''Let's Boogie'' is an album by Welsh

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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 ...

, released in October 1987 by Epic Records. It peaked at number 59 on the

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Release and content

The album is split into a studio side and a live side. Of the five studio tracks, four were released as singles, all becoming Top-40 hits in the UK, with "

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" charting the highest at number 5, which was his last Top-10 single until the re-entry of "

Merry Christmas Everyone "Merry Christmas Everyone" is a festive song recorded by Welsh singer-songwriter Shakin' Stevens. Written by Bob Heatlie and produced by Dave Edmunds, it is the fourth and to date last number one single for Shakin' Stevens on the UK Singles Cha ...

" in 2018. The second side, titled 'The Hits Keep Coming...' is a medley of Stevens' previous hits, recorded live at the

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on 7 December 1986. On the original release of the album, the individual songs are chaptered. However on the 2009 re-release of the album as part of ''

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'' box set, the medley is listed in its 'correct' format as one 23-minute track. Also different on the 2009 release of the album is that "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For" is the single mix of the song; the album version "was a re-recording with a change in producer and musicians". Upon release in October, the album charted for one week at number 66. However, with the success of "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes At Me For", the album re-entered the charts in December for six weeks, peaking at number 59.

Track listing

2009 bonus tracks:

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals *Ian Aitken –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the feature ...

(2, 6–21) *Roger McKew – lead and

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(6–21) *Dick Bland – bass guitar (6–21) *Gavin Povey – piano, synthesisers (6–21) *Chris Wyles – drums (3, 6–21) *The Rumour Brass: **Ray Beavis –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

(6–21) ** John "Irish" Earle – baritone and tenor saxophones (6–21) **Chris Gower –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

(6–21) **Dick Hanson –

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(6–21) *

Peter Van Hooke Peter Van Hooke (born 6 April 1950) is an English rock drummer and producer with over 350 credits to his name. He was the drummer for the English band Mike + The Mechanics (from 1984 to 1995) and also drummed for Van Morrison's band, Headstone ...

– drums (1) *

Paul "Wix" Wickens Paul Wickens (born 27 March 1956) is an English musician, composer, and record producer, professionally known as Wix. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Wickens has worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon ...

– synthesisers (4) *

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– percussion (2) * Tony Rivers – backing vocals (3, 6–21) *Anthony Thompson – backing vocals (3, 6–21) *Mick Clarke – backing vocals (3, 6–21) *Marilyn David – backing vocals (1) * Sonia Jones – backing vocals (1) *Shirley Lewis – backing vocals (1) * London Gospel Choir members – backing vocals (5) Technical *

Stuart Colman Ian Stuart Colman (19 December 1944 – 19 April 2018) was an English musician, record producer and broadcaster. Allmusic noted that he "has an impressive catalogue as a record producer and much of Shakin' Stevens success can be attributed to ...

– producer (1, 5) * Carey Taylor – producer (2) * Shakin' Stevens – producer (2), executive producer (all tracks) *

Mike Leander Michael George Farr (30 June 1941 – 18 April 1996), known professionally as Mike Leander, was a British arranger, songwriter and record producer. He worked variously with The Beatles, David McWilliams ("Days of Pearly Spencer"), Gary Gl ...

– producer (3) * John Springate – producer (3) *

Christopher Neil Christopher Neil (born 1948) is an Irish-born British record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor. He has produced records for A-ha, Amazulu, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Cher, Dollar, Edyta Górniak, Gerry Rafferty, Jennifer Rush, José Car ...

– producer (4) * Track 1 recorded at Master Rock Studios, London * Track 2 recorded at Maison Rouge, London * Tracks 3 and 4 recorded at

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, London * Track 5 recorded at Sarn Studios, London * Tracks 6–21 recorded live by Manor Mobile

References

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