• Get the app
  • Concerts
  • Charts
  • Radio Spins
  • Fast Forward 2025
  • Download Shazam
  • Apps
  • Concerts
  • Charts
  • Radio Spins
  • Fast Forward 2025
  • Help
Listen to Stray Cats, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Stray Cats

Rock

View Artist

Top Songs By Stray Cats

Listen to Rock This Town by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rock This TownStray Cats
Listen to Stray Cat Strut by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Stray Cat StrutStray Cats
Listen to Stray Cat Strut by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Stray Cat StrutStray Cats
Listen to (She's) Sexy + 17 by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
(She's) Sexy + 17Stray Cats
Listen to Built for Speed by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Built for SpeedStray Cats
Listen to Runaway Boys by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Runaway BoysStray Cats
Listen to I Won't Stand In Your Way by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
I Won't Stand In Your WayStray Cats
Listen to Rumble In Brighton by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rumble In BrightonStray Cats
Listen to Look At That Cadillac by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Look At That CadillacStray Cats
Listen to Rev It Up & Go by Stray Cats, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rev It Up & GoStray Cats

Latest Release

Listen to The Toronto Strut (Live) [Live] by Stray Cats
ALBUMThe Toronto Strut (Live) [Live]Stray Cats

More albums from Stray Cats

Listen to 40 by Stray Cats
ALBUM40Stray Cats
Listen to Hollywood Strut - The Unreleased Cuts by Stray Cats
ALBUMHollywood Strut - The Unreleased CutsStray Cats
Listen to Choo Choo Hot Fish by Stray Cats
ALBUMChoo Choo Hot FishStray Cats
Listen to Blast Off by Stray Cats
ALBUMBlast OffStray Cats
Listen to Rock Therapy by Stray Cats
ALBUMRock TherapyStray Cats
Listen to Rant N' Rave With the Stray Cats by Stray Cats
ALBUMRant N' Rave With the Stray CatsStray Cats

Stray Cats's Popular Music Videos

Watch Rock This Town music video by Stray Cats
Rock This Town
Stray Cats
Watch Stray Cat Strut music video by Stray Cats
Stray Cat Strut
Stray Cats
Watch Stray Cat Strut (Live) music video by Stray Cats
Stray Cat Strut (Live)
Stray Cats
Watch (She's) Sexy + 17 music video by Stray Cats
(She's) Sexy + 17
Stray Cats
Watch Runaway Boys (Live) music video by Stray Cats
Runaway Boys (Live)
Stray Cats
Watch Somethin' Else (Live) music video by Stray Cats
Somethin' Else (Live)
Stray Cats

Artist Playlists

Stray Cats Essentials
Stray Cats Essentials
Rockabilly rebels in the digital age.
Stray Cats Essentials

About Stray Cats

Listen to Stray Cats, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hometown
Massapequa, NY, United States
Formed
1979
Genre
Rock
Punk signaled a return to early rock ‘n’ roll fundamentals in the mid-’70s, and no group took that mission to heart quite like the Stray Cats. Formed in Long Island in 1979, the trio of singer/guitarist Brian Setzer, bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom bypassed the pogo pit and went straight for the sock hop, fashioning a wild rockabilly-inspired sound (with the pompadours and stand-up bass to match) that connected the dots between Carl Perkins and The Clash. With ‘50s Teddy-boy culture making a comeback in England, the Cats relocated overseas and became instant UK sensations by dropping two albums in 1981 that reasserted old-school style and attitude in the era of peak New Wave. A year later, those releases were distilled into the Cats’ U.S. debut, Built for Speed, which rocketed to No. 2 on the charts on the strength of its signature rave-up “Rock This Town” and the band’s snap-along theme song “Stray Cat Strut.” The Cats never again scaled those commercial heights before burning out in 1986, but periodic reunions over the years have only reinforced the timelessness of their sound.
Members of Stray Cats include, or have included, Brian Setzer, Lee Rocker, Tommy Byrnes and more.
Musical InfluencesStray Cats's musical influences include Dave Edmunds, Ritchie Valens, Jerry Lee Lewis and more.
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Dave Edmunds
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Ritchie Valens
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Jerry Lee Lewis
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Otis Blackwell
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Elvis Presley
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Roy Orbison
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Carl Perkins
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The Bobby Fuller Four
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Eddie Cochran
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Link Wray
Influenced by Stray CatsStray Cats has influenced the music of BATI-HOLIC, Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen, James D. M. Tucker and more.
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
BATI-HOLIC
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
James D. M. Tucker
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The Derailers
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Imelda May
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Hot Rod Lincoln
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The Zipheads
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Big Sandy
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Libbi Bosworth
Listen to undefined, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The 69 Cats

Similar to: Stray Cats

Discover more music and artists similar to Stray Cats, like Brian Setzer, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Lee Rocker
Listen to Brian Setzer, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Brian Setzer
Listen to The Brian Setzer Orchestra, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Listen to Lee Rocker, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Lee Rocker
Listen to Eddie Cochran, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Eddie Cochran
Listen to Restless, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Restless
Listen to The Polecats, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
The Polecats
Listen to BLACK CATS, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
BLACK CATS
Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special
Listen to Gene Vincent, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!
Gene Vincent
MAGIC

Shazam Footer

Select language:

Company

  • About Us
  • Apps
  • Careers
  • Help for Apple Devices
  • Help for Android Devices
  • ShazamKit for Developers

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy Policy
  • Manage Your Data
  • My Library
Google Play Store
Apple App Store
Chrome Web Store
Galaxy Store

Follow Us

© Copyright 2025 Apple Inc. and its affiliates | Supplier Responsibility
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out