School of Rock 'n Roll
| "School Of Rock 'n Roll" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Gene Summers & His Rebels | |
| A-side | Straight Skirt |
| B-side | School Of Rock 'n Roll |
| Released | 1958 |
| Format | Vinyl record, 45rpm |
| Recorded | 1958 - Los Angeles, CA |
| Genre | Rockabilly |
| Length | 1:58 |
| Label | Jan Records (United States) Apex Records (Canada) Rave Records (South Africa) |
| Writer(s) | James McClung |
"School Of Rock 'n Roll" is a song composed by James McClung in 1958 and published by Song Productions, BMI 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. It was flipped with "Straight Skirt" a teen novelty 45 which became the group's first big regional hit.
"School Of Rock 'n Roll" later became widely known as one of the top 100 rock 'n roll records of the era. 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.
In 2005 "School of Rock 'n Roll" was selected by Bob Solly and Record Collector Magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Records. "School Of Rock 'n Roll" was also present in the British television series "You've Been Framed" and was included on the Rhino Records CD box sets "Wild, Fast And Out Of Control" (1999) and "Rockin' Bones" (2006). The song has also been featured on "Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour" (2006) and also appears on the Bob Dylan 4-CD box set "Radio Radio" issued in 2011.
"Nice to have here Gene Summers singing about the place where all the up- turned collar cats wanted to walk and any Richard Dadier wanted to teach, “School of Rock ‘n Roll”. It was Gene’s first record (Jan 11-100) and a fabulous slice of Texas Rock ‘n’ Roll that could scare any teacher. A definitive classic even issued in Canada and South Africa!" - Dominique “Imperial” Anglares
"Where Chuck Berry's "School Day" is a precise sketch of the tedium of a typical American
high school, whether it is the Class of 1958 or 2007, Gene Summers' "School of Rock 'N Roll"
is pure greaser fantasy, the kind of place where the only use for books is to steady a wobbling amplifier".
"Gene Summers' "School of Rock’n’Roll" is right up there when it comes to chalking the demarcation line between the teenage and adult worlds. No one can be left in any doubt after hearing this rip-roaring two minutes of rockin’ at its wildest that Summers & his Rebels were aiming straight for the hormonal jugular – squares beware!" -CD liner notes
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