Editing Twist and Shout (section)

==Original version==
[[The Top Notes]], an American [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] vocal group, recorded "Twist and Shout" at the [[Atlantic Studios]] on February 23, 1961. The session was arranged by [[Teddy Randazzo]] and produced by [[Phil Spector]].{{efn|In 1961, Spector was staff producer at [[Atlantic Records]], before he developed his trademark "[[Wall of Sound]]".}} The Top Notes' Howard "Howie" Guyton provided the lead vocals,<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQJ1AQAAQBAJ&q=%22the+pearls%22+guyton+notes&pg=PA228 |via=Google Books| title=Who Did It First?: Great Rhythm and Blues Cover Songs and Their Original Artists| last=Leszczak| first=Bob| page=228| year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press | isbn=978-0810888678}}</ref> with accompaniment by saxophonist [[King Curtis]], guitarist [[Bucky Pizzarelli|John Pizzarelli]], drummer [[Panama Francis]], and backing vocalists [[the Cookies]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues| last=Selvin| first=Joel| page=369| year=2014| publisher=Catapult| isbn=978-1619023789}}</ref>

In a song review for [[AllMusic]], [[Richie Unterberger]] described the Top Notes recording as "a [[Latin music|Latin]]-tinged raveup with a drab generic R&B melody" that he felt was "not very good".<ref name="AM">
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/song/twist-and-shout-mt0002802210
| last = Unterberger
| first = Richie
| author-link = Richie Unterberger
| title = The Isley Brothers: 'Twist and Shout'{{snd}}Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = October 23, 2020
}}</ref> [[Bert Berns]], the song's co-writer, was dissatisfied with the recording and Spector's production.<ref name="Edwards">
{{cite web 
| url = http://www.bsnpubs.com/atlantic/atlanticstory.html 
| first1 = David 
| last1 = Edwards
| first2 = Mike 
| last2 = Callahan
| title = The Atlantic Records Story
| website = Bsnpubs.com
| access-date = March 31, 2014
}}</ref> It failed to chart.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Padgett |first=Ray |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/978537907 |title=Cover me : the stories behind the greatest cover songs of all time |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-4549-2250-6 |location=New York City|publisher=[[Sterling Publishing]]|pages=26–35 |oclc=978537907}}</ref>