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"(Baby) Hully Gully"
Song by The Olympics
from the album Doin' the Hully Gully
B-side"Private Eye"
ReleasedJuly 1959
Genre Doo-wop
Length2:03
LabelArvee
Composer(s) Fred Sledge Smith, Cliff Goldsmith

"(Baby) Hully Gully" is a song written by Fred Sledge Smith and Cliff 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.

Cover versions

"Hully Gully"
Song by The Beach Boys
from the album Beach Boys' Party!
Released8 November 1965
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:22
Label Capitol
Composer(s) Fred Sledge Smith, Cliff 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".

The song was covered, with new lyrics by H. B. Barnum and Marty Cooper, under the name of "Peanut Butter" by:

The song was adapted as a commercial jingle for Peter Pan peanut butter in the 1980s. [3]

References

  1. ^ "BMI | Repertoire Search". Repertoire.bmi.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Billboard". Billboard.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Peter Pan Commercial 1984". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 26 April 2021.