Shake (Sam Cooke song)

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“Shake”
Single by Sam Cooke
B-side "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Released December 22, 1964
Format 7", 45rpm
Recorded November 16, 1964; RCA Studios, Hollywood
Label RCA
8486
Writer(s) Sam Cooke
Producer Sam Cooke, Al Schmitt
Sam Cooke singles chronology
"Cousin of Mine"
(1964)		 "Shake"
(1964)		 "It's Got the Whole World Shakin'"
(1965)
“Shake”
Song by Otis Redding
Album Otis Blue
Released 1965
Recorded Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee: 1965
Genre Soul
Length 2:35
Label Volt/Atco
V-149
Otis Blue track listing
  1. "Ole Man Trouble"
  2. "Respect"
  3. "A Change Is Gonna Come"
  4. "Down in the Valley"
  5. "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
  6. "Shake"
  7. "My Girl"
  8. "Wonderful World"
  9. "Rock Me Baby"
  10. "Satisfaction"
  11. "You Don't Miss Your Water"

Shake is a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke[1]. Charts: US Pop: #7 US R&B: #4

The song was also recorded by Eric Burdon and The Animals, Otis Redding, The Supremes (album: We Remember Sam Cooke), The Small Faces (album Small Faces)

Otis Redding's version was elected to the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll " by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum[2]

In 1966 the now cult '60s British pop show Ready Steady Goes Live, the live version of Ready Steady Go!, devoted a whole programme to a live performance of Soul singer Otis Redding, who regularly covered many of Cooke's songs. One of the highlights was a rousing version of "Shake" on which Redding was joined by British Soul legends Eric Burdon, lead singer of The Animals, and chart topper Chris Farlowe. The programme is acclaimed by many as the best episode of the whole series.


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.songsofsamcooke.com/singles.htm Sam Cooke singles
  2. ^ http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs-qs/ "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll " by the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum