Little Richard
Shake It All About
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AMG Review of Shake It All About
William Ruhlmann
All Music GuideIn 1991, Little Richard's rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" was the highlight of Disney's For Our Children compilation, leading to this full-length collection, which is his first newly-recorded album in six years and his first children's album ever. Taking on 12 children's songs (including his own "Keep a Knockin'," appropriately peppered with knock-knock jokes), Little Richard re-arranges them to sound like the kind of '50s rock & roll for which he's famous. So, for example, "Old MacDonald" bears a certain resemblance to "Boney Maronie." It's all good fun, though, since it's also all uptempo, but you may not want to play it all the way through for small children; they're apt to get overexcited.
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