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| Single by Chan Romero | ||
| Released | 1959 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Writer(s) | Chan Romero | |
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| Single by The Swinging Blue Jeans | |||||
| B-side | "Now I Must Go" | ||||
| Released | December 1963 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1963 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Label | HMV Pop 1242 (UK) ... (U.S.) |
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| Writer(s) | Chan Romero | ||||
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"Hippy Hippy Shake" is a song written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959.[1] [2][3] That same year, the song reached number three in Australia and charted in the United States but below the Top 40.
A cover version by Italian rocker Little Tony appeared in the same year and found moderate success in the United Kingdom and Italy.
A version by UK-based band The Swinging Blue Jeans was released in December 1963. This single reached the British top 5 and just missed the Top 20 (#21) on the United States charts in early 1964.
A well known version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" can be found on the Beatles album Live at the BBC. This version was recorded in July 1963 almost certainly pre-dating the Swinging Blue Jeans recording.
The song was also covered by the band The Georgia Satellites in 1988 and featured in the movie Cocktail.
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