Ben Finley | Associated Press

In this image provided by Jeff Titon, blues artist Athur Crudup performs in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 3, 1969. Crudup wrote the song “That’s All Right,” which Elvis Presley later recorded for his first single. | Courtesy Jeff Tition, via AP

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Bluesman Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid for it.

The sometime Chicagoan wrote the 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released.

By Ben Finley | Associated Press