Shakin' Stevens

One of the linchpins of the British rock & roll revival of the 1970s and '80s, Shakin' Stevens ranks among the most persistent performers ever to emerge, ultimately, as a superstar. Stevens has no less than 30 U.K. Top 40 hits to his name, almost all of them racked up during a five-year span of chart invincibility. Yet his recording career pre-dated his first hit by over a decade, struggling through a period that might have forced any less-committed artist to simply abandon all hope. "Shaky" was born Michael Barratt on March 4, 1948 in Ely, Wales. The youngest of 11 children ...