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"Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" is a song written by Joey Levine and Ritchie Cordell and performed by Crazy Elephant. It reached #12 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart in 1969, and was featured on their 1969 album, Crazy Elephant.
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- ↑ "Go Set Chart THE TOP 40 FOR 1969". Pop Archives. Retrieved 27 August 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "THE TOP 40 FOR 1969". Pop Archives. 1970. Retrieved 24 August 2016.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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