Great Balls of Fire - Other Recordings

Other Recordings

• The Crickets released their version of the song in 1960 on their album, "In Style With The Crickets."
• A version by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas was on the "Little Children" album in 1964.
• Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a cover of this song in 1970 as the B-Side to the song "I'm On The Right Road Now."
• Aerosmith performed a cover of this song at Nipmuc Regional High School's prom on Nov. 6, 1970.
• New Grass Revival recorded a high-speed bluegrass version of the song on their 1972 album The Arrival of the New Grass Revival.
• Electric Light Orchestra recorded a version for their 1974 The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach live album.
• Dolly Parton recorded a version in 1979.
• Amii Stewart recorded a version on her 1981 album Images.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a version for "The Amazing Chipmunks," a 1988 episode of their TV series.
• OV7, originally called "La Onda Vaselina" made a version in Spanish called "Grandes luces de fuego" in 1989.
• Fleetwood Mac, included the track on the 1999 release of the Shrine '69 live album which was recorded at the Shrine Auditorium in 1969
• The Misfits recorded a version in 2003 for their Project 1950 album.
• Teitur recorded a version in 2006, released on the Stay Under the Stars album.
• The French singer Dorothée recorded a duet with Jerry Lee Lewis in 1992, released on the Une histoire d'amour album.
• Offenbach included the song on the live DVD of the album Ultime (2007).
• Dean Delannoit, record the song for his debut album (2007).
• Tiny Tim recorded a version as the b-side to "Tiptoe Through the Tulips."
• American Doo Wop band The Flamingos recorded a version on their album "Unspoken Emotions."
• Johnny Winter, recorded a version on the album "Johnny Winter And.... Live."
• Seamus, a stereotyped pirate from the animated show "Family Guy," performed the song in a church organist audition as seen on the episode "Boys Do Cry" (season 5).
• A version of the song served as the theme song for the Madballs animated series.
• Mae West did a version on the album titled with the same name Great Balls of Fire.
• The Jolly Boys covered this song for the Old Jamaica Ginger Beer advert in 2010 and is also on their album Great Expectation.
• Top Gun "Goose" and "Maverick" perform this song while Goose plays the piano.