“Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)” (1962) – Ernie Maresca * Written by Ernie Maresca and Thomas Bogdarny * 45: “Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)” / “Crying Like a Baby Over You” * LP: Shout Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) * Produced by Marv Holtzman * Label: Seville
Ernie Maresca, a songwriter from the Bronx, is the man who gave Dion and the Belmonts such chutzpah credentials as “Runaround Sue,” “The Wanderer,” “Lovers Who Wander,” and “Donna the Prima Donna,” among others. They were simple songs, but they swaggered like the early ’60s New York City streets of your imagination. Maresca was no singer (side B contains the evidence), so he shouted his way to Billboard‘s #6 slot, making sure to say “play another song like ‘Runaround Sue'” in this sock-hop stomper. Do you hear the Dave Clark Five emerging from this big sound?
Ernie Maresca, a songwriter from the Bronx, is the man who gave Dion and the Belmonts such chutzpah credentials as “Runaround Sue,” “The Wanderer,” “Lovers Who Wander,” and “Donna the Prima Donna,” among others. They were simple songs, but they swaggered like the early ’60s New York City streets of your imagination. Maresca was no singer (side B contains the evidence), so he shouted his way to Billboard‘s #6 slot, making sure to say “play another song like ‘Runaround Sue'” in this sock-hop stomper. Do you hear the Dave Clark Five emerging from this big sound?