Good Time Baby Explained

Good Time Baby
Type:	single
Artist:	Bobby Rydell
B-Side:	Cherié
Released:	January 1961^[1]
Recorded:	1960
Genre:	Rock and roll
Label:	Cameo Records
Prev Title:	Sway
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	That Old Black Magic
Next Year:	1961

"Good Time Baby" is a song released in January 1961 by Bobby Rydell.^[1] The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11,^[2] while reaching No. 6 in Australia,^[3] No. 6 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,^[4] No. 18 in the Netherlands,^[5] and No. 42 in the United Kingdom's Record Retailer chart.^[6]

The song was ranked No. 88 on Billboards end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year"^[7] and No. 93 on Cash Boxs "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961".^[8]

Chart performance

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	11
Australia - Music Maker	6
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade	6
Netherlands	18
UK - Record Retailer	42

Notes and References

1. "Discourse", Billboard, January 9, 1961. p. 44. Accessed October 14, 2016.
2. "Bobby Rydell - Chart History - The Hot 100", Billboard.com. Accessed July 14, 2016.
3. "Billboard Music Week Hits of the World", Billboard, April 24, 1961. p. 12. Accessed July 14, 2016.
4. Web site: 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts . 2016-07-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060721052635/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=200 . July 21, 2006 . . Chart No. 200, February 27, 1961.
5. "Bobby Rydell - Good Time Baby", Dutch Charts. Retrieved July 27, 2015
6. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8093/bobby%20rydell/ Bobby Rydell - Full Official Chart History
7. "Chart Toppers", Billboard, December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
8. "Top 100 Chart Hits of 1961", Cash Box, December 30, 1961. p. 12. Retrieved March 12, 2018.