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SHAKIN'STEVENS WAS BORN IN CARDIFF, WALES. HE HAS BEEN A LEADING FIGURE IN BRITISH ROCK AND ROLL FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. THIS ALBUM IS A DOCUMENTATION OF SOME OF HIS BEST RECORDINGS DURING THE 1970'S, AS WELL AS CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL TITLES LIKE "SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN" AND "DONNA" THERE ARE SEVERAL ORIGINAL TITLES WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND HIS EX MANAGER PAUL BARRETT. THE SOUND OF THE FIFTIES HAS BEEN CAPTURED TOTALLY USING TODAY'S MODERN RECORDING TECHNIQUES WHICH IS LARGELY DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS RAWNESS AND POWER PROVIDED BY HIS BACK- UP BAND THE SUNSETS. "SHAKY" AS HE IS AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN BY HIS CLOSEST FANS CAN NOW REGARDED AS THE NUMBER ONE ROCK AND ROLL SINGER IN EUROPE IF NOT THE WORLD, FILLING THE VOID LEFT BY THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF ELVIS PRESLEY. |