Hanky Panky (Tommy James and the Shondells album)

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| name = Hanky Panky

| type = studio

| artist = Tommy James and the Shondells

| cover = Hanky Panky.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|1966|05}}

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| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|garage rock}}

| length = {{Duration|m=30|s=40}}

| label = Roulette

| producer = Bob Mack, Henry Glover

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| next_title = It's Only Love

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Hanky Panky

| type = studio

| single1 = Hanky Panky

| single1date = 1966

| single2 = Say I Am (What I Am)

| single2date = 1966

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Hanky Panky is the debut album of Tommy James and the Shondells and was released in 1966. It reached #46 on the Billboard 200.[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tommy-james-the-shondells-mn0000520975/awards Tommy James and the Shondells Chart Positions] Retrieved February 7, 2015 The album had two singles that charted. "Hanky Panky" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Hanky+Panky+by+Tommy+James+%26+the+Shondells&id=46639 Tommy James and the Shondells, "Hanky Panky" Chart Position] Retrieved February 28, 2015 and "Say I Am (What I Am)" reached #21.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Say+I+Am+%28What+I+Am%29+by+Tommy+James+%26+the+Shondells&id=46640 Tommy James and the Shondells, "Say I Am (What I Am)" Chart Position] Retrieved February 28, 2015

Other than a brief impromptu performance together onstage in Pittsburgh several days earlier, after which James invited the band to serve as his new Shondells, the first time the entire band worked together was when they went into the studio to record this album.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Writer

| headline = Side A

| title1 = Hanky Panky

| extra1 = Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich

| length1 = 2:59

| title2 = I'll Go Crazy

| extra2 = James Brown

| length2 = 2:18

| title3 = I'm So Proud

| extra3 = Curtis Mayfield

| length3 = 3:31

| title4 = The Lover

| extra4 = George Magura, Mike Vale

| length4 = 2:05

| title5 = Love Makes the World Go Round

| extra5 = Deon Jackson

| length5 = 2:25

| title6 = Good Lovin'

| extra6 = Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick

| length6 = 2:20

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Writer

|headline = Side B

| title7 = Say I Am (What I Am)

| extra7 = Barbara Tomsco, George Tomsco

| length7 = 2:37

| title8 = Cleo's Mood

| extra8 = Junior Walker, William Kanter Woods

| length8 = 2:20

| title9 = Don't Throw Our Love Away

| extra9 = Tommy James & the Shondells

| length9 = 2:40

| title10 = Shake a Tail Feather

| extra10 = Otha Hayes, Verlie Rice, Andre Williams

| length10 = 2:37

| title11 = Soul Searchin' Baby

| extra11 = Tommy James & the Shondells

| length11 = 2:35

| title12 = Lots of Pretty Girls

| extra12 = Paul Leka, Paul Rush

| length12 = 2:13

|total_length = 30:40

}}

Credits

Tommy James – lead vocals
Joseph Kessler – guitar; backing vocals
George Magura – bass guitar, piano, tenor saxophone, vibraphone
Vincent Pietropaoli – clarinet, drums, saxophone
Ron Rosman – organ, piano; lead vocals on "The Lover"
Mike Vale – bass guitar; backing vocals, lead vocals on "I'm So Proud" and "Love Makes The World Go Round"

Bob Mack is the producer.{{AllMusic|id=mw0000691342|title=Tommy James and the Shondells}}{{Cite book |title=Me, the mob, and the music : one helluva ride with Tommy James and the Shondells |first=Tommy |last=James |author2=Martin Fitzpatrick |year=2010 |publisher=Scribner |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4391-2865-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/memobmusiconehel00jame |url-access=registration }}