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"'(Baby) Hully Gully'" is a song written by Fred Sledge Smith and Cliff Goldsmith and recorded by The Olympics. Released in 1959, it peaked at number 72 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in February 1960 and sparked the Hully Gully dance craze.

Cover versions



"(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! 19601967' (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, 'Prv tady...Prv te' (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 Wiggles (2013)

The song was adapted as a commercial jingle for Peter Pan peanut butter in the 1980s.

References



Category:The Beach Boys songs

Category:1959 songs

Category:1959 singles

Category:The Olympics (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Fred Sledge Smith


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