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.
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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
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mean time per song=2 minutes, 30.6 seconds
meanspeed=183.2 beats per minute
meanspace=0.327 seconds per beat
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meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=mixed fast.
Ian Schneider
June 30, 2007
meanspeed.com
