Queen

Released: September 5, 2014

Songwriter: Sheriff Tex Davis Donald Graves Gene Vincent Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield Mike Stoller Jerry Leiber

Producer: Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredriksson

The warden threw a party in the county jail
Prison band was there and they began to wail
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Should've heard them knocked out jailbirds sing
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

Number forty-seven said to number three
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
Sure would be delighted in your company
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock

Well, Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowing on his slide trombone
Drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
Whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody, let's rockin' and a-rollin' tonight
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

(guitar solo)
One more time

Stupid Cupid, you're a real mean guy
Woman, woman, oh mah you can fly
Ooh, it's a crying shame
Stupid stop playing that game
Hey, hey, set me free
Stupid stop ah-aw

Be-bop a lula - you're shooting my baby
Be-bop a lula - she's driving me crazy
Be-bop a lula - she don't understand
Be-bop a lula - don't a play that game
You've got a rocker, you've got a roller
You've gotta be my baby, baby, baby, ooh

One more time

Well, sad sack sittin' on a block of stone
Way in the corner weepin' all alone
Don't you tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair

Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

We've gone dancing to the jailhouse rock
Gone dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing
Dancing
Let me hear you do it
Yeah
You clapping up there?

They've got a boogie
They gotta roll
They've got a-shake it
Hot and cold

They've got a boogie
You're doing well

Just do it for the jailhouse rock
Get dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Gone dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
You've got 'em dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

(Freddie: Thank you. We'd like to end, we'd like to end with the number we usually end with, for those who've seen us, it's called 'Liar')

Formed in 1970, Queen was a British rock band whose classic line-up consisted of Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and piano, Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon on bass. Although Mercury and May wrote the bulk of the band’s material, all four contributed to the songwriting, churning out huge hits. Initially a progressive rock band with strong metal influences, their sound evolved dramatically over time. The band went on to refine, if not define “stadium rock,” as they grew to become one of the most beloved rock bands of all time.

Their early progressive phase spawned epic tracks like “March of the Black Queen” and one international hit “Killer Queen.” But it was their 1975 track “Bohemian Rhapsody” which catapulted the group to super-stardom. The song reigned at #1 on the UK charts for nine weeks and has since been praised as one of the greatest songs of all time

Moving away from their album-orientated sound, the band only grew in popularity with such songs as November 1976’s “Somebody to Love,” October 1977’s “We Are the Champions,” January 1979’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” June 1980’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” January 1984’s “Radio Ga Ga,” and many more. These songs are so beloved that a musical based on the band’s discography, titled We Will Rock You, became one of West-End’s longest-running shows with a 12-year run through May 2014—and more events being featured internationally, as well.

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