The Big Livers “Shake, Rattle and Roll“ (Jesse Stone -1954) 01/01/2024 Гостевой дом “Le Chalet“

The Big Livers “Shake Rattle and Roll“ (Jesse Stone, Bill Haley -1954) Гостевой дом “Le Chalet“ 01/01/2024 “Shake, Rattle and Roll“ is a song written in 1954 by Jesse Stone (usually credited as “Charles Calhoun“, his songwriting name) and first recorded that year by Big Joe Turner, whose version ranked No. 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Background In early 1954, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records suggested to Jesse Stone that he write an up-tempo blues for Big Joe Turner, a blues shouter whose career had begun in Kansas City before World War II. Stone played around with various phrases before coming up with “shake, rattle and roll“. (Stone used his real name for ASCAP songs, while using the pseudonym “Charles Calhoun“ for BMI-registered songs, such as “Shake, Rattle and Roll“). However, the phrase had been used in earlier songs. In 1910, vaudeville performer “B
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