# Elvis question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-question/131529 "2002-10-09T14:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S\_Puppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@S\_Puppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/S_Puppy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-question/131529/1 "2002-10-09T14:03:00Z")
Did Elvis write any of his songs? ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-question/131529/2 "2002-10-09T14:30:12Z")
No, Elvis did not write any of his songs but got co-writing credit as a condition of his recording the song. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-question/131529/3 "2002-10-09T14:38:54Z")
I thought he at least wrote _That’s Alright Mama_, his very first song as a gift for his mother? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-question/131529/4 "2002-10-09T15:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > During a break, Elvis, Scotty and Bill were messing around in the studio, Elvis was banging on a guitar and singing “That’s All Right, Mama” an old country blues song by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/sunstory.html](http://www.bsnpubs.com/sunstory.html)