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"Big Boy Pete," which the group released in 1960, served as inspiration for The Kingsmen's "The Jolly Green Giant". Over the next ten years The Olympics recorded upbeat R&B songs, often about dances popular at the time. In 1965, The Olympics were one of the first to record "Good Lovin'", penned by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick.
"Big Boy Pete" became a minor hit in 1960 for The Olympics, reaching #50 and a #4 hit for The Kingsmen when recorded with new lyrics as "The Jolly Green Giant" in 1965. In 1959 Don and Dewey and producer Sonny Bono left Specialty Records for Rush Records, where they recorded a few songs but split up shortly afterward.
The single originally only credited Easton as the writer, but Harris and Terry were later added when it was determined the song was a re-write of The Olympics song "Big Boy Pete". It was arranged by The Kingsmen, produced by Jerry Dennon, [3] and ranked No. 39 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1965 .
The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written by Rudy Clark. The following month it was recorded with different lyrics by R&B artists The Olympics, produced by Jerry Ragovoy; this version reached #81 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart .
The Three-Year Swim Club by Julie Checkoway. This nonfiction read interweaves Olympic, Japanese-Hawaiian and WWII history in an inspiring story of overcoming adversity. The sugar ditch kids are ...
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Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers. Website. bigboypete .com. Peter Richard Miller (born 26 May 1942 in Norwich, England), also known as Big Boy Pete and Buzz, [1] is an English singer, songwriter, recording engineer and record producer . Born in Norwich, England, he has lived in San Francisco since 1972. He is a veteran of the 1960s English pop ...
Pete Wentz and Billy Joel. Shutterstock (2) Fall Out Boy put a modern twist on a classic rock hit by updating the lyrics to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” more than 30 years after ...