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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elvis Presley
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JERRY LEIBER
Songwriter
Mike Stoller
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dayton Burr Howe
Producer
Lyrics
The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard them knocked up jailbirds sing
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section was a Purple Gang
Let's rock, alright
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Number 47 said to number 3
"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me"
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs "For Heaven's sakes
No one is lookin', now's our chance to make a break"
Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said "Nix nix
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks"
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Well, they were dancin'
They were dancin'
To the jailhouse rock, ha
Alright
Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller