History Music / ShakinStevens

* ArtistAndTheBand: He is as the frontman for Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets in the 1970s before finding commercial success as a solo artist. This prompted interest in the Sunsets' back catalogue; thanks in part to [[WolverinePublicity the use of images of Shaky on the redesigned album covers even though some of the recordings did not include him]], a couple of their early albums ended up selling reasonably well, which ultimately led to a court case over royalties payments (or rather, the lack thereof) which pitted Shaky against several of his old bandmates.

Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as '''Shakin' Stevens''', is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]] singer whose most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll. Although he started out in the late 1960s, he did not achieve commercial success until 1980, becoming one of the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the next decade, with a total of 33 top 40 hits in the UK charts, four of which got to number one.

* ChristmasSongs. One of his most enduringly popular songs is "Merry Christmas Everyone", a number one hit in 1985 which has been featured on many Christmas compilation albums and gets plenty of airplay on British radio stations every December. With the advent of digital downloads, it means Shaky usually has an annual return to the UK Singles Chart!

* ArtistAndTheBand: Was the frontman for Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets in the 1970s before finding commercial success as a solo artist. This prompted interest in the Sunsets' back catalogue; thanks in part to [[WolverinePublicity the use of images of Shaky on the redesigned album covers even though some of the recordings did not include him]], a couple of their early albums ended up selling reasonably well, which ultimately led to a court case over royalties payments (or rather, the lack thereof) which pitted Shaky against several of his old bandmates.

* ArtistAndTheBand: Was the frontman for Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets in the 1970s before finding commercial success as a solo artist. This prompted interest in the Sunsets' back catalogue; thanks in part to [[WolverinePublicity the use of images of Shaky on the covers even though some of the recordings did not include him]], a couple of their early albums ended up selling reasonably well, which ultimately led to a court case over royalties payments (or rather, the lack thereof) which pitted Shaky against several of his old bandmates.

* CareerResurrection: After more than a decade away from the limelight, Shaky enjoyed a resurgence in popularity thanks to his appearance on the British TV show ''Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'' in 2005. The show itself was to all intents and purposes built around this trope, as the premise was that each week, several formerly popular musical artists would perform one of their old hits and a cover of a then-contemporary hit, with a public phone-in deciding which of them would go through to the show's final in which the same format was repreated between all of the heat winners. Shaky won the final, following which he released a greatest hits album and was booked to make a few celebrity appearances. Three years later, he performed at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival.

* CoverVersion: Most of his songs. "This Ole House", his first number one hit (in 1981), had been a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic for Rosemary Clooney back in 1954. Other examples include "Green Door" (first recorded by Jim Lowe in 1956), I ll Be Satisfied" (first recorded by Jackie Wilson in 1959) and "Lipstick, Powder and Paint" (first recorded by Big Joe Turner in 1956) and "Come See About Me" (originally a hit for Music/TheSupremes in 1964).

* CoverVersion: Most of his songs. "This Ole House", his first number one hit (in 1981), had been a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic for Rosemary Clooney back in 1954.

* CoverVersion: Most of his songs. "This Ole House", his first number one hit (in 1981) had been a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic for Rosemary Clooney back in 1954.

* CoverVersion: Most of his songs. "This Ole House", his first number one hit (in 1981) had been a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic for Music/RosemaryClooney back in 1954.

Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as '''Shakin' Stevens''', a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]] singer. His most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll. Although he started out in the late 1960s, he did not achieve commercial success until 1980, becoming one of the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the next decade, with a total of 33 top 40 hits in the UK charts, four of which got to number one.

* ChristmasSongs. One of his most enduringly popular songs is "Merry Christmas Everyone", a number one hit in 1985 which has been featured on many Christmas compilation albums and gets plenty of airplay on British radio stations every December. With the advent of digital downloads, it means Shaky usually has an annual return to the UK Singles Chart!

Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as '''Shakin' Stevens''', a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} Welsh]] singer and songwriter. His most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll and pop. Although he started out in the late 1960s, he did not achieve commercial success until 1980. He would become one of the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s, with a total of 33 top 40 hits in the UK charts, four of which got to number one.

* ChristmasSongs. One of his most enduringly popular songs is "Merry Christmas Everyone", a number one hit in 1985 which has been featured on many Christmas compilation albums and gets plenty of airplay on British radio stations every December.

* AsHimself: Sort of. Shaky appears ''as a Shakin' Stevens tribute act'' in the [[Recap/TheCleanerUKS2E4TheShaman shaman]] episode of ''[[Series/TheCleanerUK The Cleaner]]''.