[4] A more traditional pop version was made by an all-white Canadian group, the Crew-Cuts (with the David Carroll Orchestra), for Mercury Records[8] and was No.

Stan Freberg recorded a combined spoof of "Sh-Boom" and Marlon Brando because he felt that they both mumbled, in 1954.

[11] Bloodstone recorded an a cappella cover of the song for their 1975 movie Train Ride to Hollywood.

The song is also featured in the 2006 Pixar animated sports comedy film Cars in a scene where Lightning McQueen and the citizens of Radiator Springs are cruising through the town.

[12] In the 1989 film Road House, Dalton (Patrick Swayze) first encounters the main antagonist, Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara), driving recklessly along a country road while singing along to the Crew-Cuts' version of the song[13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPAbuEpGhII&ab_channel=TheWCA2011