TALENT OF TONY JOE WHITE - How Could It Be Like That* - SHAKIN’ STEVENS* (V-2)

HOW COULD IT BE LIKE THAT (shakin’ stevens) guitar: TONY JOE WHITE vocals: SHAKIN’ STEVENS Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known as Shakin’ Stevens, is a platinum-selling Welsh rock and roll singer and songwriter who was the UK’s biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, although it was not until 1980 that he saw commercial success in his native land. 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 last Top 40 single was “Trouble“ in 2005, and his Christmas song has re-entered the UK Top 40 chart each December since 2007. Life and career Early days Michael Barratt, who would later adopt the stage name “Shakin’ Stevens“, was the youngest of 11 children born in Ely, Cardiff to Jack and May Barratt. His father was a First World War veteran who by 1948