Jailhouse Rock es una canción famosa que fue compuesta por Jerry Leiber y Mike Stoller. La canción se asoció notablemente con Elvis Presley. La inspiración vino de un artículo de periódico que Leiber y Stoller leyeron sobre una prisión, lo que los llevó a escribir una canción centrada en la idea de un concierto que tiene lugar dentro de una cárcel. La canción y la película homónima, protagonizada por Elvis Presley, se lanzaron en 1957 y rápidamen ... Ver más [+] te se convirtieron en un hito en la carrera de Presley, simbolizando su imagen rebelde.
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Introducción:
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The warden threw a party in the county jail
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Prison band was there and they began to wail
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Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
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Should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing
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Let's rock!
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Everybody let's rock!
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Everybody in the whole cell block
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Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!
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Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
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Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone
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The drummer boy for Illinois went crash, boom, bang!
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The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
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Let's rock!
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Everybody let's rock!
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Everybody in the whole cell block
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Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!
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Number forty seven said to number three:
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"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
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I sure would be delighted with your company
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Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me."
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Let's rock!
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Everybody let's rock!
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Everybody in the whole cell block
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Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock! Rock Rock
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The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone
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Way over in the corner weeping all alone
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The warden said: "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
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If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair!"
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Let's rock!
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Everybody let's rock!
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Everybody in the whole cell block
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Was a-dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock!
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Shifty Henry said to Bugs: "For Heaven's sakes,
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No one's lookin'; now's our chance to make a break