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Dennis Linde composed "Burning Love" and this may be the original demo version. In 1972 Arthur Alexander self-titled Warner album contains the first commercial recording of "Burning Love". Alexander is the only songwriter whose songs have been covered on

The first RCA R&B single on the 45 rpm format was Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right, Mama" (Crudup) as recorded in 1946. Arthur had problems being paid royalties so he was more than a delta blues singer, he also worked as an agricultural