Good Timin' (Jimmy Jones song)

"Good Timin'"
Single by Jimmy Jones
B-side"My Precious Angel"
ReleasedApril 1960
GenreR&B
Length2:10
LabelCub Records K9067
Songwriter(s)Fred Tobias, Clint Ballard, Jr.[1]
Producer(s)Otis Blackwell[1]
Jimmy Jones singles chronology
"Handy Man"
(1959) 		"Good Timin'"
(1960) 		"That's When I Cried"
(1960)

"Good Timin'" was a number-one single in the UK Singles Chart during 1960, written by Fred Tobias and Clint Ballard Jr., and performed by Jimmy Jones.[1] 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.[2] The song extrapolates the historical encounters between David and Goliath and between Columbus and Isabella as reason enough for a boy to meet a girl.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1960) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 7
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)[3] 6
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[4] 5
UK Singles Chart[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 3
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 8
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1960) Rank
UK 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 31
U.S. Cash Box [9] 23

Cover versions

"Good Timin'" was later covered by Kyu Sakamoto in Japanese.

Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album The Vault (1980).

UK band Showaddywaddy 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 52. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 306.
  3. ^ CHUM Hit Parade, May 30, 1960
  4. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". Flavourofnz.co.nz.
  5. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 1960-06-22. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  6. ^ "Jimmy Jones - Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/18/60". Tropicalglen.com.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1960/Top 100 Songs of 1960". Musicoutfitters.com.
  9. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1960". Tropicalglen.com.


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