ELVIS PRESLEY - JAILHOUSE ROCK

JAILHOUSE ROCK

ELVIS PRESLEY

SONGWRITERS: JEROME “JERRY” LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER·

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: JAILHOUSE ROCK

LABEL: RCA

GENRE: ROCKABILLY

YEAR: 1977

Jailhouse Rock é a trilha sonora do terceiro filme de Elvis Presley de 1957 que tornou-se em um grande clássico da carreira do "rei do rock" e do próprio rock and roll. O álbum que foi lançado em formato de EP, nesse caso com cinco canções, é o mais vendido compacto duplo da história.

Na canção "Baby, I Don't Care", quem toca baixo é o próprio Elvis, pelo simples fato de o baixista oficial Bill Black, não conseguia tocar de forma satisfatória essa canção. "Don't Leave Me Now", também fez parte da trilha do filme Loving You de 1957, no entanto, a versão deste filme é diferente. "Jailhouse Rock" foi a primeira canção a atingir o primeiro lugar no Reino Unido logo em sua estréia; para muitos o maior destaque musical vai para "I Want To Be Free". A canção "Treat Me Nice", que também foi gravada nas mesmas sessões, foi lançada em compacto simples com "Jailhouse Rock" no "lado A". O compacto "Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice" chegou a primeira posição nos EUA e também no Reino Unido e suas vendas garantiram a certificação atual de "platina dupla".

The warden threw a party in the county jail

The prison band was there and they began to wail

The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing

You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone

Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone

The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang

The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Number forty-seven said to number three

You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see

I sure would be delighted with your company

Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone

Way over in the corner weepin' all alone

The warden said: Hey, buddy, don't you be no square

If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Shifty Henry said to Bugsy: For Heaven's sake

No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break

Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said: Nix, nix

I wanna stick around awhile and get my kicks!

Let's rock, everybody, let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock