Good Timin' (Jimmy Jones song)
| "Good Timin'" | ||||
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Clint Ballard, Jr.[1] | ||||
| Producer(s) | Otis Blackwell[1] | |||
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"Good Timin'" was a
UK Singles Chart during 1960, written by Fred Tobias and Clint Ballard Jr., and performed by Jimmy Jones.[1] In the U.S., the follow-up to "Handy Man" went to number three on Billboard Hot 100 chart and number eight on the R&B chart.[2] The song extrapolates the historical encounters between David and Goliath and between Columbus and Isabella
as reason enough for a boy to meet a girl.
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Cover versions
"Good Timin'" was later covered by Kyu Sakamoto in Japanese.
Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album The Vault (1980).
UK band Showaddywaddy also covered the song and released it as a single in 1981, but it failed to reach the charts. It was also featured on their 1981 album Good Times.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 306.
- ^ CHUM Hit Parade, May 30, 1960
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". Flavourofnz.co.nz.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1960-06-22. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ "Jimmy Jones - Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/18/60". Tropicalglen.com.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1960/Top 100 Songs of 1960". Musicoutfitters.com.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1960". Tropicalglen.com.
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