Artist: Tommy James & The Shondells
Author: Tommy James/Ritchie Cordell/Bo Gentry/Bobby Bloom
Label: Roulette
Year: 1968
Inspired by the billboard in Manhattan of the Mutual of New York Insurance Company. Their building is on Broadway, not far from Tin Pan Alley. N°1 UK, n°3 US; see also: Hanky Panky.
Covers:
Nighttrain [B-side of Hallo Bimmelbahn (see there)]
Martin Circus [als Monnaie monnaie]
Cilia & The Mutations [alias The Stranglers]
Billy Idol [Bubbling Under hit US; in '87 n°1 US in a live version]
Amazulu [hit UK]
Weird Al Yankovic [as Alimony]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)