07 The Shake Spears - Shake It Over

Shake It Over

Artist: The Shake Spears

Album: Summertime, 2016

Gene Latter & The Shake Spears - Summertime (1966)

Summertime
I'll Go Crazy
Give It To Me
Stop Playing That Song
Summertime Blues
Lucifer
The Shake Spears
Do That Again
Don't Play Funny Games!
What Happened
Shake It Over
Main Theme From The Saint


Gene Latter was an ex-boxer born in Cardiff, Wales, to Arabic parents. His real name was Arthur Ford, and he came from South William Street, Butetown. He had been a member of a local band called "The Alley Cats" before leaving to seek out his fortune in London. There he met the group "The Shake Spears", who were quite popular in Belgium at the time, and became their vocalist. He stayed with the band from early 1965 to Feb. 1966, and in 1968 recorded a 45 with an outfit called "Gene Latter & the Detours". He then started a solo career and released a number of 45s until the early 1980s.

The Shake Spears originated in Northern Rhodesia (which became Zambia in 1964). Original line up: Chris Kritzinger, Johnny Kreuger, Perry Jordaan and Calvin Coleman. Later members were Alan Escombe-Wolhuter, Gene Latter, Ron Patton, Brian, Chris Stone, and others. After the Shake Spears disbanded, Escombe and Stone formed the prog rock group Fynn McCool.

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