The 45rpm single High School Confidential (Sun 296) was the third gold disc for piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 rocker Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...

, released in 1958. A different take of the song featured on the soundtrack of the MGM movie of the same title

High School Confidential (film)

High School Confidential is a 1958 crime drama film directed by Jack Arnold. It stars Mamie Van Doren, Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore, Jackie Coogan. The film also features a cameo by Jerry Lee Lewis who opens the movie singing a song of the same name, which Lewis co-wrote with Ron...

. In the movie Jerry Lee played the title song

High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis song)

"High School Confidential" is a song written by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave and released in 1958. The song was the title song of the movie of the same name starring Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren, and Jerry Lee Lewis...

 in the beginning and end of the movie, standing on the open deck of a truck. Starring in that movie are Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren

Mamie Van Doren is an American actress and singer; who rose to popularity as Universal Pictures's version of 20th Century Fox's Marilyn Monroe....

 and Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

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. The Sun recording was one of 12 tracks featured on Jerry Lee Lewis's first Long Play (LP) album (Sun LP 1230). In keeping with an occasional record industry practice of the time (1958) the album was also released in 45rpm format, the twelve songs being divided over a series of three 7" Extended Play (EP) records, Sun EPs 108,109 and 110 (pictured). Although widely regarded as the 'headline' track, the title "High School Confidential" was not applied to the album.

The back cover of the LP feature a large picture of Sun Records President Sam Phillips admiring Lewis at the piano in the famous studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, TN. Phillips, then working to promote his latest star Lewis, also wrote the liner notes for the album noting that Lewis "is regarded as the very epitome of rock and roll"

The album is currently available on CD, featuring bonus tracks from his first EP, "The Great Ball of Fire" (Sun EP 107).

Track listing

Side one

1. "Don't Be Cruel
   Don't Be Cruel
   -Legacy:"Don't Be Cruel" went on to become Presley's biggest selling single recorded in 1956, with sales over six million by 1961. It became a regular feature of his live sets until his death in 1977, and was often coupled with "Jailhouse Rock" or "Teddy Bear" during performances from 1969.Many...
   
   " - 1:58
2. "Goodnight Irene" - 2:54
3. "Put Me Down" - 2:09
4. "It All Depends (On Who Will Buy The Wine)" - 3:00
5. "Ubangi Stomp" - 1:46
6. "Crazy Arms
   Crazy Arms
   "Crazy Arms" is an American country song recorded by Ray Price. The song, released in May 1956, went on to become a hit that year and a honky-tonk standard. It was Price's first number one hit. The song was written by Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals...
   
   " - 2:39

Side two

1. "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
   Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
   "Jambalaya " is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams that was first released in July 1952...
   
   " - 2:01
2. "Fools Like Me - 2:52
3. "High School Confidential
   High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis song)
   "High School Confidential" is a song written by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ron Hargrave and released in 1958. The song was the title song of the movie of the same name starring Russ Tamblyn, Mamie Van Doren, and Jerry Lee Lewis...
   
   " - 2:28
4. "When The Saints Go Marching In
   When the Saints Go Marching In
   "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
   
   " - 2:12
5. "Matchbox
   Matchbox (song)
   "Matchbox" is a rock and roll and rockabilly song written by Carl Perkins and first recorded by him at Sun Records in December 1956 and released on February 11, 1957 as a 45 single on Sun Records. It has become one of Perkins' best-known recordings...
   
   " - 1:44
6. "It’ll Be Me" - 2:17