![]() ![]() A well-known Los Angeles musician, Shifty Henry, though was not a criminal. Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who also penned “Hound Dog” and “Yakety Yak,” the “Jailhouse Rock” lyrics included the names of real people. Elvis Presley - Tell me why Words & Music : Titus Turner Recorded 12 January 1957 at Studio Radio Recorders - Hollywood - California. “‘Jailhouse Rock’ was always a queer lyric, in both senses,” music writer Garry Mulholland said of the song in the 2010 book, Popcorn: Fifty Years of Rock’n’Roll Movies. Recorded Januat Radio Recorders, Hollywood. 363)-have noted that the song, which was written at first as a joke but sung by Presley with a charging and earnest bent, is “famous” for its “reference to homoerotics behind bars.” Since the song’s writing, gender studies scholars-including Philip Brett, Elizabeth Wood and Gary Thomas in the 2006 book, Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology (p. Lyrics of 'Tell Me Why' as sung by Elvis Presley - Home Encyclopedia Songs Tell Me Why Tell Me Why Rating: 4. Every time I look at someone new Tell me why I think of you Then you sometimes ask me by You're playing with love Darling tell me why You left me all alone To cry over you My heart is torn and broken There's nothing left to do In my prayers, I'll mention you When you're gone I feel so blue Why can't I have all of you Oh, somebody, please tell me. ![]() I sure would be delighted with your companyĬome on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me” “You’re the cutest jailbird I ever did see ![]()
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