vocal delivery confident, and Scotty Moore’s guitar work, especially his solos, feels like the perfect conversation partner for Presley’s voice.
For older listeners revisiting **Elvis Presley – That’s All Right**, there’s likely a wave of nostalgia attached to those first jangling chords. But even for newer generations, it holds up as a crisp, energetic window into a time when the walls between musical genres—country, blues, and gospel—began to blur in the best possible way.
In many ways, this wasn’t just a hit song. It was a moment. A declaration that music, and the world it echoed, was about to change forever. And at the center of it all was a young man from Tupelo, Mississippi—leaning into a microphone, smiling, and saying in his own way, “That’s all right, mama.”
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Lyrics
Well, that’s all right, mama
That’s all right for you
That’s all right, mama, just anyway you do
Well, that’s all right, that’s all right
That’s all right now, mama, anyway you do
Well, mama, she done told me
Papa done told me too
“Son, that gal you’re foolin’ with, she ain’t no good for you”
But that’s all right, that’s all right
That’s all right now, mama, anyway you do
I’m leavin’ town, baby
I’m leavin’ town for sure
Well, then you won’t be bothered with me hangin’ ’round your door
But that’s all right, that’s all right
That’s all right now, mama, anyway you do
Ah, da-da-dee, dee, dee-dee
Dee, dee, dee-dee
Dee, dee, dee-dee, I need your lovin’
That’s all right
That’s all right now, mama, anyway you do
