Twist and Shout

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Twist and Shout ( English turning and screaming ) is a 1963 by the Beatles become known rhythm - & - blues -Song, which for several performers to Millionenseller developed. Twist and Shout belonged to the standard repertoire of beat bands from 1964 at the latest .

History of origin

Top Notes - Twist and Shout

The piece was composed in 1960 by Bert Berns (under the pseudonym Bert Russell) and Phil Medley. Berns and Medley had combined two sounds, namely elements from Shout (an original composition of the Isley Brothers in August 1959) and Twist -Passagen, both by La Bamba - adaptation linked.

The original of the song, originally called Shake it up, Babe , comes from the American rhythm and blues duo Top Notes and was recorded by them on February 23, 1961 at Bell Sound Recording Studios ( New York City ). Atlantic Records chief producer Jerry Wexler produced the rhythm & blues song together with the inexperienced Phil Spector , the arranger was Teddy Randazzo. According to Wexler's observation, there was no consonance in the studio because the collaboration between him and Spector wasn't working. “We only produced negative synergies and never found the right mood,” said Wexler, apologizing for the poor production. Composer Berns could not intervene because he had been banished to the visitor room. He had to watch Spector ruin the song: "Guys, you broke my piece!" Under these conditions, the single Twist and Shout / Always Late (Why Lead Me On) (Atlantic 2115) was released in September 1961 and remained without hit parade response.

Cover version of the Isley Brothers

Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout

The still young producer Bert Berns was dissatisfied with Spector's work and created a completely new arrangement for the Isley Brothers. When, in March 1962, another ten minutes of studio time remained free at Bell Sound Recording Studios after a recording session with Chuck Jackson , Berns had the Isley Brothers come to re-record Twist and Shout with them . Since there was no longer enough time for the recording of a B-side during the spontaneous recording session , the music track of the A-side was used and titled in Spanish Twist . The three brothers achieved after the publication (wall 124) on June 16, 1962 with their cover version a number 2 placement in the rhythm & blues charts and number 17 on the pop charts (number 42 in Great Britain), but developed the single became the first million seller for Berns. Her LP of the same name was released in October 1962.

Cover version of the Beatles

The Beatles - Twist and Shout (US single)

The Beatles were inspired by the Isley Brothers version they heard on Radio Luxemburg . On February 11, 1963, a highly productive 15-hour recording session for the first Beatles LP was scheduled at Abbey Road Studios between 10 a.m. and 1 a.m. A total of ten songs were written; Twist and Shout was the last recording with only 15 minutes left in the studio. John Lennon's voice was hoarse from the previous nine songs and he had a cold. The Beatles version was created in just two takes , the first of which was selected because Lennon's voice was already ruined by the second take. While the song disappeared in Great Britain on the debut LP Please Please Me , which appeared on March 22, 1963 , Tollie released the recording on March 2, 1964 in the USA as a single, which reached number two on the US hit parade and within just three weeks one million copies. This success contributed to the impression of a British invasion of US music imports from England. The first Beatles EP was also called Twist and Shout and was released in Great Britain on July 12, 1963.

When Lennon announced the song Twist and Shout to a select audience on November 4, 1963 for the Beatles at The Royal Command Performance in London's The Prince of Wales Theater , he combined this with the remark: “For our last number I'd like to ask your help - will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelery. " ("For our last song, I would like to ask for your support: Could the people in the cheap seats clap along? And the rest of you, if you just clatter the jewels!")

Further versions

Brian Poole & The Tremeloes - Twist and Shout

There are at least 53 cover versions in total . One of the first bands after the Isley Brothers were Booker T. & the MG's , who recorded an instrumental version on August 27, 1962 for the LP Green Onions . Mike Smith produced the version of Brian Poole & The Tremeloes , which was released on June 28, 1963 and rose to number 4 in the UK charts. Barbara Lewis included the hit on her LP Sings The Great Soul Tunes, recorded on October 28, 1963 . This was followed by versions of the Miracles (November 1963), Shangri-Las (December 1964), Linda Gayle & The Duke of Coventry (November 1966), Mamas & Papas (February 1967), Cliff Richard (August 1968), Tom Jones (October 1969 ) or Showaddywaddy (November 1979). The reggae duo Chaka Demus & Pliers (featuring Jack Radics and Taxi Gang) reached number one on the British charts with the version from December 1993, at the same time the 700th number one hit in British chart history and thus made a twist and shout for the first time Number one hit.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tim Riley, Lennon: The Man, The Myth, The Music , 2011, pp. 207 f.
  2. ↑ Mark Ribowsky, He's a Rebel - The Truth About Phil Spector , 1989, p 88th
  3. ^ Charlie Gillett, Making Tracks - The Story Of Atlantic Records , 1988, p. 180.
  4. ↑ a b Jerry Blavat, You Only Rock Once: My Life in Music , 2011, p. 152 f.
  5. ^ Joseph Murrells, Milion Selling Records , 1985, p. 164.
  6. ^ Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Recording Sessions , 1988, p. 24 f.
  7. ^ Mark Lewisohn, The Beatles Recording Sessions , 1988, p. 26.
  8. ^ Bill Harry, The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia , 1993, p. 674
  9. ↑ See list of winged words
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS0wuN_6wyw
  11. ↑ Shake it up Baby , Billboard Magazine January 15, 1994, p. 78.