Shake, Rattle and Roll - wikipedia Shake, Rattle and Roll This article is about the song. For other uses ( or variations of ) this title, see Shake, Rattle and Roll ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2009 ) `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' Single by Big Joe Turner B - side `` You Know I Love You '' Released April 1954 ( 1954 - 04 ) Format 10 - inch 78 rpm record Recorded New York City, February 15, 1954 Genre Rhythm and blues Length 2 : 59 Label Atlantic ( no. 1026 ) Songwriter ( s ) Charles E. Calhoun a.k.a. Jesse Stone Big Joe Turner singles chronology `` TV Mama '' ( 1954 ) `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' ( 1954 ) `` Well All Right '' ( 1954 ) `` TV Mama '' ( 1954 ) `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' ( 1954 ) `` Well All Right '' ( 1954 ) `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' is a twelve bar blues - form song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name, Charles E. Calhoun. It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets. The song as sung by Big Joe Turner is ranked # 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Contents 1 Origins of the song 2 Original recording by Joe Turner 3 Bill Haley 's version 4 Comparison of Joe Turner and Bill Haley versions 5 Elvis Presley versions 6 Other versions 7 Homage 8 In popular culture 9 See also 10 References Origins of the song In early 1954, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records suggested to Jesse Stone that he write an up - tempo blues for Big Joe Turner, a blues shouter whose career had begun in Kansas City before World War II. Stone played around with various phrases before coming up with `` shake, rattle and roll ''. ( Stone used his real name for ASCAP songs, while using the name `` Charles Calhoun '' for BMI - registered songs, such as `` Shake, Rattle and Roll, '' through Atlantic 's house publishers, Progressive Music, Inc. - BMI ) However, the phrase had been used in earlier songs. In 1919, Al Bernard recorded a song about gambling with dice with the same title, clearly evoking the action of shooting dice from a cup. The phrase is also heard in `` Roll The Bones '' by the Excelsior Quartette in 1922. Original recording by Joe Turner Turner 's version was recorded in New York on February 15, 1954. The shouting chorus on his version consisted of Jesse Stone, and record label executives Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegün. The saxophone solo was by Sam `` The Man '' Taylor. Other players included McHouston `` Mickey '' Baker ( `` Love is Strange '' ) on guitar and drummer Connie Kay ( later from the Modern Jazz Quartet ). Turner 's recording was released in April 1954, reached # 1 on the US Billboard R&B chart on June 12, did not move for three weeks, and peaked at # 22, nearly at the same time, on the Billboard pop chart ( subsequently billed as the Billboard Hot 100 ). The song, in its original incarnation, is highly sexual. Perhaps its most salacious lyric, which was absent from the later Bill Haley rendition, is `` I 've been holdin ' it in, way down underneath / You make me roll my eyes, baby, make me grit my teeth ''. ( It may actually be `` Over the hill, way down underneath. ) On the recording, Turner slurred the lyric `` holdin ' it in '', since this line may have been considered too risqué for publication. The chorus used `` shake, rattle and roll '' to refer to boisterous intercourse, in the same way that the words `` rock and roll '' were first used by numerous rhythm and blues singers, starting with Trixie Smith 's `` My Man Rocks Me ( With One Steady Roll ) '' in 1922, and continuing on prominently through the 1940s and 1950s. Stone stated that the line about `` a one - eyed cat peepin ' in a seafood store '' was suggested to him by Atlantic session drummer Sam `` Baby '' Lovett, which is also a sly sexual reference, the `` one - eyed cat '' being the male organ and the more traditional `` seafood '' reference being the female organ. Bill Haley 's version Bill Haley & His Comets ' cover version of the song, recorded on June 7, 1954 ( the same week Turner 's version first topped the R&B charts ), featured the following members of the Comets : Johnny Grande ( piano ), Billy Williamson ( rhythm guitar ), Marshall Lytle ( bass ), and Joey Ambrose ( saxophone ). It is known that Danny Cedrone, a session musician who frequently worked for Haley, played lead guitar, but there is controversy over who played drums. Music reference books indicate that it was Panama Francis, a noted jazz drummer who worked with