SCHOOL OF ROCK 'N ROLL

"'School Of Rock 'n Roll'" [1] is a song composed by James McClung in 1958 and published by Song Productions, BMI [2] the same year. It was originally recorded by Gene Summers and his Rebels, a rockabilly band from Dallas, Texas and was first released in February, 1958 by Jan Records #11-100 [[3]]. It was flipped with "Straight Skirt" [4] a teen novelty 45 which became the group's first big regional hit.
"School Of Rock 'n Roll" would later become know worldwide as one of the top 100 rock 'n roll records of the era ("100 Greatest Records".) In the 1970s, at the beginning of the rockabilly revival in Europe, "School Of Rock 'n Roll" was re-discovered by a new legion of rockabilly fans and bands. Since that time it has become a classic dance floor-filler and has renewed Gene's career to the extent of worldwide concert appearances since 1980.
"School Of Rock 'n Roll" official lyrics
"Straight Skirt" official lyrics

Contents

'Cover versions of "School Of Rock 'n Roll" -A work in progress'

'Cover versions of "School Of Rock 'n Roll" -A work in progress'

★ 'THE ALPHABETS' LP The Alphabets “Bowl You Over”
Rockhouse LPL 9201. 1991 Holland


★ 'THE BLUE MOON ROCKERS' CD The Blue Moon Rockers “School Of Rock & Roll”
Rarity Records CD-192527, 1996 Belgium

★ 'JOHNNY RENO' LP Johnny Reno “Third Degree”
Wildcat Records LP-JE3D, 1990 USA

★ 'MESS OF BOOZE' CD Mess Of Booze “Ungehobelt & Versoffen”
Tomb Records CD-2009, 1993 Germany

★ 'THE VEES' CD The Vees “Crash Boom Bang It Out”
Rockhouse Productions CD RHS-50421-3, 1995 USA

★ 'ALAN LEATHERWOOD' CD Alan Leatherwood “Rock, Bop, Folk, And Pop”
Ohio Moon Records CD-790, 2004 USA [5]

★ 'THE STARLIGHT WRANGLERS' CD Starlight Wranglers “Rough House R&R Vol. 3 Various Artists”
Rough House Records CD RHCD-003, 2004 Japan

★ 'THE GREYHOUNDS' CD The Greyhounds “Songs Our Daddies Taught Us”
Pair Of Dice Records CD PODR-002, 2004 USA [6]

★ 'THE LENNEROCKERS' LP The Lennerockers “Rebels Of Nowadays”
Rockhouse Records LP-9106, 1991 Netherlands

★ THE LENNEROCKERS CD Lennerockers “Rebels And More”
Lenne Records 2CD LR-00008, 2002 Germany
(previously unissued Lennerockers tracks)


★ 'FAIRLANE ROCKETS' CD Fairlane Rockets “Fairlane Rockets”
Raucous Records (record #) (date) UK


★ 'RED HOT MAX AND THE CATS' LP Red Hot Max and the Cats “Cuckoo Clock Rock”
Eagle Records LP NMLP-32, 1989 Sweden [[7]]

★ 'SAVAGE KALMAN & EXPLOSION ROCKETS' LP Savage Kalman “School Of Rock And Roll”
Killroy Records LP KFA-13065, 1979 Netherlands

★ SAVAGE KALMAN & EXPLOSION ROCKETS CD Savage Kalman “School Of Rock And Roll”
SKY/Telstar Records (record #), 1998 Netherlands

★ 'BLACK KNIGHTS' CD Black Knights “Jack In The Box”
Old Rock Records CD ORR-20041, 2004 Sweden

★ 'THE RHYTHM ROCKETS' 7” 45rpm single “School Of Rock & Roll” b/w “Let’s Dance”
Presto Records P-101, 1989 USA

★ 'THE CORNELL HURD BAND' CD The Cornell Hurd Band “Saturday Nite In San Jose”
(label & record #) 2002, USA [8]

★ 'RORY JUSTICE' CD Rory Justice “The Rockabilly Kid”
Golly Gee Records CD GGR-1031, 2004 USA [9]

★ 'ROCKIN’ RYAN AND THE REAL GONERS' CD “Alive And Lowdown” ( w/ Rory Justice –‘live’ version
of "School Of Rock 'n Roll")
Golly Gee Records CD GGR-(#), 2003 USA [10]

★ 'THE POLECATS' CD “Birth Of British Rockabilly Vol.2 Various Artists”
NV Records CD NVCD-10, 1994 UK

★ 'HICKSVILLE BOMBERS' CD Hicksville Bombers “Bombs Away”
Cool And Crazy Records COOL CD002, 1998, UK.
“School Of Rock ‘n Roll” guitar riff was adapted to track #10
titled “Yes, I Do”

★ 'GENE VINCENT' [11] UNISSUED. Gene Vincent “School Of Rock ‘n Roll”
Private recording, late 1960s. According to a 1998 Now Dig This review of Derek Henderson’s book “Gene Vincent A Discography” [12], there is a Complete A-Z listing of the 217 song titles he’s (Vincent) known to have recorded-everything from the Capital biggies such as “Say Mama”, “Rocky Road Blues”, and “Wildcat” to lesser known items such as private recordings of “Stand By Me”, “Chain Gang” and “School Of Rock ‘n Roll”. Also, according to Rockin' Ronnie Weiser [13] during a May 19,1997 interview: -“''At first I tried to get Gene (Vincent) to record Gene Summers’ ‘School Of Rock ‘n Roll’ without much success. So then I told him to do whatever he wanted. The gem out of this 4-song recording session was “The Rose of Love” which brings tears to my eyes.”''

★ 'TEEN KATS' 10” LP Teen Kats “After School Rock ‘n Roll”
Big Beat Records BBR-0013, 1981 France
''“School Of Rock ‘n Roll was a huge influence for this record.”''
-Thierry LeCoz of the Teen Kats, 1999

★ 'THIERRY LECOZ' CD Thierry LeCoz “Tex-French Connection”[14]
Big Beat Records CD BBR-0081, 2003 France
Recorded Onstage at the House Of Live, Paris, France July 3,2002

★ 'THIERRY LECOZ' DVD “Tex-French Connection”
BIG Beat Records BBR DVD 0001, 2003 France
Recorded Onstage at the House Of Live, Paris, France July 3, 2002


★ 'GARY U.S. BONDS' CD Gary U.S. Bonds “The School Of Rock ‘N Roll: The Best Of
Gary U.S. Bonds” Rhino/WEA (# ), 1990 USA.
Album title obviously inspired by Gene’s “School Of Rock ‘n Roll”
45 which was released in 1958. Bond’s earliest release was in 1960.

★ 'MIKE MOK AND THE EM-TONES' mp3 Mike Mok and the Em-Tones “School Of Rock ‘n Roll”
“Live” studio cut..no overdubs, USA 2007

★ 'LOS ACELERADORES' mp3 Los Aceleradores “School Of Rock ‘n Roll”, 2004 Santiago,
Chili 2007

★ 'LUCKY STRIKE BAND' CD Lucky Strike Band "If I Had Me A Woman" (label) (CD #), UK 2003