Live 02 Sep 1995 version
[Spoken intro (Jerry Lee Lewis):] Thank you, thank you! Thank you ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna get wound up here, I guarantee you. Thank you, God bless you. I would love to do a song for you that we recorded back in 1957 for Sun Records called "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On".
Come on over baby
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Whoah, come on over baby
It really can't be that wrong
I ain't faking
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Yeah come on over baby
We got chicken in the barn
Woah, honey
Come over mama
Jerry Lee, he's got the bull by the horn
I ain't faking
Whole lot of shakin' goin' on
Well I said shake, baby, shake her
Shake it, baby, shake her
I said shake, baby shake her
Ooh, shake, baby, shake her
Come on over
Whole lot of shakin goin' on
Ah, let's go now!
How 'bout playing that on the guitar, Bruce? Whoah!
Hey!
Well, come on over, baby
We got chicken in the barn
Whose barn what barn my barn
Come on mama
Tell 'em got the bull by the horn
Y'all believe it, it ain't fakin'
Just a'hanging in all night long
Now easy baby, shake it my babe give a shake
Whooah!
You can shake it one time for me
A wella hella howsa come on over baby
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Easy baby, shake it!
Yeah
Honey
Shake it one time for Bruce and the boys, they like it too
Now what you say let's get together and get it one time
One time
Shake it baby shake it
Shake it baby shake it
Shake it baby shake it
Shake it baby shake it
Come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Play that again!
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Whoah!
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] Jerry Lee Lewis!
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON is a 1957 song by Jerry Lee Lewis. See the original Jerry Lee Lewis version for more details.
The above lyrics are for the live 02 Sep 1995 performance of WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, OH, during the Concert For the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The song was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis on piano and vocals, backed by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Bruce Springsteen on guitar, Roy Bittan on keyboards, Clarence Clemons on saxophones, Danny Federici on keyboards, Nils Lofgren on guitar, Patti Scialfa on percussion, Garry Tallent on bass, Steven Van Zandt on guitar, and Max Weinberg on drums. The concert was broadcast live by various TV stations in the United States.
The live 02 Sep 1995 version of WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON appears on one official release.
This release includes 3 tracks on which Bruce Springsteen appears:
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON was performed one time during World Tour 1992-1993 (104 dates, June 1992 to June 1993), on 20 May 1993 in Dublin, Ireland. It featured a guest appearance by Jerry Lee Lewis who performed the song backed by Bruce Springsteen on his 1992-1993 touring band.
During the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour, Springsteen occasionally included a snippet of WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' in the outro to DETROIT MEDLEY.
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON was performed off-tour on 17 Jul 1982 at Big Man's West in Red Bank, NJ, during a guest appearance with The Iron City Houserockers.
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON was performed off-tour on 02 Sep 1995 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, OH, during the concert for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The song was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis backed by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. This live 02 Sep 1995 version of WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON was officially released in 1996 on the various artists album The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON was performed during the fifth (2004) annual Light Of Day benefit. The song was perfumed with all of the night's performers and Bob Benjamin.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON on this website:
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON [Live 02 Sep 1995 version]
