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All Shook Up (Elvis Presley, 1957). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-03-22. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

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"All Shook Up," written by Otis Blackwell (although Elvis was added as a co-writer of the song at the insistence of Colonel Tom Parker), was Elvis' 7th #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1957, and it spent nine weeks in that top position (songfacts.com, 2022; Whitburn, 2013). According to songfacts.com (2022), Al Stanton, an owner of Otis Blackwell's music publishing company, approached Blackwell while shaking a bottle of soda and said "'I've got an idea. Why don't you write a song called 'All Shook Up'?' According to Blackwell, the song was finished in a couple of days."

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Lyrics:

A well'a bless my soul
What'sa wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

Well, my hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you think of when you have such luck?
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

Well, please don't ask me what'sa on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so, it scares me to death!

Well, she touched my hand, what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano when it's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay

My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have that girl that I love so fine!

She touched my hand, what a chill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm, mm, yay, yay, yay
Mm mm, mm, yay, yay
I'm all shook up

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