Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (also known as "Pop" Crudup) (August 24, 1905 - March 28, 1976) was a delta blues singer and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs later covered by Elvis Presley (and since covered by dozens of other artists), such as "That's All Right Mama", "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine." Born in Forest, Mississippi and living and working in throughout the South and Midwest as a migrant worker for a time, … Wikipedia
Prolific songwriter Arthur Crudup penned many songs popularized by other artists, but royalty disputes kept him working in lumber and levee camps. www.onlinerootsofrock.com/blues/artists/crudup/
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Around 1940, Crudup migrated to Chicago from Mississippi. Times were tough at first; he was playing for spare change on the streets and living in a packing crate underneath an elevated train track when powerful RCA/Bluebird producer Lester Melrose droppe www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.artist&name=ArthurBi...
Around 1940, Crudup migrated to Chicago from Mississippi. Times were tough at first; he was playing for spare change on the streets and living in a packing crate underneath an elevated train track when powerful RCA/Bluebird producer Lester Melrose droppe www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.artist&name=ArthurBi...
