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Shakin' Stevens discography
Stevens in 2007
Studio albums20
EPs8
Compilation albums21
Singles71
Video albums5
Music videos37
Re-issues10
Box sets3

The discography of Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens consists of twenty studio albums, 23 compilation albums, sixty-nine singles, three box sets, five video albums and thirty-seven music videos. Although the singer enjoyed his greatest period of success throughout the 1980s while recording for Epic Records, during the 1970s he was the lead vocalist for Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets and had records issued by a variety of labels including Parlophone, CBS and Polydor in the UK and Pink Elephant and Dynamite in Europe.

Shakin' Stevens had his first entry in the UK Singles Chart with "Hot Dog" in 1980 and has had a total of thirty-three UK Top 40 hits, including four number one singles, and during the 1980s spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than any other artist.[1] He also achieved number one singles in Ireland, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Norway, Switzerland and Poland as well as placing three albums in the Top 3 of the UK Albums Chart. Despite only a handful of new releases since the early 1990s, the advent of the digital download age has ensured an annual return to the UK Singles Chart for Stevens thanks to the enduring popularity of his seasonal hit "Merry Christmas Everyone".

A number of Shakin' Stevens releases were not issued in his native UK. Where this is the case, the original country of release (although not necessarily the sole country) is indicated in parentheses. However many of these have since seen UK issue, most notably in the 2020 "Fire In The Blood" box set.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3][4]
AUT
[5]
DEN
[6]
GER
[7]
NLD
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
A Legend [A]
I'm No J.D. [A]
  • Released: July 1971
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
Rockin' and Shakin' [A]
  • Released: March 1972
  • Label: Contour
  • Formats: LP
Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets [A]
  • Released: 1973 (Netherlands)
    1974 (UK)
  • Label: Pink Elephant (Netherlands)
    Emerald (UK)
  • Formats: LP
Manhattan Melodrama [A]
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Pink Elephant (Netherlands)
  • Formats: LP
Come on Memphis! [A]
  • Released: January 1977
  • Label: Dynamite (Netherlands)
  • Formats: 10" LP
Shakin' Stevens
Take One!
  • Released: 8 February 1980
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
62
Marie, Marie [B]
  • Released: 17 October 1980
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
This Ole House [B]
  • Released: 27 March 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
2 6 7 4 13 13
Shaky
  • Released: 4 September 1981
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
1 11 1 4 10 29 2 2
Give Me Your Heart Tonight
  • Released: 1 October 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
3 6 10 15 6 19
The Bop Won't Stop
  • Released: 26 November 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
21 73 24 38 6 12
Lipstick Powder and Paint
  • Released: 4 November 1985
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
37 59 27
Let's Boogie
  • Released: 19 October 1987
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
59
A Whole Lotta Shaky
  • Released: 7 November 1988
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
42 80
There Are Two Kinds of Music... Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 8 October 1990
  • Label: Telstar
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
65
Merry Christmas Everyone
  • Released: 25 November 1991
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
35
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11
Now Listen
  • Released: 29 May 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
8
Echoes of Our Times
  • Released: 16 September 2016
  • Label: HEC
  • Formats: CD, DL
22
Re-Set
  • Released: 28 April 2023
  • Label: HEC
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
24 68 61
"—" denotes a recording that did not (or not yet) chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUS
[3]
AUT
[5]
DEN
[6]
GER
[7]
IRL
[17]
SWE
[11]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 5 November 1984
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
8 83 53 56
The Epic Years
  • Released: 19 October 1992
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC, CD
57
The Hits Of Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: 12 February 1996
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Hits Of Shakin' Stevens Vol. II
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: CD, MC
The Collection
  • Released: 11 April 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD/DVD
4 61 2 54 12 1
Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles
  • Released: 15 October 2007
  • Label: Music Club
  • Formats: Double CD
Red Hot and Rockin'
Rock and Country Blues
  • Released: 16 September 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rocking Rhythm
  • Released: 7 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rockin' the Blues
  • Released: 7 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Country Blues
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Rockin' with Country
  • Released: 28 October 2011
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Singled Out
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 3×CD, 2×LP, digital download
10 68 88 86
Fire in the Blood
  • Released: 27 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 19×CD 'Bookpack', digital
72 54
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Non-UK compilation albums

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List of non-UK compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
CAN
[19]
DEN
[6]
GER
[7]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
Get Shakin'
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Epic (USA/Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
You Drive Me Crazy
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Epic (Japan)
  • Formats: LP
You Drive Me Crazy [C]
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Epic (USA/Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
82
Jetzt Kommt Shaky
  • Released: March 1983
  • Label: Epic (Germany)
  • Formats: LP, MC
13
A Rockin' Good Way
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: CBS Direct (Canada)
  • Formats: LP, MC
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: J&B (Australia)
  • Formats: LP, MC
86
A Whole Lotta Hits
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Epic (Denmark)
  • Formats: CD
1
The Singles Collection
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Arcade (Germany)
  • Formats: CD
The Very Best Of Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Epic (Norway)
  • Formats: CD
12
Collectable
  • Released: 26 July 2004
  • Label: Sony BMG (Denmark)
  • Formats: CD/DVD
1 22
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Re-issues

