Jailhouse Rock (song) - Covers and References

Covers and References

"Jailhouse Rock" was performed regularly in a medley along with many old rock and roll hits by Queen and was the opening song on Queen's 1980 North American tour for The Game. It was the last song in the motion picture The Blues Brothers. This song was featured on American Idol when Season 5 contestant Taylor Hicks performed it on May 9, 2006 and when Season 7 contestant Danny Noriega performed it on February 20, 2008. The song was also featured in Disney's animated film Lilo & Stitch during the ending credits. In an episode of Full House Jesse and Becky sing this song at their wedding reception. The song was included in the musical revue "Smokey Joe's Cafe".

The German rock band Spider Murphy Gang is named after one of the characters in the lyrics.

In Stephen King's novel Christine, "Jailhouse Rock" is playing when the car runs down Buddy Repperton, one of the guys who smashed up the car at the garage.

American rock and roll revival act Sha Na Na performed "Jailhouse Rock" live at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969.

Westlife performed the song for the medley part of their Where the Dreams Come True Tour.

Chris Brown covered the song at the 2007 Movie's Rock.

Scratch Track added this song to their live performance of "Love Someone."

Dwayne Johnson performed a parody of the song that pokes fun at his Wrestlemania XXVIII opponent John Cena during the Rock Concert on an episode of WWE Raw in March 2012. WWE later released this version on iTunes as "Rock's Concert".

"Jailhouse Rock" has also been recorded by:

• The Residents
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Miranda Lambert
• Merle Haggard
• Mötley Crüe (This song was a live song only. This song was used as the 10th and final track on their 1987 album Girls, Girls, Girls.)
• Brownsville Station
• The Blues Brothers (This version was the ending song of the movie, performed with other musicians such as Ray Charles and Cab Calloway)
• Patti Smith
• ZZ Top
• The Animals
• Twisted Sister
• The Cramps
• Judy Nylon
• Looney Tunes
• John Cougar Mellencamp (This version was included in the soundtrack for Honeymoon in Vegas)
• Michael Bolton and Carl Perkins
• Jeff Beck Group (featuring Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood)
• Billy "Crash" Craddock
• Adriano Celentano
• Cliff Richard - at concerts
• ABBA with Olivia Newton-John and Andy Gibb
• Queen
• Frankie Lymon
• Danny Noriega
• Enrique Guzmán (in Spanish)
• Micro Chips (In Spanish)
• Dean Carter (1967)
• Mind Garage recorded by Elvis Presley's sound engineer Tom Pick and Recording technician Roy Shockley in RCA's "Nashville Sound" studio, under the management of Chet Atkins.
• IBEX pre-Queen era band featuring Freddie Mercury on the recording Live In Liverpool
• Carl Perkins
• Eilert Pilarm
• Link Wray
• Marshall Chapman