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Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands.
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands.
Well, you get in that kitchen, make some noise with the pots 'n pans.
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through.
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through.
I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you.
I believe to the soul you're thedevil, and now I know. devil in nylons.
I believe to the soul you're thedevil, and now I know. devil in nylons.
Well, themore harder I work, the faster my money goes.
((I said shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul.
Yeah, blow Joe!
[Instrumental break featuring saxophone solo. (See note 2)]
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.
Well, I can't look at youtill and tell you ain't no child no more.
Ah, ((shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul.
I been holdin' it in, way down underneath.
I been holdin' it in, way down underneath.
You make me roll my eyes, baby, make me grit my teeth.
I said ((shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do nothin' to save your doggone soul.
Shake, rattle and roll!
Get outta that bed, wash your face and hands.
Well, you get in that kitchen, make some noise with the pots 'n pans.
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through.
Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through.
I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you.
I believe to the soul you're the
I believe to the soul you're the
Well, the
((I said shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul.
Yeah, blow Joe!
[Instrumental break featuring saxophone solo. (See note 2)]
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.
I'm like a one-eyed cat peepin' in a seafood store.
Well, I can't look at you
Ah, ((shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do right to save your doggone soul.
I been holdin' it in, way down underneath.
I been holdin' it in, way down underneath.
You make me roll my eyes, baby, make me grit my teeth.
I said ((shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
((Shake, rattle and roll. Shake, rattle and roll.))
Well, you won't do nothin' to save your doggone soul.
Shake, rattle and roll!
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Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Recording details & track overview
[SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL]{1a}{1b}
Written by: Charles E. Calhoun {See note 1}
Performed by: Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings{2}{3}
First released{4}:
Single: April 1954
Album: 1957
{1}Turner's version of "Shake, Rattle & Roll," was recorded in New York on
February 15, 1954, and reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart in June. Its
success did not, however, cross over to the pop chart. Legend has it that
the song started life as a string of unconnected blues verses written by
Atlantic records staff producer Jesse Stone, writing under the name of
Charles Calhoun, for Big Joe Turner. The leftover verses were then recycled
into Turner's follow-up hit, "Flip, Flop and Fly." The original was recycled
into a pop hit for Bill Haley and the Comets, with its original lyrics being
severely "whitened" up for Haley's audience. Although Turner's version seems
a little stiff by modern standards, and Haley's version lasted the longest,
a quick listen to Joe Turner's swinging original puts the so.....MORE.....(all Shake, Rattle & Roll track/recording details) ←
Big Joe Turner biography
Born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., on May 18, 1911, Big Joe Turner was a relevant figure in the history of music. Known as both [The Boss of the Blues,] and [Big Joe Turner] (due to his 6'2," 300+ lbs stature), Turner was born in Kansas City and first discovered his love of music through involvement in the church. His popularity spanned the blues, boogie-woogie, and even went into the first wave of rock & roll. He was a product of the swinging, wide-open Kansas City scene in the early '30s and even in his teens, he looked mature enough to get into the various K.C. night clubs. During this time, Turner was tending bar and singing when he met up with boogie-piano master, Pete Johnson. The pair performed together for the next decade plus, and appeard with the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, the Golden Gate Quartet, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Count Basie, to name a few.
As 1938 came to a close, Turner and Johnson recorded the thundering &.....MORE.....(full Big Joe Turner biography) ←
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