who sings cleveland rocks on the drew carey show
Cleveland Rocks! Music from The Drew Carey Show The Drew Carey Show premiered in 1995 and soon become known for its elaborate song and dance numbers, which were developed in a bid to increase ratings.[1] On April 27, 1998, a reporter for MTV.com announced that an album featuring several of the songs used in the show would be released the following month.[2] The album consists of 24 tracks by artists such as Joe Walsh, Little Richard and Iggy Pop, as well as songs sung by Drew Carey.[3] Songs incorporated into the episodes "New York and Queens" and "The Dog and Pony Show" are present on the album,[4] while two versions of "Cleveland Rocks" are included, one by the original artist, Ian Hunter, and the other by The Presidents of the United States of America, which was used as the show's theme tune from 1997 to 2004.[2] The other two theme tunes "Moon Over Parma" and "Five O'Clock World" are also on the album.[5]
The Cleveland Show Mike Henry voices two of the show's main characters: Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs. The voice of Cleveland was developed originally for Family Guy by Henry after being influenced by one of his best friends who had a very distinct regional accent.[12] For the voice of Rallo, Henry has stated that he had originally created the voice over twenty years ago, when he had made a series of prank calls.