"Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" - Jerry Lee Lewis - Rolling Stone's #61 ever recorded on the list of The 500 Greatest of All-Time

The Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time ranks "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" by the Jerry Lee Lewis as the 61st greatest song ever recorded.

The speed summary of Jerry's song, which was actually a 4th release of the same song--only on this recording, Jerry's frenetic piano playing and risque lyrics were included:
rhythm=4/4 time, quarter note getting each beat
mean beats counted=460
mean time per song=2 minutes, 30.6 seconds
meanspeed=183.2 beats per minute
meanspace=0.327 seconds per beat
meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=mixed fast.






Ian Schneider
June 30, 2007
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