Good Timin' (Jimmy Jones song)

"Good Timin'"
Single by Jimmy Jones
B-side"My Precious Angel"
ReleasedApril 1960
GenreR&B
Length2:10
LabelCub Records K9067
Songwriter(s)Fred Tobias, Clint Ballard, Jr.[1]
Producer(s)Otis Blackwell[1]
Jimmy Jones singles chronology
"Handy Man"
(1959) 		"Good Timin'"
(1960) 		"That's When I Cried"
(1960)

"Good Timin'" was a number-one single in the UK Singles Chart during 1960, written by Fred Tobias and Clint Ballard Jr., and performed by Jimmy Jones.[1] In the U.S., the follow-up to "Handy Man" went to number three on Billboard Hot 100 chart and number eight on the R&B chart.[2] The song extrapolates the historical encounters between David and Goliath and between Columbus and Isabella as reason enough for a boy to meet a girl.

  1. ^ a b c Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 52. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 306.