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 Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark ...

), "

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written ...

" (co-written with

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), and "

Yummy Yummy Yummy "Yummy Yummy Yummy" is a song by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine, first recorded by Ohio Express in 1968. Their version reached No. 4 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in June and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It has since been covered by many artis ...

" (co-written with

Joey Levine Joey Levine (born May 29, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer of pop music, who has been active since 1966. Career Levine sang lead vocals on several Top 40 singles including "Run Run Run" by The Third Rail (1966), "Y ...

Biography

Resnick grew up in

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and attended

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. He had his first success as a songwriter in 1961 with "

Chip Chip "Chip Chip" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Cliff Crofford, and Arthur Resnick and performed by Gene McDaniels. The song was produced by Snuff Garrett and featured Earl Palmer Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was ...

", a top 10 hit for

Gene McDaniels Eugene Booker McDaniels (February 12, 1935 – July 29, 2011) was an American singer and songwriter. He had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s, reaching number three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart with " A Hun ...

co-written by Resnick,

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Do Wah Diddy Diddy", " Da Doo Ron Ron", " Then He Kiss ...

and Clifford Crawford. Arthur Resnick credits, ''MusicVF.com
retrieved June 18, 2014. Another early success was "Under the Boardwalk", co-written with

and a US no. 4 hit for

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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 " A Little Bit of Heaven", both hits for

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in 1965.Artie Resnick / Kenny Young, ''Songwriters Hall of Fame''
. Retrieved 18 June 2014 With

, Resnick co-wrote "Good Lovin'"; first recorded by

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, it became a US no.1 hit for

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in 1966. In 1966 he formed a recording group, The Third Rail, with his wife Kris — also a successful songwriter — and

. Their single "Run Run Run" reached no.53 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1967, and that same year the LP ''Id Music'' was released on

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. Resnick and Levine established a songwriting and producing partnership as part of the

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empire set up by

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and

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, writing hit songs for the

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("Yummy Yummy Yummy", "Chewy Chewy", and "Mercy"), and the

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("Quick Joey Small").Artie Wayne, "Play Me Something Bubblegummy...", ''Artie Wayne on the Web'', October 29, 2006
retrieved June 18, 2014. He also released a single, "Balloon Man", under his own name on

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in 1969. In 1994, Resnick, together with

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and Robert Harari, co-wrote and co-produced an album of horror-themed songs, ''Scaree Tales'', which was also performed on Broadway. Resnick, and his co-writer on "Under The Boardwalk" and "Sand In My Shoes,"

, were nominated for induction into the

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in 2012.Songwriters Hall of Fame
. Retrieved 20 October 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resnick, Artie 1937 births Living people American male songwriters Songwriters from New York (state)