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Twist & Shout as performed by the Isley Brothers

“Twist And Shout” was written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell and was first recorded as “Shake It Up, Baby” by the Top Notes in 1960 with a very young Phil Spector producing. This recording flopped. Then the Isley Brothers decided to have a go at it, and Bert Russell changed the title to “Twist And Shout”. Their recording with Ron Isley doing the lead vocal went to #17 on the pop charts during the summer of ‘62. The following year, the Beatles would famously cover the tune with John Lennon singing lead

Shake it Up, Baby AKA Twist & Shout - performed by the Top Notes

This is the very first rare recording of Twist and Shout done by a new rising Philadelphia R & B band in 1961, the Top Notes on Atlantic Records. This was produced at the time by up-coming staff producer Phil Spector. Spector was previously known before that as a singer with the group “The Teddy Bears” and their smash hit of 1958 “To Know Him Is To Love Him”. However, when songwriter Bert Berns (aka Bert Russell) heard the final mix, he told Spector that he had “messed up the song” and predicted a quick demise for the single. The Beatles were mostly inspired by the Isley Brothers cover done a year later in 1962 (which by the way was produced this time by Bert Berns himself by revenge to Spector’s butchered version) but still it’s interesting to hear how the original differs from the Isley Brothers and then the famous Beatles version.

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