Elvis Presley’s first LP spent 10 weeks atop the Billboard charts. Not too shabby considering his label cobbled together the album’s 12 tracks from various sources in order to get it into stores quickly. But perhaps more iconic than the album’s tracks themselves (which include “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Tutti Frutti”) is its cover, a simple black and white portrait accompanied by hand-stenciled pink and green lettering down the left-hand side and across the bottom. The photo of Elvis was shot at Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida on January 31, 1955, and the cover was ranked number 40 in Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest album covers. It is perhaps the most parodied LP cover of all time. What follows is a look at some of its more notable tributes.

Twenty-three years after Elvis released his first LP, The Clash made their own statement about rock and roll by replicating the Elvis cover’s signature pink and green lettering on their “London Calling” LP, replacing the portrait of Presley with a shot of Pete Simonon in the process of smashing his Fender Precision bass on the stage at the Palladium in New York City. The shot was taken by Pennie Smith and the cover designed by graphic designer Ray Lowry. It came in at number 39 on Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest album covers (and number 8 on it’s Greatest Albums of All Time list.

Big Audio Dynamite, a post-Clash band from Mick Jones, also paid tribute to the iconic cover on their album “F-Punk.”

Tom Waits’ 1985 masterpiece “Rain Dogs” has a similar cover treatment. Trivia: That’s not Tom Waits on the cover, its a German couple named Rose and Lily, from a photo by Anders Petersen.

k.d. lang’s country compilation used the design.

It’s a banjo instead of a bass that’s being smashed on this LP from the cow punk band Pronghorn.

This the cover of the second 7″ single from El Vez, the self-proclaimed Mexican Elvis.

No more folk, and apparently no accordions either.

Video game soundtracks have paid tribute to the design.

Candy Band, a group made up of moms, opted to simply alter the actual Clash cover rather than recreate their own.

Nordic rock band The Dum Dums have been at it since 1985.

DVDs have used the design as well.

When jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut did an album of Elvis tunes, the cover choice was easy.

Even German techno acts have gotten into the fun.

Did we miss any? Leave ‘em in the comments.

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