Haley 's producer, Milt Gabler, however in a letter written in the early 1980s, Gabler denied this and said the drummer was Billy Gussak. Bill Haley 's own stage drummer, Dick Richards, did not play on this record but may have provided backing vocals since he participated in the recording of the song 's B - side, `` A.B.C. Boogie ''. This was Cedrone 's final recording session as he died only ten days later. Haley 's version was released in August and reached # 7 on the Billboard pop chart, spending a total of twenty - seven weeks in the Top 40. Gabler has explained that he would `` clean up '' lyrics because, `` I did n't want any censor with the radio station to bar the record from being played on the air. With NBC a lot of race records would n't get played because of the lyrics. So I had to watch that closely '' 1954 release by Bill Haley and His Comets on Decca Records. Comparison of Joe Turner and Bill Haley versions Both recordings are considered classics. Haley 's version is peppier and brighter. It fits the definition of rock and roll as a merger of country music and rhythm and blues. Haley had started his career in country music while Turner was a blues shouter. Comparing the two versions illustrates the differences between blues and rock ' n ' roll. A simple, stark instrumental backing is heard on the Turner version. Where Turner 's version uses a walking bass line, the Comets version, produced by Milt Gabler of Decca Records, features an energetic slap bass. A subdued horn arrangement in the Turner recording can be contrasted with a honking sax riff that answers each line of verse in Haley 's version, and the entire band shouts `` Go ! '' as part of the vocal backing. While Turner sings about `` all that mess '' that `` belongs to you '' as `` the sun comes shinin ' through '' `` those dresses ; '' Haley notes the dresses and `` hair done up so nice, '' `` You look so warm, but your heart is cold as ice. '' Turner concludes that he `` can look at you tell you ai n't no child no more, while Haley can tell `` you do n't love me no more. '' Although musical revisionists and American media tried to paint Turner as a victim of the music industry due to Haley 's covering of the song, in fact Haley 's success helped Turner immensely although Turner was a well - established performer long before `` Shake, Rattle and Roll ''. Listeners who heard Haley 's version sought out Turner 's. The two men became close friends, and performed on tour together in Australia in 1957. In 1966, at a time when Turner 's career was at a low ebb, Haley arranged for his Comets to back the elder musician for a series of recordings in Mexico, although apparently Haley and Turner did not record a duet version of `` Shake, Rattle and Roll ''. Haley acknowledged Turner 's version in later years by incorporating more of the original lyrics into his live performances, including adding the verse with the lines `` I 've been over the hill and I 've been way down underneath '' which was omitted from Haley 's original recording, when he recorded the song for Stuart Colman 's BBC Radio program in October 1979. When he performed the song at the Bitter End club in New York City in 1969 for his Buddah Records album release Bill Haley 's Scrapbook, Haley changed Turner 's `` I believe to my soul you 're the devil in nylon hose '' to `` I believe you are doing me wrong and now I know ''. Both Turner 's and Haley 's versions contain the double entendre `` I 'm like a one - eyed cat peepin ' in a seafood store. '' John Swenson 's biography of Bill Haley, Father of Rock and Roll suggests Haley kept the line in because he was himself blind in one eye. In Turner 's version, the girl is ordered to `` get out of that bed '' ; Haley changes it `` get out in that kitchen '', nonetheless, in his version she is directed to `` roll my breakfast cause I 'm a hungry man ''. In other words, she has spent the night with the singer in both versions. When Joe Turner performed the song in the 1955 film Rock ' n ' Roll Revue, he chose to sing the Bill Haley version of the opening verse. Both versions sold over one million copies, making `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' the first giant rock ' n ' roll hit. Elvis Presley versions `` Shake, Rattle And Roll '' Single by Elvis Presley B - side `` Lawdy Miss Clawdy '' Released 1956 Format 45 rpm, 78 rpm, 12 '' 331⁄3 rpm, 12 '' 45 maxi single Genre Rockabilly Length 2 : 27 Label RCA Victor Songwriter ( s ) Charles E. Calhoun a.k.a. Jesse Stone Elvis Presley singles chronology `` Do n't Be Cruel '' ( 1956 ) `` Shake, Rattle