Old Time Rock and Roll Old Time Rock and Roll "Old Time Rock and Roll" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, and recorded by Bob Seger for his 1978 album "Stranger in Town." It was also released as a single in 1979. It is a sentimentalized look back at the music of the original rock 'n' roll era. The song gained renewed popularity after being featured in the 1983 film "Risky Business". It has since become a standard in popular music and was ranked number two on the Amusement & Music Operators Association's survey of the Top 40 Jukebox
Rock 'n' Roll High School soundtrack album. The original Ed Stasium mixes were not issued until the 1988 compilation album "Ramones Mania" and the 1999 compilation album "", respectively. Other songs appearing in the film include: As well as the following songs by the Ramones: "Rock 'n' Roll High School" received generally positive reviews and has a 80% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based onreviews from 24 film critics. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" did well enough that Arkush and Whitley followed it up with a sequel, "Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever" in 1991. On July 31, 2008, it was announced that actor/writer Alex Winter