Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

It could have been a thousand other Elvis songs – he never made a bad record. This is from the film Jailhouse Rock and it’s got it all. Terrific. He sings it at a pool party in the film. Leiber and Stoller, of course. They wrote all the songs in Jailhouse Rock, so it’s a salute to the great Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Kevin Rowland
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