![]() ![]() ![]() He grew up in Ely, Cardiff, and as a teenager, in the mid-1960s he formed his first amateur rock and roll band with school friends and became its vocalist and frontman. May Barratt died in 1984 at the age of 83. Jack Barratt died in 1972 at the age of 75. The oldest of his siblings was born in the mid-1920s, and by the time of his birth some of Michael Barratt's oldest siblings had already married and started families of their own. ![]() ![]() His father was a First World War veteran who by 1948 was working in the building trade, having previously worked as a coal miner. Michael Barratt, who would later adopt the stage name "Shakin' Stevens", was the youngest of 11 children born to Jack and May Barratt. Aside from "Merry Christmas Everyone" remaining popular during the Christmas season, his last Top 40 single was "Trouble" in 2005. In the UK alone, Stevens has charted 33 Top 40 hit singles including four chart-topping hits " This Ole House", " Green Door", " Oh Julie", and " Merry Christmas Everyone". His most successful songs were nostalgia hits, evoking the sound of 1950s rock and roll and pop. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that his commercial success began. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |