Shakin' Stevens discography explained

Artist:Shakin' Stevens
Studio:20
Compilation:21
Singles:71
Ep:8
Video:5
Music Videos:37
1Option:10
1Option Name:Re-issues
2Option:3
2Option Name:Box sets

The discography of Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens consists of twenty studio albums, 23 compilation albums, sixty-nine singles, three box sets, five video albums and thirty-seven music videos. Although the singer enjoyed his greatest period of success throughout the 1980s while recording for Epic Records, during the 1970s he was the lead vocalist for Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets and had records issued by a variety of labels including Parlophone, CBS and Polydor in the UK and Pink Elephant and Dynamite in Europe.

Shakin' Stevens had his first entry in the UK Singles Chart with "Hot Dog" in 1980 and has had a total of thirty-three UK Top 40 hits, including four number one singles, and during the 1980s spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than any other artist.[1] He also achieved number one singles in Ireland, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Norway, Switzerland and Poland as well as placing three albums in the Top 3 of the UK Albums Chart. Despite only a handful of new releases since the early 1990s, the advent of the digital download age has ensured an annual return to the UK Singles Chart for Stevens thanks to the enduring popularity of his seasonal hit "Merry Christmas Everyone".

A number of Shakin' Stevens releases were not issued in his native UK. Where this is the case, the original country of release (although not necessarily the sole country) is indicated in parentheses. However many of these have since seen UK issue, most notably in the 2020 "Fire In The Blood" box set.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3] [4]
AUT
[5]
DEN
[6]
GER
NLD
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
A Legend
I'm No J.D.
  • Released: July 1971
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
Rockin' and Shakin'
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Contour
  • Formats: LP
Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets
  • Released: 1973
(Netherlands)
1974 (UK)
  • Label: Pink Elephant
(Netherlands)
Emerald (UK)
  • Formats: LP
Manhattan Melodrama
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Pink Elephant
(Netherlands)
  • Formats: LP
Come on Memphis
  • Released: January 1977
  • Label: Dynamite
(Netherlands)
  • Formats: 10" LP
Shakin' Stevens
Take One!
  • Released: 8 February 1980
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
62
Marie, Marie
  • Released: 17 October 1980
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
This Ole House
  • Released: 27 March 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
2 6 7 4 13 13
Shaky
  • Released: 4 September 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
1 11 1 4 10 29 2 2
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold[14]
Give Me Your Heart Tonight
  • Released: 1 October 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 6 10 15 6 19
  • BPI: Platinum
The Bop Won't Stop
  • Released: 26 November 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
21 73 24 38 6 12
  • BPI: Gold
Lipstick Powder and Paint
  • Released: 4 November 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
37 59 27
  • BPI: Gold
Let's Boogie
  • Released: 19 October 1987
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
59
A Whole Lotta Shaky
  • Released: 7 November 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
42 80
There Are Two Kinds of Music... Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 8 October 1990
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
65
Merry Christmas Everyone
  • Released: 25 November 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
35
[15]
11
Now Listen
  • Released: 29 May 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
8
Echoes of Our Times
  • Released: 16 September 2016
  • Label: HEC
  • Formats: CD, DL
22
Re-Set
  • Released: 28 April 2023
  • Label: HEC
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
24 68 61
"—" denotes a recording that did not (or not yet) chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
DEN
GER
IRL
[16]
SWE
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 5 November 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
8 83 53 56
  • BPI: Platinum
The Epic Years
  • Released: 19 October 1992
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
57
The Hits Of Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: 12 February 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, MC
  • BPI: Silver
The Hits Of Shakin' Stevens Vol. II
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Collection
  • Released: 11 April 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD/DVD
4 61 2 54 12 1
Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles
  • Released: 15 October 2007
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: Double CD
Red Hot and Rockin
Rock and Country Blues
  • Released: 16 September 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rocking Rhythm
  • Released: 7 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rockin' the Blues
  • Released: 7 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Country Blues
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rockin' with Country
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Singled Out
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 3×CD, 2×LP, digital download
10 68 88 86
  • BPI: Silver
Fire in the Blood
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 19×CD 'Bookpack', digital
72 54
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-UK compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
CAN
[18]
DEN
GER
NZ
NOR
Get Shakin'
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Epic
(USA/Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
You Drive Me Crazy
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Epic
(Japan)
  • Formats: LP
You Drive Me Crazy
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Epic
(USA/Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
82
Jetzt Kommt Shaky
  • Released: March 1983
  • Label: Epic
(Germany)
  • Formats: LP, MC
13
A Rockin' Good Way
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: CBS Direct
(Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: J&B
(Australia)
  • Formats: LP, MC
86
A Whole Lotta Hits
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Epic
(Denmark)
  • Formats: CD
1
The Singles Collection
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Arcade
(Germany)
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best Of Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Epic
(Norway)
  • Formats: CD
12
Collectable
  • Released: 26 July 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG
(Denmark)
  • Formats: CD/DVD
1 22
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Re-issues

