



Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
RARITY - SEALED
COMPILATION
Jerry Lee Lewis - vocals, piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Jerry Lee Lewis]
Jimmy Van Eaton - Drums
Roland Janes - Guitar
Written by Jerry Lee Lewis (B4), Mitchell (A1), Jimmie Davis (A1), Lawrence Welk (A2), Red Foley (A2), Dave Williams (A4), Sunny David (A4), Granville McGhee (A5), J. Mayo Williams (A5), Jack Clement (A7), Bob Attlesey (B1), Joe Attlesey (B1),Melvin Endsley (B2), Lou Willie Turner (B3), Hank Williams (B4-5)
A3, A6, B6-8 are traditional songs arranged by Jerry Lee Lewis
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Sun Records
Original Label : Sun Record
Recorded in 1957 at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
Produced by Jean Luc Young
Originally released in 1982
Reissued in 2010
Tracks :
Side A:
- You Are My Sunshine
- Shame On You
- I Don't Love Nobody
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
- Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
- When The Saints Go Marchin' In
- It'll Be Me
Side B:
- Deep Elem Blues
- Singin' The Blues
- Honey Hush
- Lewis Boogie
- You Win Again
- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
- Old Time Religion
- The Crawdad Song
Awards:
The song “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and ranked as the 61st greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2004.
Reviews:
“The song that will forever be linked to the piano-pounding shenanigans of Jerry Lee Lewis was actually written by country pianist Roy Hall (under the pseudonym of Sunny David) and a black musician named Dave Williams. Hall, who had recorded earlier for Fortune and as a backing musician in Webb Pierce's band, was the first to record the song for Decca in 1955. In August of that same year, the song was covered for the R&B market by Big Maybelle on OKeh. Both of these versions are drastically different from the version that entered into rock & roll and pop culture history in 1957. Jerry Lee Lewis took a mere fragment of the song, recast it into a relentless, pounding boogie rhythm, and imbued the finished product with a leering sexuality that was unmistakable on first listen. Jerry Lee's original Sun single differs from all other cover versions -- and Lewis' own re-recordings of it -- by virtue of its rhythm. Propelled by Sun session drummer J.M. Van Eaton, the track totters precariously between a straight shuffle and a modified swing rhythm, constantly shifting beats throughout the performance. With no bass player (only Jerry Lee's left hand on the piano), Roland Janes' guitar fills in the middle, and the rest of the track simply simmers in tape echo. Almost nigh to perfect as a record and as a performance, this is another record that time has turned into the accepted arrangement on how to approach this song, no matter what its origins may have been.” AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
Ratings :
Discogs: 4.31 / 5