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.
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