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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.
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 .
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 ...
Mary Wells included her version of the song on her 1966 album The Two Sides of Mary Wells . "Good Lovin ' " was the title song of a 2008 album by Australian singer David Campbell . A popular version was by the Grateful Dead, who made it a workhorse of their concert rotation, appearing almost every year from 1969 on. [6]
"Big Boss Man" Jimmy Reed "Big Boy Pete" The Olympics "Big Railroad Blues" Cannon's Jug Stompers "Big River" Johnny Cash "Blackbird" The Beatles "Broken Arrow" Robbie Robertson "C.C. Rider" Ma Rainey "Dancing in the Street" Martha & the Vandellas "Dark Hollow" Bill Browning "Day Tripper" The Beatles "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Traffic "Dear Prudence ...
Just hours before the ‘big boy’ press conference that was intended to reassure us all, President Joe Biden made a catastrophic mistake. Inviting Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, to ...
These include "Farmer John" (the Premiers and, later, Neil Young), "Justine" (the Righteous Brothers), "I'm Leaving It Up to You" (Dale and Grace), and "Big Boy Pete" (the Olympics). Harris was given the nickname "Sugarcane" by bandleader Johnny Otis, due to his reputation as a ladies' man.
The Germantown Big Boy location closed in October, and the Sussex location is the only one in Wisconsin. The hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.