Jailhouse Rock (sang)

Guldplade, tildelt for sangen "Jailhouse Rock". Billede fra Graceland.

"Jailhouse Rock" er en komposition af Jerry Leiber og Mike Stoller fra 1957. Den er indsunget af Elvis Presley til brug som titelnummer til Elvis-filmen Jailhouse Rock fra oktober samme år. Sangen blev indspillet af Elvis hos Radio Recorders i Hollywood den 30. april 1957.

Elvis udsendte sangen som A-side på en singleplade med "Treat Me Nice" (samme kompositører) som B-side. Pladen udkom 27. september, ca tre uger før filmens premiere. Samtidig med premieren udsendtes en EP-plade med filmens seks sange, heriblandt "Jailhouse Rock".

På indspilningen medvirkede bl.a.:

Den 24. september 2002 udgav RCA en CD med titlen "ELV1S 30 #1 HITS" (bemærk at 'i' i Elvis er erstattet af et 1-tal), hvor "Jailhouse Rock" var med.^[1] Denne nye CD blev, ligesom i sin tid sangene på den, nummer 1 på hitlisterne rundt om i verden, – 25 år efter kunstnerens død!

Alternative versioner

Der blev på samme tid og sted optaget en alternativ version af "Jailhouse Rock". Den blev i 1986 udsendt på albummet Essential Elvis. Herudover er der på LP udsendt to forskellige live-indspilninger med Elvis på hhv Elvis As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis og Elvis – NBC TV-Special.

Kopiversioner

En lang række af andre grupper og solister har lavet deres egne indspilninger af "Jailhouse Rock", bl.a.:

The Residents
Jerry Lee Lewis
Miranda Lambert
Merle Haggard
Mötley Crüe
The Blues Brothers
Patti Smith
ZZ Top
The Animals
Twisted Sister
Michael Bolton og Carl Perkins
Jeff Beck Group (med Rod Stewart og Ronnie Wood)
Cliff Richard (koncertoptrædender)
ABBA med Olivia Newton-John og Andy Gibb
Queen
Carl Perkins
Link Wray
Shu-bi-dua havde en dansk version af sangen, "Fed Rock", med på deres første album.

Referencer

^ Oversigt over CD'en ELV1S 30 #1 HITS

[1] Oversigt over CD'en ELV1S 30 #1 HITS

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v d r Elvis Presleys singler
Diskografi
1957	"Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps" "All Shook Up" "Peace in the Valley "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" "Paralyzed" (UK) "Jailhouse Rock" "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
1958	"Don't" / "I Beg of You" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time" "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why" "King Creole" (UK) "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
1960	"Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune" "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
1961	"Surrender" / "Lonely Man" "I Feel So Bad" / "Wild in the Country" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" "King of the Whole Wide World" "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
1963	"One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You" "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion" "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say" "Such a Night" / "Never Ending" "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby" "Blue Christmas"
1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right" "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway" "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
1966	"Tell Me Why" / "Blue River" "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Love Letters" "Spinout" / "All That I Am" "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
1967	"Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love" "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK) "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" / "Judy" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
1968	"Guitar Man" "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away" "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
1969	"Memories" / "Charro" "How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me" "Don't Cry Daddy" "Rubberneckin'"
1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" / "Only Believe" "I'm Leavin'" "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" / "We Can Make the Morning" "He Touched Me" / "Bosom of Abraham" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" / "It's a Matter of Time" "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"
1973	"Steamroller Blues" / "Fool" "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
1974	"Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby" "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me" "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
1975	"My Boy" / "Thinking About You" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
1976	"For the Heart" / "Hurt" "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
1977	"Way Down" / "Pledging My Love" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"
1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"
Posthume singler	"Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978) "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire" "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" "Guitar Man" "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To" "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982) "The Elvis Medley" "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983) "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996) "Blue Christmas" (1998) "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix) "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix) "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008) "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008) "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)