Good Times

Album: Ain't That Good News (1964)
Charted: 11
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  • Whoa, la da ta da
    Lo la ta da
    La da da, all night long
    Yeah
    La la, la la ta da
    La da da, da da ta da
    La da da, all night long
    Yeah

    Come on and let the good times roll
    We gonna stay here 'til we soothe our souls
    If it take all night long
    One more time
    Come on and let the good times roll
    We gonna stay here 'til we soothe our souls
    If it take all night long

    Gotta tell you, evenin' sun is sinkin' low
    The clock on the wall say it's time to go
    I got my plans, I don't know about you
    I'll tell you exactly what I'm gonna do

    Get in the groove and let the good times roll
    I'm gonna stay here 'til I soothe my soul
    If it take all night long
    Yeah, everybody let the good times roll
    We gonna stay here 'til we soothe our souls
    If it take all night long, yeah

    It might be one o'clock and it might be three
    Time don't mean that much to me
    I ain't felt this good since I don't know when
    And I might not feel this good again

    So come on and let the good times roll
    We gonna stay here 'til we soothe our souls
    If it take all night long
    And all night (all night) and all night (all night)
    And all night (all night) and all night long (all night)
    Somebody said it might (all night) take all night long (all night)
    And all night (all night) and all night (all night), so
    Come on and let the good times roll
    We gonna stay here 'til we soothe our souls
    If it take all night long Writer/s: Sam Cooke
    Publisher: Abkco Music Inc.
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Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1964 {July 12th} "Good Times" by Sam Cooke peaked at #11 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, thus just missing making the Top 10...
    "Good Times" was the third of three consecutive records by Sam Cooke to peak at #11 and all three spent ten weeks each on the Top 100...
    The other two records that peaked at #11 were "Little Red Rooster" and "Good News"...
    Between 1957 and 1966 the Clarksdale, Mississippi native had forty-three records on the Top 100 chart, five made the Top 10 with one reaching #1*, "You Send Me", for three weeks in 1957...
    Sadly, Samuel Cooke passed away at the young age of 33 on December 11th, 1964...
    May he R.I.P.
    * He just missed having a second #1 record when "Chain Gang" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in 1960; the two records that kept it out of the top spot were "My Heart Has A Mind of Its Own" by Connie Francis and "Mr. Custer" by Larry Verne...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the ten records that kept "Good Times" out of the Top 10 were:
    #1. "Rag Doll" by the Four Seasons
    #2. "Memphis" by Johnny Rivers
    #3. "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys
    #4. "Can't You See That She's Mine" by the Dave Clark Five
    #5. "The Girl From Ipanema" by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
    #6. "The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" by Jan and Dean
    #7. "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying" by Gerry and the Pacemakers
    #8. "Dang Me" by Roger Miller
    #9. "My Boy Lollipop" by Little Millie Small
    #10. "Keep On Pushing" by the Impressions
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyThis record was the middle one of three straight records by Sam that peaked at #11, thus just missing making the Top Ten. In order they were 'Little Red Rooster, 'Good Times', and 'Good News'. Interestingly, all three also stayed in the Top 100 for ten weeks...
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