Shakin` Stevens Discography

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Shakin` Stevens, also known as "Shaky" (born Michael Barrett, 4 March 1948, in Ely, Cardiff, Wales) is a platinum selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter, who has the distinction of being the top selling male UK singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw commercial success in his native land. In the UK alone, Stevens has charted no fewer than 33 top 40 hit singles in the sales charts, making him one of the most charted (and biggest selling) acts of all-time.

In May 2007, Stevens released a brand new album entitled Now Listen with the album being released first in Denmark. In December 2007, Stevens re-entered the UK charts with a re-issue of "Merry Christmas Everyone" twenty two years after its original launch, reaching a UK chart position of 22.

Chris Evans featured a special Shaky Week on his Radio 2 show during early March 2008 to celebrate Stevens`s 60th birthday and later this year, despite his venerable age, Shaky embarked on a string of major concerts in the UK and Europe that started at Lulworth Castle on 4 July. On 24 August 2008 Shakin` Stevens performed at a major concert in Poland featuring many European pop stars of the 1980`s, including Kim Wilde, Modern Talking, Samantha Fox, Sandra Cretu, Sabrina Salerno and Limahl. The concert formed a part of the Sopot International Song Festival 2008 and was presented live on the Polish television channel TVN. To wind up 2008 Stevens followed his European tour with a short tour of Ireland and an appearance at London`s O2 Arena, supported by a ten-piece band. His appearances in 2009 will open with a tour of Poland to coincide with the Polish release of the `Now Listen` album.

Stevens`s original band The Sunsets have continued to perform regularly over the years without him and still tour annually in the UK, Europe and Australia with a show of authentic vintage rock and roll. In recent years the band has been fronted by Shaky`s younger nephew, Levi Barratt

In April 2008, it was announced that Shakin` Stevens would be performing at 2008`s Glastonbury Festival as the opening act on the Pyramid stage on Saturday 28 June, which he did, opening the day at 11am to a capacity crowd - several hours before the BBC started to film the day`s performers for broadcast. [

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