Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic

Discoveries of a Pop Music Archaeologist

Large Larry Asks, “Are You Ticklish?”

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:

Are You Ticklish

Large Larry (1963)

That makes three, the number of compositions featured on Zero to 180 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 (omitting the question mark) that Large Larry boldly defies.

Large Larry 45

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” (from Rosemary’s Baby) — 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)

Trini Lopeznot the sole songwriter behind 1966s “Trini’s Tune

Trini's Tune (sort of)

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