"Good Timin" was a
number-one single
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in the
UK Singles Chart
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during 1960, written by
Fred Tobias
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and
Clint Ballard Jr., and performed by
Jimmy Jones.
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.
The song extrapolates the historical encounters between
David
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and
Goliath
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and between
Columbus
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and
Isabella
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as reason enough for a boy to meet a girl.
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Cover versions
"Good Timin" was later
covered
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by
Kyu Sakamoto
was a Japanese singer and actor.
He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as " Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached numbe ...
in
Japanese
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.
Australian band
Ol' 55 covered the song on their album ''
The Vault'' (1980).
UK band
Showaddywaddy
Showaddywaddy are a rock and roll group from Leicester, England. They specialise in revivals of hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, while also issuing original material. Showaddywaddy spent 209 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, and had 10 T ...
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''.
References
1960 singles
UK Singles Chart number-one singles
Songs written by Clint Ballard Jr.
Songs written by Fred Tobias
1960 songs
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