The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Artist: David Hill
Author: Otis Blackwell
Label: Aladdin
Year: 1956

Unnoticed in the shadow of Elvis' first transatlantic hit (co-crediting Presley). New York rocker David Hill wasn't just a one-off footnote: three years later he scored with Two Brothers and Living Doll for Kapp.

Covers:

1957:: Elvis Presley [n°1 US, C&W, R&B and UK as All Shook Up]
1957:: Carl Perkins [idem]
1960:: Llopis [Cuban as Estremécete]
1961:: Teddy Raye et ses Teddy Boys [as Crever d'amour]
1961:: Otis Blackwell [author]
1964:: Dante [as Je suis cinglé]
1965:: Bobby Leclerc et les Merseys [as J'en perds la tête]
1967:: Alain Olas [as Fou de toi]
1969:: Jeff Beck
1974:: Suzi Quatro
1979:: Cliff Richard
1980:: Jackie Edwards
1980s:: Batmobile [three second version]
1981:: Humble Pie
1984:: Steve Marriott
1987:: Ry Cooder
1989:: Residents
1990:: Adamski [as The Space Jungle; hit UK]
1991:: Robert Palmer
1992:: Wigbert [as Wakker Geschud]
1992:: Billy Joel
1994:: Kris Kristofferson
1999:: Paul McCartney
2005:: Sharon Wilkins-Mark Price-Leah Hocking [in Broadway musical All Shook Up]
2007:: Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette [The Bluegrass Elvises; all as All Shook Up]

Otis Blackwell came up with All Shook Up when someone challenged him to write a song about a heavily shaken bottle of Coke. The idea is to perform it the way formula 1 pilots shake champagne magnums and that's exactly how McCartney & c° did it on Run Devil Run.

I'M ALL SHOOK UP

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