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JUNGLE MUSIC

We open in a crowded country music bar where Elvis Presley is singing “Don’t Be Cruel.” Halfway through the song a drunk staggers to the stage and vomits all over Elvis’ blue suede shoes. El smashes him with his guitar and suddenly the place is in chaos.

July 1, 1975
Greil Marcus

JUNGLE MUSIC

The All-Star All-Time 1950's Rock 'n' Roll Movie

By

Greil Marcus

Starring

Elvis Presley

as The Good Boy Gone Wrong

Gene Vincent

as The Bad Boy Gone Wrong

Fats Domino

as The Old Con

Pat Boone

as The Prison Guard

Little Richard

as The Chaplain

Chuck Berry

as The Warden

Jerry Lee Lewis

as The Leader of the Pack

Frankie Lymon, Richie Valens, Dion, the Del-Vikings, the Everly Brothers, and Many Others

as Members of the Pack

Buddy Holly

as The Leader of the Laundromat

Carl Perkins, Rod McKuen, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Sardo, the Platters, the Three Chuckles, and Many Others

as Members of the Laundromat

Bo Diddley

as The Dean of High Hopes High School

Fabian

as The Dope Pusher

Dick Clark

as Mr. Big

Eddie Cochran

as The Undercover Agent

Natalie Wood

as The Girl

And Featuring

Alan Freed

as the President of the United States

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