Good Time Music

"Good Time Music"
Single by The Beau Brummels
Released 1965
Format 7" single
Recorded 1965
San Francisco, California
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:58
Label Autumn
Writer(s) John Sebastian
Producer(s) Bob Mitchell
The Beau Brummels singles chronology
"Don't Talk to Strangers"
(1965)		 "Good Time Music"
(1965)		 "One Too Many Mornings"
(1966)

"Good Time Music" is a song originally recorded by American pop rock band The Lovin' Spoonful in 1965.[1] Written by John Sebastian, it appeared on the 1966 Elektra Records compilation What's Shakin'. The song has been described as "a sort of manifeseto of the group's optimism in its jaunty rhythms and celebration of the return of good time music to the radio."[2]

The Beau Brummels version

Rock group The Beau Brummels recorded a version of "Good Time Music" and released it as a single in 1965. It reached number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100[3] and number 13 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[4] It was the fifth and final single release by the band on the Autumn Records label. The B-side was "Sad Little Girl", a song written by guitarist Ron Elliott from the band's second album The Beau Brummels, Volume 2. "Sad Little Girl" was called "gorgeous" by music critic Bruce Eder,[5] while author and journalist Richie Unterberger said the song might have been a better choice as the band's third single, following "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little," than actual choice "You Tell Me Why."[6]

Track listing

7" Vinyl
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Good Time Music"  Sebastian 2:58
2. "Sad Little Girl"  Elliott 3:29

Chart performance

Chart (1965/1966) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 97
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles[7] 93
Canadian Singles Chart[4] 13

References

  1. ↑ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 33 - Revolt of the Fat Angel: American musicians respond to the British invaders. [Part 1]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
  2. ↑ Unterberger, Richie (2000). Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-87930-703-5.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 (11th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "RPM 100". RPM (RPM Music Publications Ltd.) 5 (2). 1966-07-03. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  5. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "The Best of the Beau Brummels: Golden Archive Series - Review". Allmusic (Rovi Corporation). Retrieved 2009-08-27.
  6. ↑ Unterberger, Richie (2000). Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers: Overlooked Innovators and Eccentric Visionaries of '60s Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman, Inc. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-87930-616-8.
  7. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 1/08/66". Cashbox Magazine, Inc. Retrieved 2009-10-23.