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List of re-issues, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2]
AUT
[5]
GER
[4]
Come on Memphis! [A] [D]
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Dynamite (Netherlands)
  • Formats: LP
A Legend [A]
  • Released: September 1979
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets [A] [E]
  • Released: 30 June 1981
  • Label: Hallmark
  • Formats: LP, MC
34
Manhattan Melodrama [A]
  • Released: July 1981
  • Label: Mint
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets [A]
  • Released: August 1981
  • Label: Mint
  • Formats: LP, MC
Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets [A] [F]
  • Released: September 1981
  • Label: Contour/Pickwick
  • Formats: LP, MC
Rock On with a Legend [A]
  • Released: October 1981
  • Label: MFP
  • Formats: LP, MC
At the Rockhouse [A] [G]
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: LP
Hot Dog [H]
  • Released: 9 April 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: LP, MC
9 11
Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: October 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

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List of box sets
Title Details
All the Hits
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Pickwick
  • Formats: 3 CD Box set
Hits and More
  • Released: 8 September 2003
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 3-CD Box set
The Epic Masters
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 10-CD Box set, digital download
Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 13 November 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 19-CD box set

EPs

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List of extended plays
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[2][21]
IRE
[22]
Frantic [A]
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Skydog (Netherlands)
  • Formats: 7"
Sexy Ways [A]
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Dynamo (Netherlands)
  • Formats: 7"
Memphis Earthquake [A]
  • Released: October 1980
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: 7"
Shakin' Stevens
  • Released: January 1981
  • Label: Epic Nu Disk (US and Canada)
  • Formats: 10"
The Shakin' Stevens EP
  • Released: 3 December 1982
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 7"
2 2
Greatest Original Hits – 4 Track E.P.
  • Released: 18 February 1983
  • Label: Epic
  • Formats: 7", MC
143
Justine [A]
  • Released: February 1983
  • Label: Magnum Force
  • Formats: 7"
Four Play: Volume Twenty
  • Released: 21 March 1988
  • Label: Epic (Australia)
  • Formats: CD, 12"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[2][21]
AUS
[4]
AUT
[5]
BEL
[23]
DEN
[24]
GER
[7]
IRE
[22]
NL
[8]
SWI
[12]
US
[25]
"Spirit of Woodstock" [A] 1970 A Legend
"Sweet Little Rock and Roller" [A] 1972 Non-album single
"Sea Cruise" [A] (Netherlands) I'm No J.D.
"Honey Don't" [A] (Sweden) 1973
"Honey Honey" [A] Shakin' Stevens & Sunsets
"Spirit of Woodstock" [A] [I] (Netherlands)
"It Came Out of the Sky" [A] (Germany) 1974
"Lonesome Town" (Netherlands) Non-album single
"Jungle Rock" [A] 1976
"You Mostest Girl" [A] (Netherlands) Come on Memphis!
"Never" 1977 Non-album single
"Somebody Touched Me" 38
"Justine" 1978 Shakin' Stevens
"Treat Her Right" Non-album single
"Endless Sleep" 1979
"Fire" (Netherlands)
"Spooky"
"Hot Dog" 1980 24 Take One!
"Hey Mae" 83 This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
"Marie, Marie" 19 19 28
"Shooting Gallery" 76
"This Ole House" 1981 1 1 8 3 6 5 1 6 4
"You Drive Me Crazy" 2 1 6 4 1 6 1 5 4 Shaky
"Green Door" 1 8 8 7 1 6 1 8 5
"No Other Baby" [A] Non-album single
"Shaky Sings Elvis" [K] 89
"It's Raining" 10 75 11 9 4 13 2 8 Shaky
"Mona Lisa" (Japan)
"Oh Julie" 1982 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 6 1 Give Me Your Heart Tonight
"Shirley" 6 4 10 2 7 4 11 4
"Give Me Your Heart Tonight" 11 74 10 6 2 6 5 14 6
"I'll Be Satisfied" 10 19 8 27 5 25
"Vanessa" (South Africa)
"Tiger" [A] 1983 160 Non-album single
"Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night" (Europe) 9 40
"It's Late" 11 36 4 18 3 The Bop Won't Stop
"Cry Just a Little Bit" 3 31 15 3 27 2 19 19 67
"A Rockin' Good Way"
(with Bonnie Tyler)
5 21 9 5 2 22 1 8 10
"A Love Worth Waiting For" 1984 2 44 13 24 26 2 24
"Diddle I" (Mexico)
"A Letter to You" 10 37 8 44 30 21 Greatest Hits
"Teardrops" 5 71 14 25 8 25 5 49
"Breaking Up My Heart" 1985 14 23 32 15 31 7
"Lipstick, Powder and Paint" 11 24 21 8 52 11 48 22 Lipstick, Powder and Paint
"Merry Christmas Everyone" 1 27
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3 10 6 3 3 8 9
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[14]
  • IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum[28]
Non-album single
"Turning Away" 1986 15 20 11 Lipstick, Powder and Paint
"Because I Love You" 14 29 13 Let's Boogie
"A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)" 1987 12 9
"Come See About Me" 24 15
"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" 5 25 8
"Feel the Need in Me" 1988 26 17 Non-album single
"How Many Tears Can You Hide" 47 A Whole Lotta Shaky
"True Love" 23
"Jezebel" 1989 58 38
"Love Attack" 28 27 There Are Two Kinds of Music... Rock 'n' Roll
"I Might" 1990 18 26 7 14 15
"Yes I Do" 60 27
"Pink Champagne" 59
"My Cutie Cutie" 75
"The Best Christmas of Them All" 19 22 Merry Christmas Everyone
"I'll Be Home This Christmas" 1991 34
"Radio" [L] 1992 37 The Epic Years
"I Can Help" (Germany) 1994 The Singles Collection
"Rock 'n' Roll Hitmix '99" (Germany) 1999 Non-album single
"Trouble"/"This Ole House" 2005 20 Now Listen/
The Collection
"Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone" 2015 Non-album single
"Last Man Alive" (Radio Version) 2016 Echoes Of Our Times
"Down into Muddy Water" (Radio Mix)
"Down in the Hole" (Radio Mix) 2017
"I Need You Now" 2020 Fire in the Blood:
The Definitive Collection Bookpack
"Wild at Heart"
"It All Comes Round" 2023 Re-Set
"All You Need Is Greed"

