JOHNNY CHESTER
Shakin' All Over
(Frederick Heath [Johnny Kidd])
Australia 1962
#4 Melbourne

See also: Shakin' All Over by Normie Rowe (Australia, 1965).

This was a favourite amongst Australasian artists in the 60s, recorded by The Blue Jays (1962), The Missing Links (1964), Ray Columbus & the Invaders (NZ 1965), Ray Brown & the Whispers (1965), Roland Storm & The Epics (1965 single).

See Paul Scott's 1998 post to rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s, in which he discusses the influence of Johnny Chester's Shakin' All Over, often heard by a young Normie Rowe while performing at Preston Town Hall in Melbourne. 

Johnny Chester: Melbourne singer, guitarist and songwriter who started out with the Chessmen in the late 50s, performing at dances he organised in the northern suburbs. Signed to Melbourne's W&G label, he had a number of Top 10 hits in Melbourne from 1961. He became a disc jockey with Top 40 station 3UZ in 1966, and built a successful national career in country music from the 1970s. His website is at www.johnnychester.com.

Thanks to Terry Stacey for extra information.

JOHNNY KIDD AND THE PIRATES
Shakin' All Over
(Frederick Heath [Johnny Kidd])
UK 1960
Original version
#3 UK

Ground-breaking British R&B band led by Johnny Kidd, real name Frederick Heath (1939-1966), and featuring Mick Green on lead guitar. (ER1)

See detailed band history at johnnykidd.co.uk.

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