''Take One!'' is a 1980 album by British rock and roll singer
Shakin' Stevens
Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s.
His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, althoug ...
. It was his first release on
Epic Records and his first album to enter the UK charts. The album also featured Stevens' first UK charting single "
Hot Dog
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".
Background
Often erroneously dated as being released in October 1979, ''Take One!'' was not released until February 1980, after the "Hot Dog" single had become Stevens' first UK hit single. Produced by
Mike Hurst, the album contained a host of experienced session men, including lead guitarist
Albert Lee
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, pianist
Geraint Watkins
Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...
, steel guitarist
B.J. Cole
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and bassist and arranger
Stuart Colman. The album charted at No.62 in March 1980 and remained on the UK albums chart for two weeks.
In April 1982 the album was re-released under the new title of ''Hot Dog'' with "That's All Right" and "Ah, Poor Little Baby" being replaced by "You and I Were Meant to Be" and "Make it Right Tonight" respectively.
Discogs - ''Hot Dog''
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In 2009, Sony Music released a box set of Stevens' original albums called '' The Epic Masters''. This was the first time the album was released on compact disc and contained bonus tracks of his first three non-album singles recorded for Epic in 1978 and 1979.
Track listing
Side one
#"Lovestruck" (Ernie Barton) 3:06
#"Hot Dog
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" (Buck Owens
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, Denny Dedmon) 2:48
#"Is a Bluebird Blue?" (Dan Penn
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) 3:11
#"That's All Right" (Gerald Nelson, Fred Burch) 2:10
#"Without a Love" (Jimmy Isle, Ronnie Isle) 3:21
#"Shame Shame Shame" (Kenyon Hopkins, Ruby Fisher) 2:09*
* Shame Shame Shame was miscredited as Jimmy McCracklin / Bob Geddins which was another song with the same name.
Side two
#" Shotgun Boogie" (Tennessee Ernie Ford
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) 2:57
#"I Got Burned" (Ral Donner
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) 2:17
#"I Guess I Was a Fool" ( Buddy Holly) 2:17
#"Ah, Poor Little Baby" (Rex Koury, Ruth Falk) 2:20
#"Little Pigeon" (Ray Whit) 2:43
#"Do What You Did" ( Thurston Harris) 2:05
CD bonus tracks (2009)
#"Apron Strings" (George David Weiss, Aaron Schroeder) ''(B-side of "Hot Dog")''
#"Treat Her Right
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" (Roy Head
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Career
Roy Kent Head was born in Three Rivers, Texas and achieved fame as a member of musical group The Traits from ...
, Jean Kurtz) ''(Single)''
#" I Don't Want No Other Baby" (Dickie Bishop, Bob Watson) ''(B-side of "Treat Her Right" and "Spooky")''
#"Endless Sleep
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Background
Reynolds wrote the song in 1956, after listening to Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel", and first performed it ...
" (Jody Reynolds
Ralph Joseph "Jody" Reynolds (December 3, 1932 – November 7, 2008) was an American rock and roll singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose song "Endless Sleep" was a major U.S. top-ten hit in the summer of 1958. His follow-up single, "Fire of Lo ...
, Dolores Nance) ''(Single)''
#"Fire
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" ( Bruce Springsteen) ''(B-side of "Endless Sleep")''
#"Spooky
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* Spooky (house music duo)
* Spookey (UK band), a 1970s soul band based in Manchester
*DJ Spooky, musician and producer
* ...
" (Buddy Buie
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Career
Buie was born in Marian ...
, James Cobb, Harry Middlebrooks, Mike Shapiro) ''(Single)''
Personnel
* Shakin' Stevens
Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s.
His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, althoug ...
- vocals
* Stuart Colman - bass
* Howard Tibble - drums
* Albert Lee
Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. He has also mai ...
- lead guitar
* B.J. Cole
Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock t ...
- pedal steel guitar
* Roger McKew - rhythm guitar
* Geraint Watkins
Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...
- piano
* Sid Phillips - baritone saxophone
* Tony Hall - tenor saxophone
* Mike Hurst - producer
* Stuart Colman - musical coordinator
Charts
Weekly charts
Re-release as ''Hot Dog''
Year-end charts
References
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1980 albums
Epic Records albums
Shakin' Stevens albums