King Creole
Titel: King Creole
Längd: 2:08
Kompositörer: Jerry Leiber och Mike Stoller
Utgivare: Elvis Presley Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1958-01-23
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 20:00-23:00
Inspelningsplats: Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: J2PB 3612
Tagning master: 13
Producent: Walter Scharf och Phil Khagan
Studiotekniker: Thorne Nogar och Wally Kamin
Musiker:
Gitarr: Elvis Presley
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Bas: Bill Black
Bas och tuba: Ray Siegel
Bas och gitarr: Neal Matthews
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor Bernie Mattinson
Bongotrummor: Gordon Stoker
Cymbaler: Hoyt Hawkins
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Klarinett: Mahlon Clark
Trumpet: John Ed Buckner
Saxofon: Justin Gordon
Trombon: Warren Smith
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Första utgivning: King Creole Vol. 1 (EPA-4319)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
King Creole (LPM-1884)
King Creole Vol. 1 (EPA-5122)
The Other Sides – Elvis Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2 (LPM-6402)
40 Greatest (ADE-P12)
Greatest Hits (GELV 6A RDS 9001-9007)
Elvis In Hollywood (DLP2-0168)
The Rockin’ Days (LSP 10 204)
Elvis Forever (PJL2-8024)
20 Fantastic Hits (27480-3)
Elvis In Hollywood (PPL 1-8081)
Memories Of Elvis: A Lasting Tribute To The King Of Rock ’N’ Roll (DML 5-0347)
40 Greatest (PL 42691 (2))
Rock Is Back – Elvis Is King! (CAH 2005)
King Of The 50’s (NL-42974)
Elvis Presley Sings Leiber & Stoller (INTS 5031)
The Elvis Collection (NL-43290)
Heartbreak Hotel (CDS 1204)
Heartbreak Hotel (CDSV 1204)
20 Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (INTS 5115)
Elvis At His Best (SDL 004)
The History Of Rock Vol. 1 – Elvis Presley (HRL 001)
Elvis In Hollywood (NL-45295)
Rock’n’Roll Rebel (NE 1170)
Elvis In Hollywood (CBR 1014)
The E.P. Collection (EP-1)
King Creole Vol. 1 (RCX 7194)
The King Of Rock ’N’ Roll (VLP-4537)
Golden Filmhits (ADEH 130)
The Legend (First Edition) (PD 89000)
I Grandi Successi Di Elvis Presley (SIG 1005)
Elvis! His Greatest Hits (RD4A-010-2)
Låten var med i filmen ”King Creole”
Text:
There’s a man in New Orleans
Who plays rock and roll
He’s a guitar man
With a great big soul
He lays down a beat
Like a ton of coal
He goes by the name of King Creole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Jumpin’ like a catfish on a pole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
When the king starts to do it
It’s as good as done
He holds his guitar
Like a tommy gun
He starts to growl
From way down his throat
He bends a string
And ”that’s all she wrote”
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Jumpin’ like a catfish on a pole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
Well, he sings a song about a crowded hole
He sings a song about a jelly roll
He sings a song about pork and greens
He wails some blues about New Orleans
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Jumpin’ like a catfish on a pole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
Well, he plays something evil
Then he plays something sweet
No matter what he plays
You got to get up on your feet
When he gets the rockin’ fever
Baby, heaven sakes
He don’t stop playin’
’Till his guitar breaks
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Jumpin’ like a catfish on a pole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
You know he’s gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
