"Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" is a song written by

Ernie Maresca Ernest Peter Maresca (August 21, 1938 – July 8, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter and record company executive, best known for writing or co-writing some of Dion's biggest hits, including " Runaround Sue" and " The Wanderer". Biog ...

and Thomas F. Bogdany, and originally recorded by Maresca in 1962. The single was released on Edward Kassner's fledgling Seville Records

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. It also appeared on Maresca's similarly titled album which was issued the same year.

History

In 1961, Maresca was offered a recording contract with Seville, a small New York based label. His protestations that he was not much of a singer were brushed aside, and he co-wrote "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" while sitting in a

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bar with his friend Tom Bogdany. Maresca's recording reached number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in early 1962. Backing vocals on the record were by

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, who also sang on many of Dion's records, several of which were written or co-written by Maresca. The song's lyrics made reference to one of Maresca's earlier compositions, "

Runaround Sue "Runaround Sue" is a rock and roll song (in a modified doo-wop style), originally a US No. 1 Hot 100 hit (No. 4 on the Hot R&B chart) for the singer Dion during 1961, after he split with the Belmonts. It was written by Dion with Ernie Mares ...

", which was recorded in 1961 by Dion, in the lines, ''"Hey, play another song like 'Runaround Sue', let's do a dance that we all can do"''. Ernie Maresca died on July 8, 2015, at his home in South Florida, after a brief illness at the age of 76.

Cover versions

The song has been covered by several other popular singers and bands, including

Rocky Sharpe and the Replays Rocky Sharpe and the Replays is an English doo-wop/rock and roll revival group who first found fame in the late 1970s. The usual line-up of the group was Rocky Sharpe (born Robert Podsiadły, 26 November 1952 – 5 December 2019), Helen Highwat ...

. Recordings have also been made in French, by

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and Les Forbans, and in

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, by Wim Leys. The Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album, '' Fiveslivejive'' (1977). The Buffalo Bills used a version of the song for a brief period in 1993 as its team

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, during a dispute with the

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over the rights to "Shout" by the Isley Brothers, which the team had used for that purpose since 1987. Poor response to the change led the Bills to resolve the dispute and return to their custom version of the Isley Brothers song.

Chart positions

Ernie Maresca

Rocky Sharpe and the Replays

References

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External links

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1962 songs 1962 singles 1982 singles Songs written by Ernie Maresca