Shakin Stevens

[Wash DC Blue]

I find myself again swimming in the warm waters of nostalgia of Christmases from my youth.

Even though I remember Shakin Stevens being ever present in the charts back then, I had no idea of how commercially popular he was.
Apparently the UK’s biggest singles seller of the 80’s with 33 top 40 hit singles in the 80’s.

Did anybody on here know him?
A lifelong Cardiff City fan according to Wikipedia.

[ToTaL ITK]

Re: Shakin Stevens

know him? are you having a laugh. We were always having a shakin with stevo.

[Tuerto]

Re: Shakin Stevens

I find myself again swimming in the warm waters of nostalgia of Christmases from my youth.

Even though I remember Shakin Stevens being ever present in the charts back then, I had no idea of how commercially popular he was.
Apparently the UK’s biggest singles seller of the 80’s with 33 top 40 hit singles in the 80’s.

Did anybody on here know him?
A lifelong Cardiff City fan according to Wikipedia.

He lived next door to my mother in Marcross rd, Ely. Rough as **** these days.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: Shakin Stevens

He lived next door to my mother in Marcross rd, Ely. Rough as **** these days.

What was he like, like?

[the other bob wilson]

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They are/were a huge family and we lived next door to his brother through the height of his fame. He used to visit his brother occasionally when he was a big star and I used to make sure anything but Shakey was played pretty loud in our house during those times (in my "cool" NME reader way, I thought of him as a sell out). His brother was a decent bloke, but, I never once met Shakey, so have no idea what he was like.

Noticed his Christmas record was on Doctor Who last night.

[Lord Worcester]

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A 2nd ish cousin to my sisters best friend ��

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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I believe his house wasn't in a particularly good condition, but had a green door.

[dandywarhol]

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I thought this would be etched on everybody's mine.
15 December 2015.
Shaky's masterful re-work of a Christmas Classic - and support of the Salvation Army at the CCS.

[MacAdder]

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I believe his house wasn't in a particularly good condition, but had a green door.

🥱
You drive me crazy :facepalm:

[Mr Soul '68]

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Shaky was a far, far better artist when he was with the Sunsets than as a solo artist. The Sunsets always put on a damn good live how. The same as the other South Wales Rock n' Roll revivalists, Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers.

[tforturton]

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For an awful moment, I thought this was going to be an RIP thread.....

[splott parker]

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For an awful moment, I thought this was going to be an RIP thread.....

I thought he was in the squad for today!

[Baloo]

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Shaky was a far, far better artist when he was with the Sunsets than as a solo artist. The Sunsets always put on a damn good live how. The same as the other South Wales Rock n' Roll revivalists, Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers.

I always thought he was from Penarth. But it seems The Sunsets were a Penarth based band that he joined.

[Tuerto]

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I thought he was in the squad for today!

You may well Jest, Shaky made quite a few appearances for Fulchester United, alongside the fabled Billy The Fish. Going by our historic recruitment process and scouting network and Shaky being a local lad, there's every chance of seeing him in the famous Blue shirt.

[Tuerto]

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What was he like, like?

According to my mother, he fancied himself a bit. Although that confidence served him well. My mother had nine brothers so he knocked around with them a fair bit.