| "Shake" | ||||
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| Single bySam Cooke | ||||
| B-side | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | |||
| Released | December 22, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | November 16, 1964 | |||
| Studio | RCA (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Label | RCA (8486) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke | |||
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"Shake" is a song written and recorded bySam Cooke.[1] It was recorded at the last recording session Cooke had before his death on December 11, 1964. In the U.S., the song became a posthumousBillboard, Top 10 hit for Cooke, peaking at number seven in February 1965, as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on theCashbox R&B charts.[2]
Cash Box described it as "a sensational rock-a-twist affair."[3]
| "Shake" | |
|---|---|
| Song byOtis Redding | |
| from the albumOtis Blue | |
| Released | 1965 |
| Recorded | 1965 |
| Studio | Stax,Memphis, Tennessee |
| Genre | Soul |
| Length | 2:35 |
| Label | Volt/Atco (V-149) |
| Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke |
The song was also recorded byEric Burdon andThe Animals,Otis Redding,Ike and Tina Turner,Rod Stewart, andThe Supremes onWe Remember Sam Cooke (1965). Redding's version was elected to the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll " by theRock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.[4] Redding performed the song backed byBooker T. & the M.G.'s at theMonterey Pop Festival in June 1967. Recordings of the performance have been released by Reprise (1970) and Rhino (1997) records.
In 1966, the British TV showReady Steady Goes Live (the live version ofReady Steady Go!), devoted a whole programme to a live performance by Redding, who regularly covered many of Cooke's songs. One of the highlights was a version of "Shake" on which Redding was joined byEric Burdon andChris Farlowe.
The song was covered by theSmall Faces. It was a prominent part of their early live repertoire and featured as the opening track on their debut albumSmall Faces, and re-released on the Decca Anthology collection. A live version can be found on their 1999 albumThe BBC Sessions.[5]
Eddie and the Hot Rods released a version of the song as theB-side to their 1976 single, "Teenage Depression".[6]
Ian Moss released a version of "Shake" as the lead single from his sixth studio album,Soul on West 53rd.[7]
The song was sampled by rapperGame on his 2011 album,The R.E.D. Album.
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