Selected List of Recorded Versions
The song is a rock and roll standard and has been performed and recorded by many artists, including:
- Carl Perkins, US No. 1 (3 weeks), Billboard Country & Western Chart, No. 2 (4 weeks), Billboard Juke Box chart, No. 3 Best Seller chart, No. 4 Top 100 chart, No. 5 Jockey chart, No. 2, R&B Chart; Cashbox pop singles chart, No. 2, 1956; UK, No. 10
- Elvis Presley, US, No. 20, Billboard Best Seller chart, No. 24 Top 100 chart, No. 24 Jockey chart; UK, No. 9, 1956
- Bill Haley and His Comets, 1960, Warner Bros. album
- Buddy Holly as recorded on the Buddy Holly Story compilation and the 1964 LP Buddy Holly Showcase.
- The Dave Clark Five, 1965, Weekend in London; 1970, No. 7, UK singles chart, as part of medley "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll"
- The Beatles, 1969, Anthology 3
- Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, No. 21, Billboard, 1969, as part of medley "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll" produced by Jimi Hendrix
- Mountain, Woodstock, 1969
- Plastic Ono Band, with John Lennon, Eric Clapton, 1969, Live Peace in Toronto
- Ten Years After, Woodstock, 1969, as part of medley
- Albert King, 1970, Blues for Elvis – King Does the King's Things
- Black Sabbath on the Black Mass EP, 1970
- Jerry Lee Lewis, 1973, The London Rock and Roll Show
- Johnny Rivers, US No. 38, 1973
- Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning, Hendrix in the West, Loose Ends, 1975
- Johnny Cash, 1976, in concert
- Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, Paul Shaffer, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999
- Dion, 2008 Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock album
- Bruce Springsteen, live in concert
- Grateful Dead, sound check
- Pat Boone
- Merle Haggard
- Conway Twitty
- Mary J. Blige
- Brian Setzer
- The Toy Dolls
- Helloween, 1991, "Kids of the Century" single
- Hasil Adkins, a previously unreleased version that was included on the 1990 Norton album, Peanut Butter Rock and Roll.
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