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King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins.Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, Liliane Montevecchi and Paul Stewart, and it follows a nineteen-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crooks and ...
King Creole is the second soundtrack album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Victor, LPM 1884 in mono in September 1958, [6] recorded in four days at Radio Recorders in Hollywood.
King Creole is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. [1] The song was performed by Elvis Presley and recorded in 1958, and laid foundations to a musical drama film, King Creole . The song is based on King Creole, a singer/guitar player from New Orleans who is proficient in all different styles of rock and roll.
Kid Creole and the Coconuts is an American musical group created by August Darnell with Andy Hernandez and Adriana Kaegi. Its music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular a mix of disco [ 1 ] and Latin American , Caribbean , and Calloway styles [ 2 ] conceptually inspired by the big band era.
It was the opening song for Presley's 1958 film King Creole. [1] [2] [3] British musician and Clash frontman Joe Strummer described "Crawfish" on his radio-show as one of his favourite Elvis Presley songs. The song and his recommendation were included on the soundtrack to the 2007 documentary Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten.
Elvis Presley performed the song in the 1958 motion picture King Creole, and his recording was included on the soundtrack of the same name. "Trouble", featuring Scotty Moore on guitar, was one of only three songs written by Leiber and Stoller for the feature. Presley's performance in the film alludes to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley. "If you're ...
King Creole can refer to: King Creole, a 1958 film starring Elvis Presley "King Creole" (song), a song by Elvis Presley from the film King Creole;
Carroll and Albini also recorded a version of "King Creole" for New Musical Express' The Last Temptation of Elvis compilation album. Carroll subsequently moved to Chicago in late 1989. There she worked with Chicago house music producer, Vince Lawrence.