Shake

Written by Sam Cooke

Trivia

• #355 in Dave Marsh's 1001 Greatest Songs of All Time. Amazon.com
• inspired by Bobby Freeman's 'C'mon and Swim'

Recorded on November 16, 1964 at RCA Studio's in Hollywood

Producer:    Sam Cooke with Al Schmitt    Engineer    Dave Hassinger

Arranged & Conducted by René Hall

Musicians:   

• Robert Bryant (trumpet)
• Frank Capp (drums, percussion)
• Harper Cosby (bass) 
• John Ewing (trombone)
• Jewell Grant (saxophone)
• William Green (saxophone)
• René Hall (guitar)
• Plas Johnson (sax)
• Earl Palmer (drums)
• Anthony Terran (trumpet)
• Bobby Womack (guitar)

Background Vocals:    Carol Lee Lombard, Sally Stevens Castle, Betty Jane Baker, James Bryant, Thomas D. Kenny & Robert Tebold

Billboard review on the Otis Redding version: "Culled from his "in-person" London concert LP, Redding generates excitement from start to finish with this driving revival of the Sam Cooke hit of the past. Should quickly catch fire and skyrocket to the top.   (May 13, 1967, #47 pop, #16 R&B)

Charts   

• #7 in 1965
• #2 R&B
• Otis Redding reached #47 pop and #16 R&B

Amazon.com

Singles    

• RCA 8486 b/w A Change Is Gonna Come (December 22, 1964)
• RCA1436 b/w A Change Is Gonna Come     (U.K.)
• RCA 0743 b/w Cousin of Mine
• Ardust 1278 b/w Win Your Love For Me

Albums   

• Shake
• Keep Movin' On
• The Man And His Music
• The Man Who Invented Soul 
• The Golden Age of Sam Cooke
• Forever - 32 tracks 
• 16 Top Tracks
• Takeoff
• 20 Greatest Hits (TeeVee)

Lyrics    /    Chords

Listen while I talk to you
I tell you what we gonna do
There's a new thing going around
I tell you what they puttin' down
Just move your body all around and shake, oh mama
That's the way to do it, O, you're looking good now

Shake it like a bowl of soup
And make it like a loop de loop
Put your hands on your hips
And kinda let your backbone slip
Just move your body like a whip and just shake, don't

Ringelingeling, shaking is the latest thing
And if you want to swing
just loosen up those shoulders
And if you wanna really roll,
you got to do the thing with soul
Shake the shake with all your might,
Now, if you do it do it right

Just  your body loose and light
And just shake
Oh, I like to do it
Shake
Make me feel good now
Shake
All gone baby
Shake
Don't be shy now
Shake
Dance, with you mama
Shake
Don't do it baby
Shake
Oh, yeah,
Shake
 

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