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King Creole

Words & Music by Bill Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

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King Creole

Words & Music by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller

Lyrics:

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"
Well, he sings a song about a crowded hole
He sings a song about a jelly roll
He sings a song about meat and greens
He wails some blues about New Orleans
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

First album:

RCA EPA-4319, King Creole Volume 1

First recorded:

Soundtrack Session for Paramount: Radio Recorders King Creole, Hollywood, California. January 23, 1958

More info:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote this title tune to Elvis's 1958, King Creole. Several attempts were made to record King Creole. The first session was on January 15, 1958, at Radio Recorders. No takes were deemed worthy for release, although RCA assigned master numbers to takes #3 and #18. Eight days later, on January 23, Elvis finally recorded the version (take #13) that was used on record, but it was much different than the takes from the earlier session. The alternate takes that appear on bootleg albums seem to be from the January 15 session.

Lyrics:

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"
Well, he sings a song about a crowded hole
He sings a song about a jelly roll
He sings a song about meat and greens
He wails some blues about New Orleans
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

First album:

RCA EPA-4319, King Creole Volume 1

First recorded:

Soundtrack Session for Paramount: Radio Recorders King Creole, Hollywood, California. January 23, 1958

More info:

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote this title tune to Elvis's 1958, King Creole. Several attempts were made to record King Creole. The first session was on January 15, 1958, at Radio Recorders. No takes were deemed worthy for release, although RCA assigned master numbers to takes #3 and #18. Eight days later, on January 23, Elvis finally recorded the version (take #13) that was used on record, but it was much different than the takes from the earlier session. The alternate takes that appear on bootleg albums seem to be from the January 15 session.