was never able to even support his family from his music". The Hall quotes Presley as having said, "Down in Tupelo, Mississippi, I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now, and I said if I ever got to the place I could feel all old Arthur felt, I’d be a music man like nobody ever saw". Discography Solo albums Mean Ol' Frisco (Fire, 1962) Crudup's Mood (Delmark, 1969) Look on Yonder's Wall (Delmark, 1969) Roebuck Man (United Artists Records, 1970) Collaborative albums Sunny Road, with Jimmy Dawkins and Willie Smith (Delmark, 1969) Arthur "BigBoy" Crudup Meets the Master Blues Bassists, with Willie Dixon and Ransom Knowling (Delmark, 1994) Compilation albums The Father of Rock and Roll (RCA, 1971) Give Me a 32-30 (Crown Prince, 1982) Star Bootlegger (Krazy Kat, 1982) I'm in the Mood (Krazy Kat, 1983) Crudup's Rockin' Blues (RCA, 1985) Shout Sister Shout! (Bullwhip, 1987) That's All Right Mama (Matchbox, 1989) The Father of Rock and Roll (Blues Encore, 1992) That's All Right Mama (BMG, 1992) Complete Recorded Works, vols. 1–4 (Document, 1993) Rock Me Mama (Orbis, 1993) That's Alright Mama (Laserlight, 1995) Crudup's After Hours (History, 1996) The Complete Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vols. 1 and 2 (Jazz Tribune, 1997) After Hours (Camden, 1997) Cool Disposition (Catfish, 1999) Dirt Road Blues (Past Perfect Silver Line, 2000) The Essential Arthur Crudup (Document, 2001) Blues Legends (Rainbow, 2002) Everything's Alright (Our World, 2002) Crudup's After Hours (Past Perfect Silver Line, 2002) Rock Me Mama (Tomato, 2003) The Father of Rock 'n' Roll (Wolf, 2003) Rock Me Mamma: When the Sun Goes Down, vol. 7 (RCA, 2003) The Story of the Blues (Archive Blues, 2004) Too Much Competition (Passport, 2006) Gonna Be Some Change (Rev-Ola, 2008) My Baby Left Me: The Definitive Collection (Fantastic Voyage, 2011) The Blues (Fuel, 2012) Sunny Road (Delmar, 2013) See also Checker Records Fire Records First rock and roll record Origins of rock and roll References External links Biography of Arthur Crudup Biography, links and song extracts Biographical data on Arthur Crudup Illustrated Arthur Crudup discography 1905 births 1974 deaths Delta blues musicians Chicago blues musicians Electric blues musicians American blues guitarists American male guitarists American blues singers Blues musicians from Mississippi People from Forest, Mississippi Trumpet Records artists Groove Records artists RCA Victor artists Delmark Records artists Bluebird Records artists Ace Records (United States) artists Fire Records