Hanky Panky b/w Thunderbolt by Tommy James & the Shondells (Roulette RL 45.232)

Third non song is Hanky Panky by Tommy James & the Shondells. Strangely out of place American rock & roll from the pre-Beatles era when it was a hit in 1965. But it made sense since this was recorded early 1964 by a 16-year old Tommy James and his Shondells when some American bands were not aware yet that The Beatles had changed rock music forever. By the time Hanky Panky became a hit the Shondells had long since broken up and did not wish to rejoin Tommy. James then hired a Pittsburgh band named The Raconteurs to become the "new" Shondells. Hanky Panky was a Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich song, which was originally recorded by The Raindrops, but it was not much of a song. A simple twelve-bar relying heavily on the My baby does the Hanky Panky repetitiveness.
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