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"Hanky Panky" is a song written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich for their group, the Raindrops. A 1964 recording by the Shondells , later reissued in 1966 under the band's new, and more successful, incarnation of " Tommy James and the Shondells," is the best known version, reaching #1 in the United States in 1966.
Meanwhile, in 1965, Pittsburgh dance promoter Bob Mack had unearthed the forgotten single "Hanky Panky", playing it at various dance parties, and radio stations there touted it as an "exclusive". Listener response encouraged regular play and demand soared.
In 1965, a local dance promoter, Bob Mack, found a copy of "Hanky Panky" in a used record bin and started playing it at his Pittsburgh dance clubs. [2] [3] Soon after, a Pittsburgh area bootlegger made a copy of the song and began pressing copies of it, speeding it up slightly in the process. [4] Sales of the bootleg were estimated at 80,000 in ...
Hanky Panky is the debut album of Tommy James and the Shondells and was released in 1966. It reached #46 on the Billboard 200. [2] The album had two singles that charted. "Hanky Panky" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3] and "Say I Am (What I Am)" reached #21.
Jean Phelps Veloz is an icon of 'Hollywood-Style Lindy Hop' for the current swing dancing generation. She dances West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Tanga and Ballroom. Jean trained with ...
Hanky Panky (Hank Jones album), 1975; Hanky Panky (The The album), 1995; Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells album), 1966 "Hanky Panky" (Tommy James and the Shondells song), 1966 (originally recorded by The Raindrops in 1963) "Hanky Panky" (Madonna song), 1990 "Hanky Panky", an instrumental by Dexter Gordon from Clubhouse, 1965
"Say I Am (What I Am)" is a song written by Barbara and George Tomsco and was recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1966 album, Hanky Panky. [1] The song reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. [2] The song also reached #12 in Canada. [citation needed]
Hitch hike was a dance craze of the 1960s. [1] It started with the 1962 Marvin Gaye hit " Hitch Hike " and refueled with the gold disc of Vanity Fare , " Hitchin' a Ride " (1969). The dance is extremely simple and is based on the hitchhiking gesture: waving the stuck-out thumb.