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Encyclopedia > Rattle

A rattle may be:

  • bird-scaring rattle, a Slovene device used to drive birds off vineyards and a folk instrument
  • football rattle, a noisy ratchet device for showing approval, used by sports fans.
  • rattle, a folk instrument of shaken percussion.
  • rattle, any similar noise, for example in a machine.
  • rattle, a young child's noise-making toy.
  • Death rattle, a series of movements and sounds made by a person or animal when it passes from life to death.


See also: rattlesnake, yellow rattle, Simon Rattle, Rattle and Hum. A bird-scaring rattle, or klopotec in Slovenian language, is a wooden device similar to a windmill, with hammers that strike and produce rhythmic sounds. ... A vineyard A vineyard is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table grapes. ... A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesnt have a known inventor. ... A ratchet can be: the Cwn Annwn in Brythonic mythology, the hounds of Annwn a mechanical device for controlling rotational motion a musical instrument; see ratchet (instrument) a Transformers (toyline); see Ratchet (Transformer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... A rattle is a percussion musical instrument. ... A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesnt have a known inventor. ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ... A death rattle is a series of sounds and movements that is common when a person or animal is making the transition from life to death. ... Species about 30 Rattlesnakes is a group of venomous New World snakes, genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, which have a small noise-making jointed rattle on their tails. ... Binomial name Rhinanthus minor Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor) is a flowering plant of the genus Rhinanthus in the family Scrophulariaceae. ... Simon Denis Rattle (born January 19, 1955) is an English conductor. ... Rattle and Hum refers to both a motion picture about the band U2 and its companion album, documenting the bands 1987 tour of the United States and its exploration into American music. ...


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Shake, Rattle and Roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (606 words)
In 1966, at a time when Turner's career was at a low ebb, Haley arranged for his Comets to back the elder musician for a series of recordings in Mexico, although apparently Haley and Turner did not record a duet version of "Shake Rattle and Roll".
Calhoun later co-wrote "Flip, Flop and Fly" which was musically very similar to "Shake, Rattle and Roll" and followed the same simple verse-chorus form.
Other songs inspired by "Shake, Rattle and Roll" include "Bark, Battle and Bawl" by The Platters and "Jump and Jive and Wail" by Louis Prima.
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