Hully Gully (song)
"(Baby) Hully Gully" is a song written by Fred Sledge Smith and Clifford Goldsmith and recorded by The Olympics.[1] Released in 1959, it peaked at number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1960,[2] and sparked the Hully Gully dance craze.
| "(Baby) Hully Gully" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Olympics | |
| from the album Doin' the Hully Gully | |
| B-side | "Private Eye" |
| Released | July 1959 |
| Genre | Doo-wop |
| Length | 2:03 |
| Label | Arvee |
| Composer(s) | Fred Sledge Smith, Clifford Goldsmith |
Cover versions
| "Hully Gully" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Beach Boys | |
| from the album Beach Boys' Party! | |
| Released | 8 November 1965 |
| Genre | Rock and roll |
| Length | 2:22 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Composer(s) | Fred Sledge Smith, Clifford Goldsmith |
| Producer(s) | Brian Wilson |
"(Baby) Hully Gully" was covered by a number of different artists, sometimes under the name "Hully Gully (Baby)", "Hully Gully Baby" or simply "Hully Gully".
- Buddy Guy, Stone Crazy! 1960–1967 (recorded 1960)
- Chubby Checker, It's Pony Time (1961)
- The Ventures, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (1962)
- The Dovells, single (1962)
- Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers (1962) (appears on some bootlegs miscredited as The Beatles)
- The Searchers, At the Star Club
- The Beach Boys, Beach Boys' Party! (1965)
- Jackie Lee, The Duck (1966)
- Hollywood Argyles, single (1960)
- Mike Bloomfield, Junko Partner and Prescription for the Blues (recorded 1977)
- Grateful Dead (Amsterdam, 10-16-1981)
- The A-Bones, Music Minus Five (1993)
- Petr Kotvald, Právě tady...Právě teď (2011)
The song was covered, with new lyrics by H. B. Barnum and Marty Cooper, under the name of "Peanut Butter" by:
- The Marathons (The Vibrations) (1961)
- The Royal Guardsmen (1966)
- J. Geils Band (1976)
- Billy Vera and the Beaters (1987)
- Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen (1992)
The song was adapted as a commercial jingle for Peter Pan peanut butter in the 1980s.[3]
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