Elvis Presley Recording Sessions

May 10 1957

(+ means you need both ~ means same material °° means stereo or binaural ° means mono)
(SFS = Short False Start | FS = False Start | LFS or BD (Breakdown) = Long False Start | PB (Playback) or Complete = Complete Take)

MGM Sound Stage - Hollywood, California

Soundtrack Session for MGM's Jailhouse Rock

MGM Producer : Jeffrey Alexander

Engineer : Fred Mulculpin

(9.30am - 1.00pm / 2.00pm - 4.00pm)

Musicians:		Backup Vocals:
Guitar:	Scotty Moore	The Jordanaires: Gordon Stoker; Neal Matthews; Hoyt Hawkins; Hugh
Bass:	Bill Black	Jarrett
Drums:	D.J. Fontana	Male Vocals (2024 & 2025): Allan Davies; Vincent Degen; Gene Lanham;
Piano:	Dudley Brooks	Bill Lee; Martin Sperzel; Max Smith; Robert Stevens; Robert Wacker;
Lead Vocals:	Mickey Shaughnessy ('One More Day')	Mack McLean; Ernest Newton; Thurl Ravenscroft; William Seckler

Jailhouse Rock (male overdubs)				H2WB 6780	2024	May 10 1957 (Fri: 9:45am - 11:50am)
Take 1	Complete	2:52	Male chorus overdub of 2411-01 with edited intro
Take 2	FS
Take 3	Complete	2:50
Take 4	FS
Take 5	Complete	2:50
Take 6	M	2:41	"2:49" Alternate movie version	Jailhouse Rock Vol. 1 CD1 (FTD)° (track 26)~Jailhouse Rock (1997)° ~Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller°~Essential Elvis Volume 1° (2:33)

Mumble Jumble					2025	May 10 1957 (Fri: 12:15pm - 12:25pm)
Take 1	(M)	0:33	(used for movie version - 2533)	Soundtrack°

Don't Leave Me Now (quartet to track)				2026	May 10 1957 (Fri: 12:27pm - 12:50pm)
Take 1	Complete	0:59	The Jordanaires' backing vocals only, to 2022-12 track
Take 2	FS
Take 3	(M)	0:59	(used for Mickey Alba version)

One More Day (2nd movie version - TV version)					2027	May 10 1957 (Fri: 2:05pm - 2:45pm)
Take 1	Complete	1:53	"Vocal & band"
Take 2	FS
Take 3	(M)	1:51		Soundtrack° (0:49)

One More Day (1st movie version - solo jail version)					2028	May 10 1957 (Fri: 2:46pm - 3:50pm)
Take 1	FS		"Vocal with guitar accomp"
Take 2	Complete	1:12
Take 3	FS
Take 4	FS
Take 5	FS
Take 6	Complete	1:15
Take 7	FS
Take 8	Complete	1:16
Take 9	FS
Take 10	(M)	1:16		Soundtrack° (1:13)

Oh My, You Lied
			(not used / not recorded)

What Have Ya Got To Lose
			(not used / not recorded)

'Jailhouse Rock (male overdubs)' runs 2% too fast on Essential Elvis, Jailhouse Rock (1997) and Elvis Chante Leiber & Stoller.

Although originally intended to be recorded at some point during these sessions, 'Oh My, You Lied' and 'What have Ya Got To Lose' were eventually not used at all in the movie.

All timings in the 'Musical Breakdown' below are taken from the DVD release of the movie.

In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.

Thanks to David English for extensive research on these sessions.

Notes from a review of Jailhouse Rock Volume 1 (FTD) by Piers Beagley (Elvis Information Network)

Jailhouse Rock
(CD1, track 26) male vocal overdubs - This is the early initial overdub with Male chorus but no orchestra. This is a nice new addition since unlike the previous release on Essential Elvis there is no fade-out and the song continues until the abrupt ending. Great listening.



Recording Information April / May 1957	Master Tape Jailhouse Rock	MGM Session Logs May 10 1957



Movie Scene Sheets Jailhouse Rock	Jailhouse Rock Movie Song Index	Daily Music Report May 10 1957



	Musical Breakdown Jailhouse Rock



Music Sheet Don't Leave Me Now	Music Sheet Jailhouse Rock	Music Sheet One More Day