"The All American Boy" is a 1958 talking blues song written by Orville Lunsford and sung by Bobby Bare, but credited by Fraternity Records to Bill Parsons,[1] with songwriting credit to Bill Parsons and Orville Lunsford.
[2] While Bare was in the army, Parsons lip synced the record on television.
[4] Overseas, "The All American Boy" went to number 22 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was inspired by the success and then conscription of Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
[3] Thus, the Pop Chronicles music documentary used it as the theme song for its episodes focused on Presley.