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LEMON KITTENS “SHAKING ALL OVER” (1979)
originally recorded by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (1960)
cover version appears on Spoonfed & Writhing (Step Forward, 1979)

from Wikipedia:

“Shakin’ All Over” is a rock and roll song originally performed by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. It was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960. Themusicians who performed on the recording were Johnny Kidd (vocals), Alan Caddy (guitar), Brian Gregg (bass), Clem Cattini (drums) and Joe Moretti (lead guitar).

The original recording was not a hit outside of Europe. Instead, “Shakin’ All Over” gained fame in North America after Chad Allan and the Expressions covered it in 1965, where it was a #1 hit in Canada. Several months later, concerned that the effect of the British Invasion might eclipse the potential for success in the US by a Canadian act, the record label issued the song to radio stations in the States on a white label, with the artist listed as Guess Who? This became the first hit for the group in the states, reaching #22 and leading Chad Allen and the Expressions to change the group’s name to The Guess Who.

The song became a #27 hit in Australia, but another “Shakin’ All Over” cover became a national #1 hit in late 1965 for Normie Rowe. Rowe’s version of the track (backed by “Que Sera Sera”) was one of the biggest-selling Australian singles of the decade.

Kidd was quoted as saying:

“When I was going round with a bunch of lads and we happened to see a girl who was a real sizzler we used to say that she gave us ‘quivers down the membranes’. It was a standard saying with us referring to any attractive girl…..I can honestly say that it was this more than anything that inspired me to write ‘Shakin’ All Over’.”

Lemon Kittens was the project of multi-instrumentalists Karl Blake, Gary Thatcher, and later Danielle Dax. LK’s sensibilities stood somewhere between that of industrial music and the prevailing post-punk sounds of late 70s Britain. In a word, they were considered “avant-garde”. Blake later participated in The Reflections (mentioned here elsewhere) and Shockheaded Peters, in addition to releasing solo recordings; Danielle Dax has enjoyed a rather prolific solo career. 

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