Shake, Rattle and Roll

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"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a pioneering rock and roll song popularized by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped bring the genre into mainstream American culture in the 1950s.

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Shake, Rattle and Roll canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rock and roll song
song
BigJoeTurnerSingleReleaseYear 1954
BigJoeTurnerVersionChartedOn US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
surface form: Billboard R&B chart
BigJoeTurnerVersionPeakR&BChartPosition 1
BigJoeTurnerVersionProducer Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler
BigJoeTurnerVersionVocalStyle shouting blues
BillHaleySingleReleaseYear 1954
BillHaleyVersionArrangement more radio-friendly rock and roll arrangement
BillHaleyVersionChartedOn U.S. Billboard Hot 100
surface form: Billboard pop chart
BillHaleyVersionPeakPopChartPositionUS 7
composer Jesse Stone
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact bridged rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences
decadeOfMajorImpact 1950s
firstRecordedBy Big Joe Turner
genre rhythm and blues
rock and roll
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Bill Haley & His Comets
Elvis Presley
Fats Domino
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Beatles
helpedPopularize rock and roll in mainstream American culture
includedInList Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll
influenced early rock and roll music
instrumentation drums
electric guitar
piano
saxophone
language English
lyricalStyle double entendre
notableLyric "Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans"
"Well you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through"
originalReleaseYear 1954
performedBy Big Joe Turner
Bill Haley & His Comets
popularizedBy Bill Haley & His Comets
recognizedAs pioneering rock and roll recording
recordLabelForBigJoeTurnerVersion Atlantic Records
recordLabelForBillHaleyVersion Decca Records
songwriter Jesse Stone
subjectMatter dance and party atmosphere
tempoDescription up-tempo
writerCreditName Charles E. Calhoun

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Bill Haley & His Comets notableWork Shake, Rattle and Roll
Big Joe Turner notableWork Shake, Rattle and Roll
Crazy Man, Crazy precedes Shake, Rattle and Roll
Johnny Grande notableWork Shake, Rattle and Roll
Bill Haley notableWork Shake, Rattle and Roll