Good Time Baby

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"Good Time Baby"
Single by Bobby Rydell
B-side "Cherié"
Released January 1961 [1]
Recorded1960
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:09
Label Cameo Records
Songwriter(s) Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann & Dave Appell [2]
Bobby Rydell singles chronology
"Sway"
(1960)
"Good Time Baby"
(1961)
"That Old Black Magic"
(1961)

"Good Time Baby" is a song released in January 1961 by Bobby Rydell. [1] The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11, [3] while reaching No. 6 in Australia, [4] No. 6 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [5] No. 18 in the Netherlands, [6] and No. 42 in the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart. [7]

The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboard 's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year" [8] and No. 93 on Cash Box 's "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961". [9]

Chart performance

Chart (1961)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10011
Australia - Music Maker [4] 6
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade6
Netherlands18
UK - Record Retailer42

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References

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  2. Good Time Baby - By: Bobby Rydell, MusicVF.com. Accessed July 24, 2015
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  4. 1 2 "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard , April 24, 1961. p. 12. Accessed July 14, 2016.
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  8. "Chart Toppers", Billboard , December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  9. "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961", Cash Box , December 30, 1961. p. 12. Retrieved March 12, 2018.