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUT
GER
Come on Memphis
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Dynamite
(Netherlands)
  • Formats: LP
A Legend
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets
  • Released: 30 June 1981
  • Label: Hallmark
  • Formats: LP, MC
34
  • BPI: Gold
Manhattan Melodrama
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Mint
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Mint
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Contour/Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC
Rock On with a Legend
  • Released: October 1981
  • Label: MFP
  • Formats: LP, MC
At the Rockhouse
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: LP
Hot Dog
  • Released: 9 April 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
9 11
Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title! scope="col" style="width:18em;"
Details
All the Hits
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: 3 CD Box set
Hits and More
  • Released: 8 September 2003
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 3-CD Box set
The Epic Masters
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 10-CD Box set, digital download
Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 19-CD box set

EPs

Title! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:18em;"
DetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[20]
IRE
Frantic
  • Released: 1975
(Netherlands)
  • Formats: 7"
Sexy Ways
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Dynamo
(Netherlands)
  • Formats: 7"
Memphis Earthquake
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: 7"
Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: January 1981
  • Label: Epic Nu Disk
(US and Canada)
  • Formats: 10"
The Shakin' Stevens EP
  • Released: 3 December 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 7"
2 2
  • BPI: Silver
Greatest Original Hits – 4 Track E.P.
  • Released: 18 February 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 7", MC
143
Justine
  • Released: February 1983
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: 7"
Four Play: Volume Twenty
  • Released: 21 March 1988
  • Label: Epic
(Australia)
  • Formats: CD, 12"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
BEL
[21]
DEN
[22]
GER
[23]
IRE
[24]
NL
SWI
US
[25]
"Spirit of Woodstock" 1970A Legend
"Sweet Little Rock and Roller" 1972
"Sea Cruise" (Netherlands)I'm No J.D.
"Honey Don't" (Sweden) 1973
"Honey Honey" Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets
"Spirit of Woodstock" (Netherlands)
"It Came Out of the Sky" (Germany)1974
"Lonesome Town" (Netherlands)rowspan="2"
"Jungle Rock" 1976
"You Mostest Girl" (Netherlands) Come on Memphis!
"Never"1977rowspan="2"
"Somebody Touched Me"38
"Justine"1978Shakin' Stevens
"Treat Her Right"rowspan="4"
"Endless Sleep"1979
"Fire" (Netherlands)
"Spooky"
"Hot Dog"198024 Take One!
"Hey Mae"83 This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
"Marie, Marie"19 19 28
"Shooting Gallery"76
"This Ole House"19811 1 8 3 6 5 1 6 4
"You Drive Me Crazy"2 1 6 4 1 6 1 5 4
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
Shaky
"Green Door"1 8 8 7 1 6 1 8 5
  • BPI: Gold
  • ARIA: Gold
"No Other Baby" rowspan="2"
"Shaky Sings Elvis" 89
"It's Raining"10 75 11 9 4 13 2 8
  • BPI: Silver
Shaky
"Mona Lisa" (Japan)
"Oh Julie"19821 3 1 3 1 2 1 6 1
  • BPI: Gold
Give Me Your Heart Tonight
"Shirley"6 4 10 2 7 4 11 4
"Give Me Your Heart Tonight"11 74 10 6 2 6 5 14 6
"I'll Be Satisfied"10 19 8 27 5 25
"Vanessa" (South Africa)
"Tiger" 1983160 rowspan="2"
"Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night" (Europe)9 40
"It's Late"11 36 4 18 3 The Bop Won't Stop
