| 5th November 2001 | ||
| Shakin' Stevens Greatest
Hits has just been re-released in Germany on the
Epic label, in a brand new package in the Best Of The Best Gold series. The CD features eighteen of Shaky's hits from "Hot Dog" through to "Breaking Up My Heart".You can order the cd in Germany by visiting the link below. http://www.amazon.de |
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| 22nd August 2001 | ||
| There's a new
Shakin' Stevens Mailing List my. For details of
how to join go to http://www.topica.com/lists/shakinstevens The list is unmoderated. If you'd rather join a moderated list, you may prefer the Shaky Fans Mailing List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shaky_fans |
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| Autumn 2001 | ||
Regarding the delay of the
German "You
Drive Me Crazy" Box Set... I placed an order with my local record shop
for the import and they contacted me saying "It's
definitely going to be released in the autumn". OK,
let's skip summer. |
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| Summer 2001 | ||
| The release date of Anthony Thompson’s (Shaky backing musician) new single “Caroline No” has been rescheduled for
early summer in Japan. The single will be released
under the name of Anthony Rivers and will be available on
limited edition 7” vinyl only. If you would
like to listen to a sample of “Caroline No”
you can do so by visiting Anthony’s web page at website.lineone.net/~tonyrivers/anthony_thompson.html |
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| 14th July 2001 | ||
| Shaky's
makes No.2 in Channel 4's "Top
Ten Years of 1981" screened
today, held off by Adam Ants. The program included
interviews with Shaky's producer Stuart Colman and also
former manager Paul Barrett as well as a Shaky interview
from 1988. Some of the footage was great too, including film from the "Elvis Musical" rehearsals. Celebrity fans interviewed even included Sir Tim Rice and guitar legend Duane Eddy. Tim said "Shaky was the one that made it for me. He danced well, he moved well and he had great hair, that's all you need". |
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    "Elvis" rehearsals - Live German TV clip - Producer Stuart Colman - Shaky 1988 Interview |
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| 07th July 2001 | ||
| Yes folks, it's true,
Danish pop group Aqua
have performed a tribute song to Shakin' Stevens. Last week on a televised interview Aqua (who had a number one hit with Barbie Girl) announced they are changing they music style to become less pop orientated and had performed a Shaky tribute song. I'm currently looking into the possibility of a release date for the song. The Band performed "Shakin' Stevens" live on the 1st July at the Roskilde Fetival in Denmark. Other guests at the festival included Robbie Williams, Guns N’Roses and Bob Dylan. www.aqua.dk/ |
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| 12th June 2001 | ||
| Listen to
Shawn Harvey's tribute song to Shaky Denim, Black Hair And White Shoes (mp3). You can visit his website at shawnharvey.homestead.com Shaky gets a mention as "the best selling male of 1981" on a special live edition of "Top Of The Pops" which saw a number of groups and artists from '81 reunite. Sadly Shaky wasn't there, but two very brief clips were shown as Steve Wright announced the top ten selling singles of the year, with Shaky at No.10 with "You Drive Me Crazy" and No.4 with "This Ole House". |
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| 26th May 2001 | ||
| As far as I'm aware Shaky is still without a recording contract. The official word is that he's still recording. | ||
| May 2001 | ||
| Shaky backing musician Ben Waters is currently working on a new
album on which he takes lead vocals. Fellow Shaky band members Tony Rivers and Anthony Thompson will be joining him in the
recording studio for backing vocals over the coming weeks. You can visit Ben's site at www.benwaters.com |
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| April 2001 | ||
| The Chrysalis prodution team are currently
working on a documentary about 80's music which looks
set to feature Shaky in the years 1981 and 1984.
Shaky's backing musician Tony Rivers will be interviewed
for the show. www.chrysalis.com |
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| 10th March 2001 | ||
| Shakin’ Stevens covers Marshall Crenshaw’s “Little Wild One”. Confirmation found in
the notes of his latest CD “The Best Of Marshall
Crenshaw: This Is Easy” or from the Marshall
Crenshaw site Click Here, then click on the year 2000. Listen to a
sample of Marshall’s version Here (Real
Audio). Lyrics Here.
Thanks to www.marshallcrenshaw.com. This makes the list of know new recordings yet to be released, “How Could You Be Like That”, “I Ain't Never”, “True “Love Travels On A Gravel Road” and Little “Little Wild One”. Download Realplayer from www.real.com. |
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| 13th January 2001 | ||
| Shaky photo
in “TV Choice” magazine
(issue 3 page 9). The article which publicises the
BBC2 series “I
Love The 1980s”
describes Shaky as “The eighties Elvis” (a real
compliment).
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| 8th January 2001 | ||
| Shaky
compilation CD
released 08/01/01 in German titled “Simply The Best”. The CD includes 15
of Shaky’s hits singles and a bonus track of
“Why Do You Treat Me This Way? For full track listing or to order the CD visit Amazon.de at www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000055ZV5/o/qid=9779359 84/sr=2-3/302-2771038-3747240. Also available from eil.com |
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| 2th December 2000 | ||
| Shaky’s backing singer Tony Rivers was today on BBC 2’s “I Love a 1970’s Christmas” in which he talked about those 70’s Top Of The Pops albums on which he appeared. The clips of Tony in the recording studio singing Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” were played by an actor. Tony’s version was described as almost indistinguishable from the original by the critics (well done Tony!). You can visit Tony's site at tonyrivers.com and read about his work on the TOTP albums. | ||
| 16th December 2000 | ||
| Shaky today performed at a private concert at an Edinburgh hotel in Scotland. “Merry Christmas Everyone” was one of the songs included in the set. | ||
| 11th October 2000 | ||
| Shaky received Gold Badge Award for his 30 years in the music busness on Wednesday 11th October 2000, at the Savoy, London. To see the photo visit www.britishacademy.com/goldbadge.htm | ||
| May 2000 | ||
| Record Collector are planning an interview with Shaky backing mucian Tony Rivers for a future article in there magazine. | ||
| 5th May 2000 | ||
| Shaky completed his 2000 UK Tour by playing to a sell-out crowd of around 600 fans in the small town of Billingham. As this was the last show of the tour, he invited special guest Rosie Flores back on stage to perform a duet of Elvis Presley’s 1957 hit “Party”. | ||
| April 2000 | ||
| Shaky has two new band members for the 2000 tour. Martyn Hope replaces Darrel Higham on lead guitar and Ben Waters replaces Gavin Povey on keyboard and squeeze box. | ||
| 07th April 2000 | ||
| All plans for a new release are still some way off yet as Shaky is still without a record deal. It’s believed that Shaky has recorded about five new tracks “True Love Travels On A Gravel Road”, “I Ain’t Never”, “How Could You Be Like That” and two more recorded more recently. | ||
| 31st December 1999 | ||
| Shaky saw the new year in by performed at an Open Air Millennium street party in Cardiff, called Calennig, an old Welsh new Year tradition like Hogmonay. He used the same set as the 1999 tour but sang a solo version of “Real Gone Lover” and closed with “Tear It Up”. Some short clips were shown on TV including a brief clip of “Marie, Marie” on BBC Wales. | ||
