Mae West recorded her cover of Shakin’ All Over at the age of 73. The track appeared on the first of her two rock and roll albums Way Out West in 1966 and featured Somebody’s Chyldren as the backing band.
Shakin’ All Over was originally a UK number one for Johnny Kidd and The Pirates in 1960. Two other artists also had number one hits with the song – The Guess Who in Canada (1964) and Norman Rowie in Australia (1965). Due to some confusion at the time between The Guess Who and The Who, the latter also started covering Shakin’ All Over (recorded at Woodstock and on their Live At Leeds albums) and The Guess Who began covering The Who’s My Generation.
Shakin’ All Over was also covered by Wanda Jackson at the age of 74 on her Jack White produced album The Party Ain’t Over in 2011.
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