Song · Blue Murder
“Jelly Roll” by Blue Murder
From the album Blue Murder (1989)
“Jelly Roll” by Blue Murder appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1989 on the album Blue Murder. Its best result is #574 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,651 hard rock song of all time.
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"Jelly Roll" is John Sykes from top to bottom: he wrote the words and music, plays the guitar and sings lead on this cut from Blue Murder's self-titled debut, which Geffen released in 1989. Sykes had formed the English hard rock band after being fired from Whitesnake, and when the search for a frontman kept coming up empty, he stepped up to the microphone himself, having sung on the band's first demos anyway.
Tony Franklin plays bass and Carmine Appice drums, with Nik Green on keyboards. Bob Rock produced, with Mike Fraser engineering and Ken Lomas and Chris Taylor assisting; the band had started work on the album at Little Mountain Sound Studios early in 1988. Once the record was out, Blue Murder took it on the road opening for Bon Jovi and Billy Squier.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 574 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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