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Tommy James & The Shondells — Hanky Panky
Album: Hanky Panky
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Released: 1966
Length: 2:50
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My baby does the hanky panky
Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
Hey, my baby does the hanky panky

My baby does the hanky panky (yeah)
Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
Hey, my baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky

I saw her walking on down the line (yeah)
You know I saw her for the very first time
A pretty little girl standing all alone
Hey baby, baby, can I take you home?
I never saw her, never really saw her (oh, yeah)

My baby does the hanky panky
Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky

Ah, let's move it out
Let's go!

Oh, yeah!

I saw her walking on down the line (yeah)
You know I saw her for the very first time
A pretty little girl standing all alone
Hey baby, baby, can I take you home?
I never saw her, never really saw her

Okay, we're low on time, hold on

Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
Hey, my baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky

Let's knock em dead one time, let's go

Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
My baby does the hanky panky
Yeah, my baby does the hanky panky
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Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
What's a Shondell?
 
Probably some Pittsburgh thing.
Posted 5 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
What's a Shondell?
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
My baby loves to whip and spank me!
Posted 6 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
For the memories this brings back of that summer, it's at least a 10.
It opened my life to a feverishly desired wife, and a subsequent beloved daughter.
Life has its moments... :)
Posted 6 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
Give us some badazz garage music! The Standells, The Seeds, Capn Beefhearts Magic Band, The Groupies etc...
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 MJMJ wrote:

Dictionary:hanky-panky  (hăng'kē-păng'kē)
Devious or mischievous activity.Illicit sexual activity.
 
Yeah this song was a little "risque" back in those days. haha
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
 ParkerDC wrote:
If you are from Minnesota (or anything close to a baseball fan)... all together now: "My baby waves the Homer Hanky!, My baby waves her Homer Hanky!" ...

Sorry, couldn't resist

YES, I am glad some of those oldies are mercifully short!
Edited By ParkerDC at 9:41 am on 5/20/2003
 


Posted 12 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
remember it well, ya think Tommy ever forgot the lyrics lol its not that great a song but sure got played alot back then, know I had it

Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
 ghcollins86 wrote:

As funny as that sounds, in many ways it's true, but the meteoric rise of Tommy James & the Shondells that summer of '66 was surely one of the greatest "Cinderella Stories" in rock history.

Hanky Panky, an obscure single recorded two and a half years earlier by Tommy and his high school rock group THE SHONDELLS, in his hometown (Niles, Michigan) - suddenly out of nowhere became a #1 record in Pittsburgh, PA.

At the behest of several local DJ's and promo people, Tommy was tracked down and urged to come to Pittsburgh to perform and do interviews.

Unable to put the original band back together, Tommy went alone and chose a Pittsburgh group playing clubs as "The Raconteurs" to be the Shondells.

Two weeks later, Tommy and the new group signed a recording contract in New York with Roulette Records... and the rest is history! Hanky Panky became the #1 record of the summer and the dream of a lifetime came true for Tommy and the Shondells!

Roulette needed a "HANKY PANKY" album fast, so the group quickly headed for the studio with A&ampR man Henry Glover at the production helm.

The album was finished in a break-neck two weeks with a combination of quickly thrown together group originals and cover material including a re-do of "The Fireballs" "Say I Am", which became their second million-selling single - the album itself going gold a mere four weeks after its release in July of '66.


 
What a great story!!

Posted 15 years ago by capandjudy    [ Reply ]

As funny as that sounds, in many ways it's true, but the meteoric rise of Tommy James & the Shondells that summer of '66 was surely one of the greatest "Cinderella Stories" in rock history.

Hanky Panky, an obscure single recorded two and a half years earlier by Tommy and his high school rock group THE SHONDELLS, in his hometown (Niles, Michigan) - suddenly out of nowhere became a #1 record in Pittsburgh, PA.

At the behest of several local DJ's and promo people, Tommy was tracked down and urged to come to Pittsburgh to perform and do interviews.

Unable to put the original band back together, Tommy went alone and chose a Pittsburgh group playing clubs as "The Raconteurs" to be the Shondells.

Two weeks later, Tommy and the new group signed a recording contract in New York with Roulette Records... and the rest is history! Hanky Panky became the #1 record of the summer and the dream of a lifetime came true for Tommy and the Shondells!

Roulette needed a "HANKY PANKY" album fast, so the group quickly headed for the studio with A&ampR man Henry Glover at the production helm.

