"Come Back and Shake Me" is a song and

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written and produced by

Kenny Young Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark ...

, performed by Clodagh Rodgers and released in 1969. Of Rodgers' six hit singles in the UK, this was her first and biggest hit. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Charts in 1969 staying in the charts for 14 weeks. It was a bigger hit in Ireland, reaching No. 2 on the

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. It peaked at No. 13 on the Australian KMR David Kent - Australian Chart Book (1940-1969) pp149 Chart, entering the chart in June 1969, and spent 13 weeks in the Australian Top-100.

Origin

Rodgers' previous two singles for

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had not charted. In 1968, she was seen by songwriter

when she appeared with

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on the TV programme ''

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''. Young met Rodgers and her husband and manager, Johnny Morris, and agreed to write and produce for her; "Come Back and Shake Me" was their first collaboration.

Charts

References

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