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Elvis Songs: All Shook Up

 

Find out all about Elvis' million-selling 1957 classic, "All Shook Up"! Get the back-story, download it, view it, and give us your opinion about it!

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All Shook Up

Written by: Otis Blackwell

Recorded: January 12, 1957, Radio Recorders, Hollywood
Released master is take 10

Single: w/ "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", 47-6870 (20-6870 for 78rpm), March 1957 (Million Seller)
Also re-released as Gold Standard Series, 447-0618, March 1959

Highest U.S. Charts Positions:
#1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks
#1 on Rhythm & Blues chart for 4 weeks
#1 on Country Juke Box chart.
#3 on Country Best-Seller chart.

This was also Elvis' first #1 in Britain, topping the charts for 7 weeks.

1st LP release:  Elvis' Golden Records - April 1958

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'All Shook Up' shows the early Presley at the height of this powers. This is a classic cut, brilliantly sung, a lesson to all aspiring rock 'n' roll singers, who should study every beat of Presley's performance. Note, too, Presley's use of the back of the guitar, almost as an additional drum. The medium-fast tempo of this rocker - Presley's first undisputed No. 1 hit in Britain - is not punched out regardless. The sustained chords of the Jordanaires, the delicate touches from Moore, Black, Fontana and Brooks prove that basic rock 'n' roll is not all sound and fury.

Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley - A Study In Music, 1979

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Alluding vaguely to his trademark hiccuping vocal style and spitting out syllables like he can't keep them down any longer, Presley manages to sound volcanic even while he's slightly restrained. The result is one of Elvis' quintessentially mainstream early hits, a lightweight pop song given a deceptively bravura performance.

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"All Shook Up" Lyrics 

A-well-a bless my soul
What's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

Please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano when it's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shakin' like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have the girl that I love so fine

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