Artie Resnick

Arthur Resnick (born 1937) is an American songwriter, record producer and musician. His most successful songs as a writer include "Under the Boardwalk" (co-written with Kenny Young), "Good Lovin'" (co-written with Rudy Clark), and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (co-written with Joey Levine).

Resnick grew up in

He had his first success as a songwriter in 1961 with "Chip Chip", a top 10 hit for Gene McDaniels co-written by Resnick, Jeff Barry and Clifford Crawford.^[2]

Another early success was "Under the Boardwalk", co-written with Kenny Young and a US no. 4 hit for The Drifters in 1964. It was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964 and was released as a single-only in Australia, South Africa and Rhodesia. It peaked at no. 1 in the first two and at 2 in Rhodesia. It appeared on their albums 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2.

Resnick and Young also wrote "One Kiss for Old Times Sake" and "

In 1994, Resnick, together with Mark Barkan and Robert Harari, co-wrote and co-produced an album of horror-themed songs, Scaree Tales,^[8] which was also performed on Broadway.^[9]

Resnick, and his co-writer on "Under The Boardwalk" and "Sand In My Shoes," Kenny Young, were nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.^[10]