Here is the same song recorded by two of the legends of soul. Sam Cooke's is the original 1964 track (unfortunately his last recording) and Otis Redding's is a cover he did a year later in 1965. The reason I posted both versions is because of previous discussions in this thread about drummers. The Cooke version has a good solid drum track, but lacks real feel; I haven't been able to determine who the drummer is, so, if anyone knows for sure, the info would be appreciated...
The Redding version has the singer backed by the Stax Record house band, Booker T. & The MGs, whose drummer, and founding member was the great
Al Jackson Jr., who had been drumming since early childhood; Jackson's father was a drummer in swing and jazz bands and Al Jr. carried quite a bit of Sr.'s swing feel into his own drumming. His work on Otis's Shake breathes a whole lot of life into the song...
...as an added bonus, a clip with dancing by some familiar faces...
...God, I could watch Barbara Eden dance all day...
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