I remember that song from around the time it came out. Our middle school lunch room got a jukebox that year and all us kids used to shovel nickels (or quarters) into the machine. That song was a favorite. The money went to fundraisers (we were told) but some of it must have wound up in Tommy James' coffers.
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
KLEM FM
I remember that song from around the time it came out. Our middle school lunch room got a jukebox that year and all us kids used to shovel nickels (or quarters) into the machine. That song was a favorite. The money went to fundraisers (we were told) but some of it must have wound up in Tommy James' coffers.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
KLEM FM
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Tommy James (b. 1947) recorded his first hit, "Hanky Panky," 50 years ago. The song was a local hit but otherwise died from lack of exposure. James and his bandmates finished high school and moved on. Two years later and hard up for cash, James released the original recording to better distribution and it climbed to #1 in the US charts in 1966.
Hanky Panky belongs to that pre-Beatles, American garage band tradition -- sort of like "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen discussed back here.
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Tommy James (b. 1947) recorded his first hit, "Hanky Panky," 50 years ago. The song was a local hit but otherwise died from lack of exposure. James and his bandmates finished high school and moved on. Two years later and hard up for cash, James released the original recording to better distribution and it climbed to #1 in the US charts in 1966.
Hanky Panky belongs to that pre-Beatles, American garage band tradition -- sort of like "Louie Louie" by The Kingsmen discussed back here.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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