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Crawfish (song)

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In 1978, Jean Bilbrew released an alternate master mix (with overdubs recorded in 1978) including the full length intro sung by herself. This version runs 4 minutes and 10 seconds.
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Bilbrew and Presley recorded the song on January 15, 1958, during the soundtrack recording session for the Paramount movie,
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The Crawfish Book: the story of man and mudbugs starting in 25,000 B.C. and ending with the batch just put on to boil
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songs. The song and his recommendation were included on the soundtrack to the 2007 documentary
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The song has been covered a number of times, arguably the most well-known is by
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Interpreting Rock Movies: The Pop Film and its Critics in Britain
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described "Crawfish" on his radio-show as one of his favourite
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across a 12-week stint and was later included on their
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Heartbreak Hotel: The Life and Music of Elvis Presley
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Index

Single
Kitty White
Elvis Presley
King Creole
Radio Recorders
West Hollywood, California
Genre
Jazz
blues
Songwriter(s)
Fred Wise
Ben Weisman
Producer(s)
Walter Scharf
Fred Wise
Ben Weisman
Kitty White
Elvis Presley
King Creole
Clash
Joe Strummer
Elvis Presley
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Radio Recorders
West Hollywood, California
Walter Scharf
Johnny Thunders
Patti Palladin
UK Indie Chart
Copy Cats

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