"Cry Just a Little Bit"3 31 15 3 27 2 19 19 67
  • BPI: Silver
"A Rockin' Good Way"
(with Bonnie Tyler)
5 21 9 5 2 22 1 8 10
"A Love Worth Waiting For"19842 44 13 24 26 2 24
  • BPI: Silver
"Diddle I" (Mexico)
"A Letter to You"10 37 8 44 30 21 Greatest Hits
"Teardrops"5 71 14 25 8 25 5 49
  • BPI: Silver
"Breaking Up My Heart"198514 23 32 15 31 7
"Lipstick, Powder and Paint"11 24 21 8 52 11 48 22 Lipstick, Powder and Paint
"Merry Christmas Everyone"1 27
[27]
3 10 6 3 3 15 9
  • BPI: 3× Platinum
  • IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum[28]
"Turning Away"198615 20 11 Lipstick, Powder and Paint
"Because I Love You"14 29 13 Let's Boogie
"A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)"198712 9
"Come See About Me"24 15
"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"5 25 8
"Feel the Need in Me"198826 17
"How Many Tears Can You Hide"47 A Whole Lotta Shaky
"True Love"23
"Jezebel"198958 38
"Love Attack"28 27 There Are Two Kinds of Music... Rock 'n' Roll
"I Might"199018 26 7 14 15
"Yes I Do" 60 27
"Pink Champagne"59
"My Cutie Cutie"75
"The Best Christmas of Them All"19 22 Merry Christmas Everyone
"I'll Be Home This Christmas"199134
"Radio" 199237 The Epic Years
"I Can Help" (Germany)1994The Singles Collection
"Rock 'n' Roll Hitmix '99" (Germany)1999
"Trouble"/"This Ole House"200520 Now Listen/
The Collection
"Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone"2015
"Last Man Alive" (Radio Version)2016Echoes Of Our Times
"Down into Muddy Water" (Radio Mix)
"Down in the Hole" (Radio Mix)2017
"I Need You Now"2020Fire in the Blood:
The Definitive Collection Bookpack
"Wild at Heart"
"It All Comes Round"2023Re-Set
"All You Need Is Greed"

Videos

Video albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:18em;"
Details
Shakin' Stevens Video Show
  • Released: 30 March 1984
  • Label: CBS/Fox Video
  • Formats: VHS
Shakin' Stevens Video Show Vol. 2
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: CBS/Fox Video
  • Formats: VHS
There Are Two Kinds Of Music...Rock 'N' Roll
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Telstar Video
  • Formats: VHS
The Epic Videos
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: SRV Enterprises
  • Formats: VHS
The DVD Collection
  • Released: 13 May 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

Title! scope="col" style="width:1em;"
YearCommercial release
"Somebody Touched Me"1977No commercial release
"This Ole House"1981Shakin' Stevens Video Show
"You Drive Me Crazy"
"Green Door"
"It's Raining"
"Oh Julie"1982
"Shirley"
"Give Me Your Heart Tonight"
"I'll Be Satisfied"
"It's Late" 1983
"Cry Just a Little Bit"
"A Rockin' Good Way"1984
"Marie, Marie"
"A Love Worth Waiting For"Shakin' Stevens Video Show Vol. 2
"A Letter to You"
"Teardrops"
"Breaking Up My Heart"1985
"Lipstick, Powder And Paint"
"Merry Christmas Everyone"
"Turning Away"1986
"Because I Love You"
"A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)"1987
"Come See About Me"
"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For"There Are Two Kinds Of Music...
Rock 'N' Roll
"Feel the Need in Me"1988The DVD Collection
"How Many Tears Can You Hide"
"True Love"No commercial release
"Jezebel"1989
"Love Attack"There Are Two Kinds Of Music...
Rock 'N' Roll
"I Might"1990
"Yes I Do"
"Pink Champagne"
"My Cutie Cutie"
"The Best Christmas of Them All"The DVD Collection
"I'll Be Home This Christmas"1991
"Radio"1992The Epic Videos
"Now Listen"2007No commercial release
"Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone"2015The Salvation Army Charity release
"Last Man Alive"2016No commercial release
"Down in the Hole"2017No commercial release
"Wild at Heart"2020No commercial release

