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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Olympics
Author: Fred Smith/Cliff Goldsmith
Label: Arvee
Year: 1959
Covers:
Marathons [same tune, other lyrics as Peanut Butter; lyrics: H.B. Barnum & Martin Cooper]
Vibrations [idem on Argo as Vibrations Named by Others as Marathons]
Chubby Checker [as The Hully Gully]
White Rockets [pre Buffoons as Pinda Kaas Twist]
Beach Boys [as Hully Gully]
David Peel & The Lower East Side [Peanut Butter was an inspiration for his pot anthem I Like Marijuana]
Technohead [n°1 NL as I Wanna Be A Hippy; inspired by David Peel]
Arvee, the label of The Olympics, desperately needed another hit in '61. (Baby) Hully Gully had been out for more than a year, their biggest hit Western Movies even more than three years. As The Olympics were constantly touring, Arvee contacted The Vibrations to stand in. Problem was, they were under contract with Chess/Checker. That's why the Peanut Butter they recorded was released as by The Marathons. Chess spotted the fraud and forced The Vibrations to re-record the same song on the Chess subsidiary Argo. Arvee had to find other Marathons. The same Vibrations later recorded the first My Girl Sloopy (see there).
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)