<Table> <Tr> <Td> "TV Mama" (1954) </Td> <Td> "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1954) </Td> <Td> "Well All Right" (1954) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "TV Mama" (1954) </Td> <Td> "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1954) </Td> <Td> "Well All Right" (1954) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a twelve bar blues - form song, written in 1954 by Jesse Stone under his assumed songwriting name, Charles E. Calhoun . It was originally recorded by Big Joe Turner and most successfully by Bill Haley & His Comets . The song as sung by Big Joe Turner is ranked #127 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P> <P> In early 1954, Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records suggested to Jesse Stone that he write an up - tempo blues for Big Joe Turner, a blues shouter whose career had begun in Kansas City before World War II . Stone played around with various phrases before coming up with "shake, rattle and roll". (Stone used his real name for ASCAP songs, while using the name "Charles Calhoun" for BMI - registered songs, such as "Shake, Rattle and Roll," through Atlantic's house publishers, Progressive Music, Inc. - BMI) </P>

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