Hippy Hippy Shake

Infobox Single
Name = Hippy Hippy Shake|

Artist = Chan Romero
from Album =
B-side =
Released = 1959
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label =
Writer = Chan Romero
Producer =
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single =
This single = "Hippy Hippy Shake"
(1963)
Next single =

Infobox Single
Name = Hippy Hippy Shake


Artist = The Swinging Blue Jeans
from Album =
B-side = "Now I Must Go"
Released = December 1963
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1963
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = HMV Pop 1242 (UK)
... (U.S.)
Writer = Chan Romero
Producer =
Chart position =

• #2 (UK)

Reviews =
Last single = "Do You Know"
(1963)
This single = "Hippy Hippy Shake"
(1963)
Next single = "Good Golly Miss Molly"
(1964) |

"Hippy Hippy Shake" is a song written and recorded by Chan Romero in 1959. [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/r/rome5000.htm] [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/pics/d05/5907.htm] [http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/ss/11/ss11873.mp3] That same year, the song reached number three in Australia and charted in the United States but below the Top 40.

A cover version by Italian rocker Little Tony appeared in the same year and found moderate success in the United Kingdom and Italy.

A version by UK-based band The Swinging Blue Jeans was released in December 1963. This single reached the British top 5 and just missed the Top 20 (#21) on the United States charts in early 1964.

A well known version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" can be found on the Beatles album "Live at the BBC". This version was recorded in July 1963 almost certainly pre-dating the Swinging Blue Jeans recording.

The song was also covered by the band The Georgia Satellites in 1988 and featured in the movie "Cocktail".