The Girl Can’t Help It may have been seen as just a vehicle for Jayne Mansfield, but when it was released in 1956 it had the unintended consequence of essentially bringing rock n roll to the world.
The film definitely made Mansfield a name, but the score was the star of the film. Featuring Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, and Gene Vincent, when the movie came to the UK it inspired teenagers like John Lennon and Paul McCartney who began working in the rock n roll stylings of Cochran into their skiffle routines.
As far as Mansfield, she went on to star in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? in 1957, which outpersonals coupons was easily the biggest film of her career.
Johnny Cash was the originator of the outlaw country lifestyle. Even with his pop tinged songs, Cash lived the life of a rough and tumble rock and roller even when he was singing about going down in a lake of fire. This intense cowboy draped in all black was one of the coolest cats in the music industry for years, but he was also a wild man.