Action (Freddy Cannon song)

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"Action"
Single by Freddy Cannon
from the album Action!
B-side "Beachwood City"
ReleasedJuly 1965
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:10
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Tommy Boyce, Steve Venet
Producer(s) Dick Glasser
Freddy Cannon singles chronology
"In the Night"
(1965)
"Action"
(1965)
"Let Me Show You Where It's At"
(1965)

"Action" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet, which was the theme song to the TV series Where the Action Is , and a 1965 hit for Freddy Cannon. [1]

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References

  1. Joseph Murrells - The Book of Golden Discs - 1978 - Page 188 Freddy Cannon ACTION Warner [USA]. The fourth million seller for Freddy, and his first on the Warner label. An action-packed beat number with a tremendous vocal sound, written by Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet. The disc reached the No 13 position in both the U.S.A. (with 9 weeks in the bestsellers) and Britain with subsequent global million sale.