The album was finished in a break-neck two weeks with a combination of quickly thrown together group originals and cover material including a re-do of "The Fireballs" "Say I Am", which became their second million-selling single - the album itself going gold a mere four weeks after its release in July of '66.


Posted 15 years ago by ghcollins86    [ Reply ]
I'm 11 again! Wow, this music thing really works! {#Wink}

Posted 15 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 macadavy wrote:
stuff about dancing

 
Dictionary:

hanky-panky

  (hăng'kē-păng'kē)
  1. Devious or mischievous activity.
  2. Illicit sexual activity.


Posted 15 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
Wow!! Brings me back to 1966 when this first came out!! Bought the single in Lodi, California!!
Posted 15 years ago by ghcollins86    [ Reply ]
Way cool RP! its nice to hear this song since i don't listen to "traditional" music radio often.

Posted 15 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
LOVE IT! thanks!
Posted 15 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Hilarious.

Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
tracenik wrote:
Four questions: What the heck is the hanky panky? Is it a dance? A euphemism? Whyyyyyyy? ;)
You asked for it!
Donald A. Guarisco at All Music Guide wrote: " The lyrics of this song convey the excitement of a hormonal lad driven mad by a girl who knows how to do the suggestive dance of the title, building themselves around the oft-repeated lyrical hook of "My baby does the hanky panky." The music is equally simple and infectious, building itself on simple verse and chorus melodies that bounce up and down in a pleasant, bouncy fashion. James' version is pure garage rock, a live-in-the-studio effort that layered low-slung guitar riffs over a shuffling stomp of a beat from the rhythm section. James topped it off with amusingly mush-mouthed vocals a la "Louie Louie" and an out-of-control guitar solo that is cheered on by the other band members."
Posted 16 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
The Caesars - Jerk It Out Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky HA! Nice one Bill! Or is mine the only mind in the gutter today?!
Posted 16 years ago by rtb    [ Reply ]
tracenik wrote:
Four questions: What the heck is the hanky panky? Is it a dance? A euphemism? Whyyyyyyy?
Definitely a dance from the 60s. I remember playing the Sham and the Pharaohs' Little Red Riding Hood album, which includes a cover of this song, and asking my (hot) babysitter whether it meant, you know, fooling around. She said it was a dance with a suggestive name, and actually demonstrated the dance step for me.
Posted 16 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
i always ranked this band right up there with The Archies
Posted 16 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
I think the summer heat or the smoke inhalation has gotten to you
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Great story about this song, a bunch of young teenagers, I think Tommy was 13 at the time, recorded this and played it around their hometown in Niles, Michigan, and then it was shelved, and the band fell apart. The record was found years later by a Pittsburg DJ who played it nonstop day and night. That's how Tommy James got started.
Posted 16 years ago by wferrier    [ Reply ]
tracenik wrote:
Four questions: What the heck is the hanky panky? Is it a dance? A euphemism? Whyyyyyyy? ;)
Back in the day before 6th graders were taught the joys of perversion by the Left Coast, "Hanky Panky" was french kissing your girl or boy friend; it then probably progressed to "second base". In this 21st Century of disgusting Perverted Sexual Connundrums and Frenzied Urgency, it mean, basically, to Fuck. Or as Rev Jerry Falwell would put it "DISgusting Filth!"
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
tracenik wrote:
Four questions: What the heck is the hanky panky? Is it a dance? A euphemism? Whyyyyyyy? ;)
His gal is a tart!
Posted 16 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Wow 5 years since this played last. Good every once in a while-will wait in 5 years to hear again.
Posted 16 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
Ah, adolescent thrills!
Posted 16 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
I thought I left this song back in high school!
Posted 16 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
this song is great. the constant repitition lulls me into a false sense of security.
Posted 21 years ago by blkstd    [ Reply ]
Four questions: What the heck is the hanky panky? Is it a dance? A euphemism? Whyyyyyyy? ;)
Posted 21 years ago by tracenik    [ Reply ]
If you are from Minnesota (or anything close to a baseball fan)... all together now: "My baby waves the Homer Hanky!, My baby waves her Homer Hanky!" ... Sorry, couldn't resist YES, I am glad some of those oldies are mercifully short!
Posted 21 years ago by ParkerDC    [ Reply ]
No Thanks
Posted 21 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]