Notes

A. Credited to Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets.

B. The Marie, Marie album was re-named and re-issued as This Ole House with the title song replacing one of the original tracks.

C. The North American You Drive Me Crazy album bears no relation to the Japanese release of the same name.

D. Re-issue of Come on Memphis! with two additional tracks.

E. Re-issue of I'm No J.D. with alternate track listing.

F. Re-issue of Rockin' and Shakin' .

G. Re-issue of Come on Memphis! with alternate track listing.

H. Re-issue of Take One! with two recent B-sides replacing two of the original tracks.

I. A re-recorded version of the 1970 single.

J. Credited to Shakin' Stevens and Bonnie Tyler.

K. Released as "Stuck on Elvis" in Australia and New Zealand

L. Credited to Shaky and Roger Taylor.

M: Filmed at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire[29]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chart Blog UK.
  2. Web site: SHAKIN STEVENS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 13 July 2022 . Official Charts Company.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 293.

  4. Web site: Shakin' Stevens Chart Positions . 2013-12-21.
  5. Web site: austriancharts.at . 2013-12-21.
  6. Web site: danishcharts.dk . 2013-12-21.
  7. Web site: dutchcharts.nl . 2013-12-21.
  8. Web site: charts.nz . 2013-12-21.
  9. Web site: norwegiancharts.com . 2013-12-21.
  10. Web site: hitparad.se. 2013-12-21.
  11. Web site: hitparade.ch . 2013-12-21.
  12. IT’S SHAKIN’ TIME DOWN UNDER . Cash Box. World Radio History. 26. 8 May 1982. 5 December 2021.
  13. United Kingdom. Shakin' Stevens. 14 May 2023.
  14. Germany. Shakin Stevens. 4 December 2021.
  15. Web site: Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 48, 2022. Hitlisten. 7 December 2022.
  16. Web site: Discography Shakin' Stevens. irish-charts.com. 22 December 2020.
  17. The Collection. Shakin' Stevens. album. Denmark. 7411. 4 December 2021.
  18. Web site: RPM Archive . 2013-12-21.
  19. Web site: Guld og platin i august . IFPI Danmark . 20 August 2024 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150117070449/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content%2Fguld-og-platin-i-august . January 17, 2015 .
  20. Web site: UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales) . 2022-07-13 . UKMIX Forums . en.
  21. Web site: ultratop.be . 2013-12-21.
  22. Chart positions are from BT and Web site: danishcharts.com - Danish charts portal. 2021-12-09. danishcharts.dk.
  23. Web site: Discographie Shakin' Stevens. GfK Entertainment. 28 December 2018.
  24. Web site: irishcharts.ie . 2013-12-21.
  25. Web site: Billboard . 2013-12-21.
  26. Majors Flight Economics with Quirky Rock Originals. 94. 23. Billboard. A/NZ-8. 6 December 1982. 10 November 2021.
  27. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 3 January 2022. 31 December 2021.
  28. single. Denmark. Shakin Stevens. Merry Christmas Everyone. Platinum. 2. 9808. 4 December 2021.
  29. News: Davies . Alan . Movie The Breakfast Club’s links to Knebworth House . 24 April 2020 . The Comet . 23 April 2020.