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Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 film starring Elvis Presley, as "Vince Everett," an ex-convict working in the music industry.

Deemed culturally significant, the film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

The film co-starred actress Judy Tyler, who was killed in an automobile accident a few weeks after the film was completed.

Primary cast

∙ Elvis Presley : Vince Everett

∙ Judy Tyler : Peggy Van Alden

∙ Mickey Shaughnessy : Hunk Houghton

∙ Vaughn Taylor : Mr. Shores (narrator)

∙ Jennifer Holden : Sherry Wilson Official Jennifer Holden Website

∙ Dean Jones : Teddy Talbot

∙ Anne Neyland : Laury Jackson

Film trivia: The pair of shapely female legs seen walking across the stage in the scene were Presley and Judy Tyler meet belong to showgirl Gloria Pall.

Record Album

A 45rpm single of Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice was released in September of 1957 that went to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine music charts. Both songs were written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The single was followed in October by an extended play record titled "Jailhouse Rock" that featured the four other songs from the motion picture.

Recording musicians:

∙ Elvis Presley (vocals)

∙ The Jordanaires (background vocals)

∙ Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Elvis Presley (guitars)

∙ Bill Black (bass)

∙ D.J. Fontana (drums)

∙ Dudley Brooks (piano)

TRACKS (songwriter):

1. Jailhouse Rock — (Leiber and Stoller)

2. Young And Beautiful — (Aaron Schroeder & Abner Silver)

3. I Want To Be Free — (Leiber and Stoller)

4. Don't Leave Me Now — (Leiber and Stoller)

5. Baby, I Don't Care — (Leiber and Stoller)

Lyrics for Jailhouse Rock
performed by Elvis Presley

(Jerry Leiber — Mike Stoller)

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 Bugs, "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 a while and get my kicks."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.

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