15-03-2012, 06:59
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SHAKIN' STEVENS "give me your heart tonight" vinyl/cd, 1982. UK #3
shaky started off singing in his home country of Wales in the mid 1960s, and throughout the 1970s released a number of 1950s rock/rockabilly covers with his band The Sunsets, it wasnt until 1980 when he hit the bigtime in Europe/UK with his Rosemary Clooney cover "this ole house", from then he didnt spend any time out of the UK top40 singles charts for the next 5yrs, scoring an impressive 30 hits, most of which made the top 10 including quite afew #1's...
this one is his third album from that period and probably my favourite one at that.
of the thirteen tracks there are four covers on here...
Doris Day's "que sera sera" which went to #2 in the UK as part of his "blue christmas" ep.
Jackie Wilson's "i'll be satisfied" which made it to #10 in the UK.
Wynona Carr's "boppity bop" and
a cover of an obscure Del Shannon b-side in "you never talked about me"
the songs here have an overall feel of Jackie Wilson,Little Richard and Fats Domino about them and theres nothing wrong with that as they are done very well indeed., the two i mentioned above plus "oh julie"(#1 UK and #1 AU), "shirley"(#6 UK) and the title track which only made it to #11 in the UK.
IMO Shakin' Stevens was the genuine article, he had the moves,the looks and the vocals to carry off the 1950s material and thus brought 1950s rock to a new generation of teenagers...which is a ggod thing!
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: (yeah) youre evil
best track: you never talked about me
tracks:
1. josephine **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnSgJ7mLS88 live
2. give me your heart tonight ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acPLCUVg0pU video
3. sapphire ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihTIb0xA_FQ audio
4. oh julie ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AtOcWOPT50&ob=av2n vevo video
5. i'll be satisfied ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd6Cbszspm0 live
6. vanessa **
7. boppity bop **
8. dont tell me we're through ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcw61IT-jz0 audio
9. shirley ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kViCSvDjSs live
10.you never talked about me ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW_4_J9SIhA audio
11.too too much **
12(yeah) youre evil **
13. que sera sera **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4PGh0-stg0 live
3s=7
2s=6
1s=0
rating: 2.5
five hits off this one in the UK
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.