And Roll '' ( 1956 ) `` Blue Suede Shoes '' ( 1956 ) `` Do n't Be Cruel '' ( 1956 ) `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' ( 1956 ) `` Blue Suede Shoes '' ( 1956 ) Elvis Presley recorded the song twice in a studio setting : a demo recorded at radio station KDAV in Lubbock, Texas in January 1955 while under contract with Sun Records ( this recording that was not released until the 1990s ) and as a 1956 single for RCA Victor, although it was not a major hit. Both versions by Elvis mixed Haley 's and Turner 's lyrics with a faster - paced version of Haley 's arrangement. Although the commercially released 1956 version used Turner 's `` bed '' version of the opening verse, alternate takes released by RCA in the 1990s indicate Presley originally intended to begin the song with Haley 's `` kitchen '' verse. Introduced by Cleveland disc jockey, Bill Randle, Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana performed the song in medley with the similar `` Flip, Flop and Fly '' on the January 28, 1956 broadcast of the Dorsey Brothers Stage Show ( Haley 's `` kitchen '' opening verse was sung ). Presley recorded the song with these same musicians. Bill Black and Scotty Moore had played with Elvis from his first sessions at Sun Studios. DJ joined the group late in 1954. These personnel performed and recorded with Elvis throughout 1955 and 1956. The song was released on September 8, 1956. Elvis sang lead vocal, and played rhythm guitar. Scotty Moore played lead guitar. Bill Black played stand - up bass. And D.J. Fontana provided percussion. Scotty, Bill and DJ also provide vocals for the chorus, as can be seen clearly in the recordings of the broadcast, rather than the Jordanaires, who began working with Elvis after he left Sun for RCA, but months after the Dorsey Brothers performance. DJ is on record saying `` That 's the first and last time he let us sing. I ca n't blame him for that. '' Shorty Long played piano on the RCA recording. Other versions Stone ( as Calhoun ) later co-wrote `` Flip, Flop and Fly '' which was musically similar to `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' and followed the same simple verse - chorus form. Presley performed `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' on television as part of a medley with `` Flip, Flop and Fly ''. Both Joe Turner ( who co-wrote the song ) and Bill Haley recorded this song in several versions, though Haley failed to score a hit with any of his recordings of it. Other songs inspired by `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' include `` Bark, Battle and Ball '' by The Platters ( a direct answer song from the woman 's point of view ), and `` Bumpety Bump ( Hop, Skip, and Jump ) '' by Smiley Lewis. Others in the same family include `` Jump and Jive and Wail '' by Louis Prima and `` Rock This Town '' by the Stray Cats, a US and UK top 10 hit single in the 1980s. Stone / Calhoun is also credited as the writer of `` Rattle My Bones '', a 1956 recording by The Jodimars ( made up of former members of the Comets ), that used a similar verse structure and a chorus that went, `` We 're gon na rattle, gon na shake, gon na rattle, gon na shake ''. Count Basie and Joe Williams recorded versions ; the latter 's was released in 1959. Other notable recordings of `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' include a version by Arthur Conley which was a hit in 1967, as well as cover versions of Turner 's and Haley 's arrangements by Buzz Clifford, The Beatles, Sam Cooke, Willy DeVille, Johnny Horton, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, NRBQ, Huey Lewis and the News, Doc Watson, Billy Swan and Buddy Holly. The song was also performed by the Ray Ellington Quartet in the episode `` 1985 '' ( a parody of George Orwell 's 1984 ) of the BBC radio comedy serie s, The Goon Show. Jools Holland recorded a big band version for his 2008 album, The Collection. Homage The 1962 Academy Award nominated animated short Disney musical film, A Symposium on Popular Songs, paid homage, with the song `` Rock, Rumble and Roar '' written by Robert & Richard Sherman. In Popular culture The Bill Haley and the Comets ' version made an uncredited appearance in the 1985 comedy / mystery, Clue, which is set in 1954. The Bill Haley Decca records version of the song was used as the theme song for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League for many years, It was also used for the next franchise that replaced the Indians in 1994, the Springfield Falcons, they would use it as their goal song. Currently the current franchise, the Springfield Thunderbirds use it as their goal and win songs. See also First rock and roll record References Jump up ^ Campbell, Michael ; Brody, James ( 2007 ). Rock and Roll : An Introduction. Cengage Learning. p. 77. ISBN 0 - 534 - 64295 - 0. Jump up ^ Robert Greenfield, `` The Last Sultan : The Life and Times of Ahmet Ertegun '' ( Simon & Schuster November 8, 2011, ISBN 1416558381 ) Chapter 7 Jump up ^ Nick Tosches, Unsung Heroes Of Rock ' n ' Roll ( 2nd ed. 1991 ), page 12 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Al Bernard 's song - audio file ''. Cylinders.