Jezebel - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• The novel "Jezebel's Daughter" (1880) by Wilkie Collins.
• The film Jezebel (1938) starred Bette Davis.
• The song "Jezebel" (1941) (Trad./O. Wilson) recorded by the Golden Gate Quartet.
• Frankie Laine recorded "Jezebel" (1951), written by Wayne Shanklin, which became a hit song.
• In the film Sins of Jezebel (1953), Jezebel was played by Paulette Goddard.
• In his novel The Caves of Steel (1953, 1954), Isaac Asimov portrayed Jezebel as an ideal wife and woman who, in full compliance with the mores of the time, conscientiously promoted her own religion.
• The song "Carry Go Bring Come" by Justin Hinds, recorded in 1963, repeatedly addresses "You old Jezebel"; it went to no. 1 in Jamaica and was covered by The Selecter on their 1980 album Too Much Pressure.
• Herman's Hermits recorded the song for their 1967 LP There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World, and it became a regular feature of their live performances afterward.
• The show "Little House on the Prairie" (1978), Season 4, Episode 15, originally aired on January 16, 1978, Mrs. Peal calls Mary Ingalls a 'Jezebel' for teaching the students how to read.
• The song "Jezebel" (1985), by Sade and Gordon Matthewman, on Sade's album Promise.
• In her novel, The Handmaid's Tale, first published in 1985, which is full of biblical allusions, Margaret Atwood names an underground brothel "Jezebel's."
• The song "Jezebel" (1992), by 10,000 Maniacs on the album Our Time in Eden, about the guilt felt by a woman who has fallen out of love, or was never in love, with her husband.
• The song "Jezebel" (1994), by sludge-metal band Acid Bath from their first album The Kite String Pops.
• The song "Jazzy Belle" (1994) by the Atlanta hip-hop duo OutKast.
• The song "Juke Joint Jezebel" (1995), by KMFDM on the album Nihil.
• In the film Snake Eyes, the tropical storm turned hurricane that hits Atlantic City is called Jezebel; an allusion to the conspiracy, turmoil and evil deeds taking place behind the scenes in the film.
• The song "Jezebel" (2000) by Recoil on the album Liquid, using the recording by the Golden Gate Quartet.
• The song "Jezebel" (2003) by Dizzee Rascal on the album Boy in da Corner.
• Lesley Hazleton wrote a revisionist historical non-fiction account, Jezebel, The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen (2004), that presents Jezebel as a sophisticated queen engaged in mortal combat with the fundamentalist prophet Elijah. Hazleton is also the author of several non-fiction books about the Middle East.
• In the video game, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004) the PC runs into an NPC named Jezebel Locke who turns out to be a seductress for a fictional doomsday cult in one of the side storylines.
• The song "Jezebel" (2005) by Iron & Wine on the album Woman King.
• The Gawker offshoot blog Jezebel (launched 2007) concerns mostly feminist issues and women's interest.
• The song "Jezebel" (2009) by Depeche Mode on the album Sounds of the Universe.
• The movie Blast and Whisper (2010), produced by Mark Moran, tells the story of Jezebel.
• The song "Jezebel" (2012) by Memphis May Fire on the album Challenger (Memphis May Fire album)
• The song "Jezebel" (2012) by South African melodic rock band aKING.