500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Elvis Presley, 'All Shook Up'
Writers: Otis Blackwell, Presley
Producers: Steve Sholes
Released: March '57, RCA
30 weeks; No. 1
Songwriter Al Stanton walked up to Blackwell one day shaking a bottle of Pepsi and challenged him to write a song called "All Shook Up." Presley fell in love with the tune the first time he heard it and gave it the same freewheeling charm he had brought to Blackwell’s "Don’t Be Cruel," even reprising the guitar-backslapping trick he’d used on that track. It worked: The song went on to sell 2 million copies.
Appears on: Elvis 30 #1 Hits (RCA)
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