Great Shakin Fever

Dorsey Burnette | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001AXQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,309 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Great Shakin' Fever

2. Don't Let Go

3. Dying Ember

4. Rainin' in My Heart

5. Sad Boy

6. He Gave Me My Hands

7. Good Good Lovin'

8. A Full House

9. Feminine Touch

10. (It's No) Sin

11. The Creator

12. The Biggest Lover in Town

13. Buckeye Road

14. That's Me Without You

15. No One But Him

16. Cry for Your Love

17. The Rains Came Down

18. A Country Boy in the Army

19. Somebody Nobody Wants

20. It Could've Been Different

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of rock & roll's unrated songwriters, June 8, 2003

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Max Brand (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Shakin Fever (Audio CD)

A lot of people today don't know who Dorsey Burnette is. He was in one of of the greatest authentic rockabilly bands during the 1950's with his Brother Johnny, The Rock n Roll trio. After they split Johnny & Dorsey decided to move to Los Angeles to become songwriters and as a result they ended up writing songs for Ricky Nelson who scored a couple of Johnny & Dorsey tunes that became hits like It's Late. In around 60 Dorsey went to ERA records and scored his only major hit, Tall Oak Tree which he was going to give to Ricky who turned down. He had another one called Hey Little One which is definately my favorite Dorsey Burnette song, Glen Campbell in 1968 had a hit with that song even though his rendition doesn't come close to Dorsey's original. In early 61 Great Shakin Fever was going to be another follow up hit for Dorsey that didn't dent the Charts but this was Drsey rockin out on this one which maybe with a different arrangement it could've perhaps charted in the top 100. Now as for the album This album consisted some sides he did with ERA which apparently were A & B sides the other was a whole album he did with Dot which surprisingly it really didn't do much but this was Dorsey at his best almost becoming a soul singer in it's own right between Jackie Wilson & Elvis but the world really didn't get what Dorsey was trying to do so after one Album Dot dropped him and Dorsey would record for several oher labels which had it's share of moments but it'll be in 1970's that Dorsey finally started to chart records most of them in the Country Charts. There are even some unreleased stuff he recorded that didn't appear on Dot album as well some demo's he did around 60-61. Dorsey certainly does deserve some acolaides as a great songwriter who certainly wrote good music during his time alive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DORSEY PERFECTION, April 1, 2001

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john szotowski (ottawa, ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Shakin Fever (Audio CD)

BEAR FAMILY HAS DONE IT AGAIN WITH THIS FABULOUS DORSEY BURNETTE CD. THE TRACKS ARE DELICIOUSLY RAW, WITH SOME VERY, VERY RARE SONGS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE SONGS HAVE BEEN TRANSFERED OVER TO CD SO WELL THAT I'M BEGINNING TO WONDER: WHO WAS BETTER - DORSEY OR HIS BROTHER JOHNNY. A DEFINITE MUST FOR ROCK-A-BILLY FANS.