"Shakin' All Over" by Johnny Kidd & Pirates Original Painting

‘Shakin' All Over’ was written by frontman Johnny Kidd and reached #1 in the United Kingdom in August 1960. Kidd was quoted as saying "When I was going round with a bunch of lads and we happened to see a girl who was a real sizzler we used to say that she gave us 'quivers down the membranes'. It was a standard saying with us referring to any attractive girl… I can honestly say that it was this more than anything that inspired me to write 'Shakin' All Over'." The BBC’s Bob Harris said of the song: “One of possibly only two genuine Rock’n’Roll singles, the other being ‘Move It’ by Cliff Richard”.