Jailhouse Rock (1957 film)

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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.

Contents

1 Primary cast
2 Soundtrack

2.1 Recording musicians
2.2 Tracks (songwriter)
2.3 Original music (composers)

3 Trivia
4 See also

Primary cast

Elvis Presley : Vince Everett
Judy Tyler : Peggy Van Alden
Mickey Shaughnessy: Hunk Houghton
Vaughn Taylor : Mr. Shores (narrator)
Jennifer Holden: Sherry Wilson
Dean Jones:Teddy Talbot
Anne Neyland: Laury Jackson

Soundtrack

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 title song plus the four other songs from the motion picture.

EP cover

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)

Jailhouse Rock - (Leiber and Stoller)
Young And Beautiful - (Aaron Schroeder & Abner Silver)
I Want To Be Free - (Leiber and Stoller)
Don't Leave Me Now - (Leiber and Stoller)
Baby, I Don't Care - (Leiber and Stoller)
Treat Me Nice - (Leiber and Stoller)

Original music (composers)

Jeff Alexander
Roy C. Bennett
Aaron Schroder
Abner Silver
Leiber and Stoller
Sid Tepper
Ben Weisman

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.