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 21. ^ Jump up to : Gilliland, John ( 1969 ). `` Show 4 - The Tribal Drum : The rise of rhythm and blues. ( Part 2 ) '' ( audio ). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Jump up ^ Dawson, Jim, and Steve Propes, What Was The First Rock ' n ' Roll Record ? ( Faber and Faber, 1992, p. 128 and 130 ) ISBN 0 - 571 - 12939 - 0. Jump up ^ Dawson, Jim. Rock Around the Clock : The Record that Started the Rock Revolution ( Backbeat Books, 2005, p. 96 ), ISBN 0 - 87930 - 829 - X. Jump up ^ Dawson, Jim. Rock Around the Clock : The Record that Started the Rock Revolution ( Backbeat Books, 2005, p. 95 ), ISBN 0 - 87930 - 829 - X. Jump up ^ Bill Haley : The Daddy of Rock and Roll. John Swenson. 1982. Stein and Day. page 52. ISBN 0 - 8128 - 2909 - 3 Jump up ^ Bill Haley : The Daddy of Rock and Roll. John Swenson. 1982. Stein and Day. page 51. ISBN 0 - 8128 - 2909 - 3 Jump up ^ BBC Radio, `` My Top Ten '' interview with Bill Haley, March 1974 Jump up ^ Bill Haley 's `` Shake, Rattle And Roll '' lyrics. Retrieved 22 October 2013 Jump up ^ Dawson, Jim, and Steve Propes, What Was The First Rock ' n ' Roll Record ? ( Faber and Faber, 1992, p. 130 ) Jump up ^ Birnbaum, Larry ( 2013 ). Before Elvis : The Prehistory of Rock ' n ' Roll. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 10. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8108 - 8638 - 4. Jump up ^ `` Elvis Day By Day ''. Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ Roger Lee Hall, Shake, Rattle and Roll : Electric Elvis and Bill Randle PineTree Press, 2010, pages 7 - 9 Jump up ^ Blue Moon Boys : the story of Elvis Presley 's band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978 - 1 - 55652 - 614 - 5. page 1 Jump up ^ `` Official Website ''. DJ Fontana. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Presley, Elvis ( RCS Artist Discography ) ''. Rcs-discography.com. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ Elvis Presley DVD 46 : 26 Jump up ^ `` Elvis Presley - New York - RCA Studio 1 : The Complete Sessions ( CD ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. 2013 - 05 - 07. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ Billboard. November 2, 1959. p. 61 Jump up ^ `` The Collection - Jools Holland Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. 2008 - 09 - 01. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Clue ( 1985 ) : Soundtracks ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015. Elvis Presley singles discography 1954 `` That 's All Right '' / `` Blue Moon of Kentucky '' `` Good Rockin ' Tonight '' / `` I Do n't Care if the Sun Do n't Shine '' `` You 're a Heartbreaker '' 1955 `` Baby Let 's Play House '' `` I Forgot to Remember to Forget '' / `` Mystery Train '' 1956 `` Heartbreak Hotel '' / `` I Was the One '' `` I Want You, I Need You, I Love You '' / `` My Baby Left Me '' `` Do n't Be Cruel '' / `` Hound Dog '' `` Blue Suede Shoes '' / `` Tutti Frutti '' `` Money Honey '' `` I Got a Woman '' `` Tryin ' to Get to You '' `` Blue Moon '' `` I 'll Never Let You Go ( Lil ' Darlin ' ) '' / `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry ( Over You ) '' `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' / `` Lawdy Miss Clawdy '' `` Love Me Tender '' 1957 `` Too Much '' / `` Playing for Keeps '' `` All Shook Up '' `` Peace in the Valley `` ( Let Me Be Your ) Teddy Bear '' `` Paralyzed '' ( UK ) `` Jailhouse Rock '' `` Party '' / `` Got a Lot o ' Livin ' to Do ! '' ( UK ) 1958 `` Do n't '' `` Wear My Ring Around Your Neck '' `` Hard Headed Woman '' / `` Do n't Ask Me Why '' `` King Creole '' ( UK ) `` One Night '' 1959 `` I Need Your Love Tonight '' / `` A Fool Such as I '' `` A Big Hunk o ' Love '' 1960 `` Stuck on You '' / `` Fame and Fortune '' `` It 's Now or Never '' `` Are You Lonesome Tonight ? '' 1961 `` Surrender '' / `` Lonely Man '' `` I Feel So Bad '' / `` Wild in the Country '' `` ( Marie 's the Name ) His Latest Flame '' / `` Little Sister '' `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' / `` Rock - A-Hula Baby '' 1962 `` Good Luck Charm '' / `` Anything That 's Part of You '' `` She 's Not You '' `` Return to Sender '' / `` Where Do You Come From '' 1963 `` One Broken Heart for Sale '' `` ( You 're the ) Devil in Disguise '' `` Bossa Nova Baby '' / `` Witchcraft '' 1964 `` Kissin ' Cousins '' / `` It Hurts Me '' `` What 'd I Say '' / `` Viva Las Vegas '' `` Such a Night '' / `` Never Ending '' `` Ask Me '' / `` Ai n't That Loving You Baby '' `` Blue Christmas '' 1965 `` Do the Clam '' / `` You 'll Be Gone '' `` Crying in the Chapel `` ( Such an ) Easy Question '' `` I 'm Yours '' `` Puppet on a String '' / `` Wooden Heart '' 1966 `` Tell Me Why '' / `` Blue River '' `` Frankie and Johnny '' / `` Please Do n't Stop Loving Me '' `` Love Letters '' `` Spinout '' / `` All That I Am '' `` If Every Day Was Like Christmas '' 1967 `` Indescribably Blue '' `` Long Legged Girl ( With the Short Dress On ) '' / `` That 's Someone You Never Forget '' `` There 's Always Me '' / `` Judy '' `` Big Boss Man '' / `` You Do n't Know Me '' 1968 `` Guitar Man '' `` U.S. Male '' / `` Stay Away '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` Your Time Has n't Come Yet, Baby '' / `` Let Yourself Go '' `` Almost in Love '' / `` A Little Less Conversation '' `` If I Can Dream '' / `` Edge of Reality '' 1969 `` Memories '' / `` Charro '' `` How Great Thou Art '' `` In the Ghetto '' / `` Any Day Now '' `` Clean Up Your Own Backyard '' `` Suspicious Minds '' / `` You 'll Think of Me '' `` Do n't Cry Daddy '' 1970 `` Kentucky Rain '' `` The Wonder of You '' `` I 've Lost You '' `` You Do n't Have to Say You Love Me '' / `` Patch It Up '' `` I Really Do n't Want to Know '' / `` There Goes My Everything '' 1971 `` Rags to Riches '' `` Life '' / `` Only Believe '' `` I 'm Leavin ' '' `` It 's Only Love '' `` Merry Christmas Baby '' / `` O Come All Ye Faithful '' 1972 `` Until It 's Time for You to Go '' `` He Touched Me '' `` An American Trilogy '' / `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' `` Burning Love '' / `` It 's a Matter of Time '' `` Separate Ways '' / `` Always on My Mind '' 1973 `` Steamroller Blues '' / `` Fool '' `` Raised on Rock '' / `` For Ol ' Times Sake '' `` I 've Got a Thing About You Baby '' `` If You Talk in Your Sleep '' / `` Help Me '' `` Promised Land '' / `` It 's Midnight '' `` My Boy '' / `` Thinking About You '' `` T-R-O-U-B-L-E '' `` Bringing It Back '' / `` Pieces of My Life '' 1976 `` Hurt '' / `` For the Heart '' `` Moody Blue '' 1977 `` Way Down '' `` My Way '' / `` America the Beautiful '' 1978 `` Unchained Melody '' / `` Softly as I Leave You '' Bill Haley & His Comets Bill Haley Joey Ambrose Franny Beecher David Byrd Danny Cedrone Johnny Grande Jackson Haney Ralph Jones John `` Bam - Bam '' Lane Lenny Longo Marshall Lytle Nick Nastos Rudy Pompilli Al Rappa Al Rex Dick Richards Billy Williamson Albums Rock ' n Roll Stage Show Rockin ' the Oldies Rockin ' Around the World Bill Haley 's Chicks Strictly Instrumental Bill Haley and His Comets Haley 's Juke Box Compilations Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets Shake, Rattle and Roll Rock Around the Clock Rockin ' the Joint Songs `` Rocket 88 '' `` Jukebox Cannonball '' `` Rock the Joint '' `` Real Rock Drive '' `` Crazy Man, Crazy '' `` Fractured '' `` Live It Up '' `` Chattanooga Choo Choo '' `` Rock Around the Clock '' `` Shake, Rattle and Roll '' `` Birth of the Boogie '' `` Two Hound Dogs '' `` Rock - A-Beatin ' Boogie '' `` See You Later, Alligator '' `` Hot Dog Buddy Buddy '' `` Rudy 's Rock '' `` Rip It Up '' `` Do n't Knock the Rock '' `` Skinny Minnie '' `` Corrine, Corrina '' `` I Got a Woman '' `` Charmaine '' `` Joey 's Song '' `` Skokiaan '' `` Music ! Music ! Music ! '' `` La Paloma '' `` Yakety Sax '' `` Green Door '' `` Land of a Thousand Dances '' `` Me and Bobby McGee '' Related Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shake,_Rattle_and_Roll&oldid=808219447 '' Categories : 1954 singles Big Joe Turner songs Bill Haley songs Elvis Presley songs Buzz Clifford songs The Beatles songs Huey Lewis and the News songs Billy Swan songs Songs written by Jesse Stone Atlantic Records singles Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from March 2009 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Esperanto Français Italiano ქართული Norsk nynorsk Português Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 1 November 2017, at 16 : 16. 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Question: who recorded the original version of shake rattle and roll
Answer: Big Joe Turner