| Jailhouse Rock | ||
|---|---|---|
| EP by Elvis Presley | ||
| Released | November 1957 | |
| Recorded | April-May 1957 | |
| Genre | Soundtrack | |
| Length | 10:36 | |
| Label | RCA Records | |
| Producer | Jeff Alexander | |
| 1997 Reissue Cover | ||
Jailhouse Rock was an extended-play, seven-inch 45 RPM record released on RCA Records, catalogue EPA 4114, during November 1957. Recording sessions took place at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on April 30 and May 3, 1957, with an additional session at the MGM Soundstage in Hollywood on May 9 for "Don't Leave Me Now."[1] It peaked at #1 on the newly-inaugurated Billboard EP chart.
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Unlike his previous film but like his first movie, a full long-playing album soundtrack was not devised for Jailhouse Rock. The title song "Jailhouse Rock" had already been released as a single on September 24, 1957, and went to #1 on the singles chart. The sixth soundtrack song "Treat Me Nice" was not included on the EP, a new recording from September 5 at Radio Recorders instead placed as the b-side to the "Jailhouse Rock" single where it peaked at #18 on the singles chart independently. The writing and production team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller played prominent roles in the making of the soundtrack, writing four of its songs and working with Presley closely in the studio.[2] Other than both sides of the single and "I Want to Be Free," the fourth song by the pair "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" became a minor standard, receiving cover versions by Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard, Joni Mitchell, and Brian Setzer.
"Don't Leave Me Now" had also appeared on the Loving You album, but in a different version from an earlier set of recording sessions. Additional original music for the film was composed by producer Jeff Alexander, and the song sang by the Hunk Houghton character, "One Day," was by Roy C. Bennett and Sid Tepper.
The songs from the EP are available on the 1950s box set from 1992. On April 15, 1997, RCA released a compact disc comprising versions appearing in the feature film and versions that had been commercially released on records of the songs from both Jailhouse Rock and his first movie, Love Me Tender. Three tracks were previously unreleased alternate takes, along with two newly-mixed stereo versions of "Love Me Tender" and "Poor Boy."
| Track | Recorded | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4/30/57 | Jailhouse Rock | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:26 |
| 2. | 4/30/57 | Young And Beautiful | Aaron Schroeder and Abner Silver | 2:02 |
| Track | Recorded | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 5/3/57 | I Want To Be Free | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:12 |
| 2. | 5/9/57 | Don't Leave Me Now | Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman | 2:05 |
| 3. | 5/3/57 | (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 1:51 |
Chart positions LPs from Billboard Top Pop Albums chart; peak position for EPA 4114 from EP chart commenced October 1957; positions for EPA 4006 and for singles from Billboard Pop Singles chart.
| Track | Recorded | Original LP/EP Issue | Catalogue | Release Date | Chart Peak | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 4/30/57 | 47-7035 | 9/24/57 | #1 | Jailhouse Rock | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:26 | |
| 2. | 9/5/57 | 47-7035b | 9/24/57 | #18 | Treat Me Nice | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:10 | |
| 3. | 5/3/57 | Jailhouse Rock (EP) | EPA 4114 | 11/57 | #1 | I Want To Be Free | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:12 |
| 4. | 5/9/57 | Jailhouse Rock (EP) | EPA 4114 | 11/57 | #1 | Don't Leave Me Now | Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman | 2:05 |
| 5. | 4/30/57 | Jailhouse Rock (EP) | EPA 4114 | 11/57 | #1 | Young And Beautiful | Aaron Schroeder and Abner Silver | 2:02 |
| 6. | 5/3/57 | Jailhouse Rock (EP) | EPA 4114 | 11/57 | #1 | (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 1:51 |
| 7. | 4/30/57 | Essential Elvis | 6738-1-r | 1/88 | Jailhouse Rock (film version) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:32 | |
| 8. | 5/3/57 | Essential Elvis | 6738-1-r | 1/88 | Treat Me Nice (film version) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 1:59 | |
| 9. | 5/3/57 | Essential Elvis | 6738-1-r | 1/88 | I Want To Be Free (film version) | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 2:06 | |
| 10. | 4/30/57 | Complete 50s Masters | 66050-2 | 6/23/92 | #159 | Young And Beautiful (film version) | Aaron Schroeder and Abner Silver | 1:09 |
| 11. | 5/3/57 | previously unreleased | Don't Leave Me Now | Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman | 1:45 | |||
| 12. | 8/24/56 | 47-6643 | 9/28/56 | #1 | Love Me Tender | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:41 | |
| 13. | 8/24/56 | Love Me Tender (EP) | EPA 4006 | 11/56 | #22 | Poor Boy | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:13 |
| 14. | 9/4/56 | Love Me Tender (EP) | EPA 4006 | 11/56 | #22 | Let Me | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:09 |
| 15. | 8/24/56 | Love Me Tender (EP) | EPA 4006 | 11/56 | #22 | We're Gonna Move | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:30 |
| 16. | 10/1/56 | Essential Elvis | 6738-1-r | 1/88 | Love Me Tender (end title version) | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 1:08 | |
| 17. | 9/4/56 | unreleased alternate take | Let Me | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:04 | |||
| 18. | 8/24/56 | unreleased alternate take | We're Gonna Move | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:39 | |||
| 19. | 8/24/56 | unreleased stereo version | Poor Boy | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:42 | |||
| 20. | 8/24/56 | unreleased stereo version | Love Me Tender | Vera Matson and Elvis Presley | 2:42 |