"Shake, Rattle and Roll" was originally released in 1954 by Big Joe Turner on Atlantic Records. On the recording, the shouted chorus was provided by producers Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler. Here is a television clip from 1954, without Ahmet and Jerry:
Bill Haley and His Comets released an anodyne cover in the same year:
Now a classic, it has been covered dozens of times over the past 60 years:
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