Story Behind The Song
Who was the rockinest Cat in Town? - Elvis - playing on Ed Sullivan Show - opposite Pat Boone - ratings went through the roof
Song Description
Elvis is in the building.....as a ghost on the highway?
| Song Length |
3:25 |
Genre |
Country - Rockabilly, Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Relaxed |
Subject |
Ghosts, Road |
| Similar Artists |
The Stray Cats, Elvis Presley |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Drivin' down the road, just the other night. I saw a rockin cat in my headlights. I gave him a ride he had a place to be, meetin' a man named Ed you see, said he's goin to be the Rockinest Cat in Town.
He started hummin' a tune called Baby, Let's Play House. Said a Cat named Black would play it on the ol doghouse, said he's goin to play it on TV, and that's when the people all would see, (that) he's a gonna be the Rockinest Cat in town.
The Rockinest Cat in town, tear them barriers down, a white man singin' the blues, all the cats are goin to make him the news, cause he's the rockin cat , the rockinest cat in town
Well, I dropped him off, went home, started watchin a show, they said the program was from 40 years ago, I watched Ed Sullivan the host, that's when I turned white as a ghost, watching the rockin, rockinest cat in town... to CHS