A chronology of releases on the Brunswick label reveals Large Larry’s one and only 45 – “Are You Ticklish?” (#55245) – to be the single that immediately preceded Jackie Wilson’s Top 40 hit, “Shake! Shake! Shake!” (#55246) from 1963:
That makes three, the number of compositions whose titles include “ticklish” (Culture’s “Ticklish Ghetto” & René Touzet’s “Ticklish Mambo” + Large Larry’s “Are You Ticklish?“).
Also from 1963 – “Love Is a Ticklish Affair” by Jack Jones. From 1975, “Are You Ticklish” by Carly Simon. Also, 1982’s “Ticklish Situation” by Janet Moore. That makes six songs.
Interesting that Carly Simon follows pop’s unwritten rule (of omitting the question mark) that Large Larry boldly defies.
Larry Kusik Had a Hand in Writing These A & B Sides:
“Letter on His Sweater” The Kittens 1960
“Lop-Sided Over-Loaded” Brian Hyland 1960
“Dance Only with Me” Robert Knight 1961
“I Just Want” Ronny James 1961
“You Got Love” Wes Farrell 1961
“Mrs. Santa Claus” Bet E. Martin 1961
“The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” Paul Evans 1962
“Pakistan” Ritchie Adams 1962
“La Dee Dah” Danny Peppermint 1962
“Clicky Clicky Clack” The Turban 1962
“Girl Talk” Barbara Chandler 1963
“Cinderella Baby” Johnny Cymbal 1963
“Army Green” Dale Brooks 1964
“Don’t Monkey with Me” The Lollipops 1964
“Please Don’t Cry Anymore” Ketty Lester 1964
“Second Window Second Floor” Clyde McPhatter 1964
“Patience Baby” King Williams 1964
“Now You Tell Me” Ritchie Dean 1964
“Hugo” Linda Hall 1964
“Happy Guy!” Rick Nelson 1964
“Everlasting” The Four Evers 1964
“Wake Up“ The Elegantes 1965
“A Bench in the Park” The Jive Five 1965
“You and Nothing More” Rita Da Costa 1965
“My Place” The Crystals 1965
“Stand Up Like a Man” Bettye Lavette 1965
“A Miracle” Gene McDaniels 1965
“Crazy Like a Fox” Link Cromwell 1965
“The Man with the Cigar” Herman’s Hermits 1965
“Circus Girl” Bernadette Carroll 1965
“I Wish You Were a Girl“ Cathy Carroll 1966
“Happy Summer Days” Ronnie Dove 1966
“It’s More Than I Deserve” Joey Gee 1966
“Fiddle Around” Jan & Dean 1966
“Pink Sugar and Purple Salt” Sammy Turner 1966
“Escape from Cuba” The High and Mighty 1966
“Everybody Do Like I Say” Rock & Roll Society 1966
“Like Adam and Eve” The Reflections 1966
“Gotta Be a First Time” The Riot Squad 1967
“Another Endless Day” Suzanne Dennie 1967
“The Real True Meaning of Love” Frankie Laine 1967
“In the Sunshine Days” Dick Glasser & Company 1967
“No One Knows” Every Mother’s’ Son 1968
Just for Tonight” The Chiffons 1968
“Sleep Safe and Warm” Claudine Longet 1968
“San Juan” Reparata & the Delrons 1969
“Once on a Sunday Morning” The Tremeloes 1969
“The Brain” The American Breed 1969
“The Ballad of Virgin Soldiers” Leon Bibb 1970
“We Can Make It Girl” Bert Kaempfert 1970
“Between Winston Salem & Nashville” Don Cherry 1970
“Speak Softly Love” (Godfather Theme) Al Martino 1972
“Once Is Not Enough” Henry Mancini 1975
“Theme from Lipstick” Rhythm Heritage 1977
“Love Theme” [from Star Trek] Shaun Cassidy 1980
Amusing to discover Trini Lopez not sole songwriter behind 1966’s “Trini’s Tune”
