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JOHNNY O'KEEFE
Right Now (Randy Starr [Warren Nadel] - Dick Wolf) Australia 1961 #15 Sydney #20 Brisbane #26 Perth B-side of Johnny O'Keefe's hit I'm Counting On You. Charted independently of the A-side. Johnny O'Keefe (1935-1978), known in Australia as The Wild One, The King of Rock'n'Roll or just J.O'K., was a pioneer Australian rocker, a chart topping artist in his home country. 
Further reading: Damian Johnstone's definitive biography The Wild One (2001).
JACKIE WILSON
Right Now (Randy Starr [Warren Nadel] - Dick Wolf) USA 1958 Original version On 1958 Brunswick album He's So Fine. Co-writer Warren Nadel qualified as a dentist but worked in the music business as Randy Starr, charting #32 USA with another Dick Wolf co-write, After School (1957). He co-wrote or wrote a number of songs for Elvis Presley films, notably Kissin' Cousins (covered by Australia's Saints on their first album). References: Jackie Wilson album discography at Janice's Blues Cafe. Jackie Wilson song list at All Music Guide. Wikipedia entry on Randy Starr. Repertoire for Warren Nadel at ASCAP. Billboard Top 40 charts (Whitburn). Listen: Clip of Jackie Wilson - Right Now at All Music Guide. Thanks to Tony Watson for IDing the original. Dick Wolf the creator of TV crime series (b. 1946) would be too young to be Dick Wolf the songwriter who'd been writing with Warren Nadel at least as long ago as 1957. Corrections or comments? Contact the writer. |