Videos

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Video albums

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List of video albums
Title Details
Shakin' Stevens Video Show
Shakin' Stevens Video Show Vol. 2
  • Released: November 1987
  • Label: CBS/Fox Video
  • Formats: VHS
There Are Two Kinds Of Music...Rock 'N' Roll
  • Released: October 1990
  • Label: Telstar Video
  • Formats: VHS
The Epic Videos
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: SRV Enterprises
  • Formats: VHS
The DVD Collection
  • Released: 13 May 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

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List of music videos, showing year filmed and first commercial release
Title Year Commercial release
"Somebody Touched Me" 1977 No commercial release
"This Ole House" 1981 Shakin' Stevens Video Show
"You Drive Me Crazy"
"Green Door"
"It's Raining"
"Oh Julie" 1982
"Shirley"
"Give Me Your Heart Tonight"
"I'll Be Satisfied"
"It's Late" [M] 1983
"Cry Just a Little Bit"
"A Rockin' Good Way" 1984
"Marie, Marie"
"A Love Worth Waiting For" Shakin' Stevens Video Show Vol. 2
"A Letter to You"
"Teardrops"
"Breaking Up My Heart" 1985
"Lipstick, Powder And Paint"
"Merry Christmas Everyone"
"Turning Away" 1986
"Because I Love You"
"A Little Boogie Woogie (In the Back of My Mind)" 1987
"Come See About Me"
"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For" There Are Two Kinds Of Music...
Rock 'N' Roll
"Feel the Need in Me" 1988 The DVD Collection
"How Many Tears Can You Hide"
"True Love" No commercial release
"Jezebel" 1989
"Love Attack" There Are Two Kinds Of Music...
Rock 'N' Roll
"I Might" 1990
"Yes I Do"
"Pink Champagne"
"My Cutie Cutie"
"The Best Christmas of Them All" The DVD Collection
"I'll Be Home This Christmas" 1991
"Radio" 1992 The Epic Videos
"Now Listen" 2007 No commercial release
"Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone" 2015 The Salvation Army Charity release
"Last Man Alive" 2016 No commercial release
"Down in the Hole" 2017 No commercial release
"Wild at Heart" 2020 No commercial release

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Chart Blog UK".
  2. ^ a b c d e "SHAKIN STEVENS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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  5. ^ a b c d "austriancharts.at". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  6. ^ a b c "danishcharts.dk". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  7. ^ a b c d "Discographie Shakin' Stevens". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl". Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  9. ^ a b "charts.nz". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  10. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  11. ^ a b "hitparad.se". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  12. ^ a b "hitparade.ch". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  13. ^ a b c d e "IT'S SHAKIN' TIME DOWN UNDER" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 May 1982. p. 26. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "British certifications – Shakin' Stevens". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 May 2023. Type Shakin' Stevens in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Shakin Stevens)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 48, 2022". Hitlisten. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Discography Shakin' Stevens". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Danish album certifications – Shakin' Stevens – The Collection". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  19. ^ "RPM Archive". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  20. ^ "Guld og platin i august" (in Danish). IFPI Danmark. Archived from the original on January 17, 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  21. ^ a b "UK Singles Charts: 1983 (including chart panel sales)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  22. ^ a b "irishcharts.ie". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  23. ^ "ultratop.be". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  24. ^ Chart positions are from BT and "danishcharts.com - Danish charts portal". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  25. ^ "Billboard". Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  26. ^ "Majors Flight Economics with Quirky Rock Originals". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 23. 6 December 1982. p. A/NZ-8. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  27. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  28. ^ "Danish single certifications – Shakin Stevens – Merry Christmas Everyone". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  29. ^ Davies, Alan (23 April 2020). "Movie The Breakfast Club's links to Knebworth House". The Comet. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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