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He grew up in New York City and attended Valley Forge Military Academy.
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Artie Resnick
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His most successful songs as a writer include "Under the Boardwalk" (co-written with Kenny Young), "Good Lovin"" (co-written with Rudy Clark), and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (co-written with Joey Levine). He had his first success as a songwriter in 1961 with "Chip Chip", a top 10 hit for Gene McDaniels co-written by Resnick, Jeff Barry and Clifford Crawford. Another early success was "Under the Boardwalk", co-written with Kenny Young and a hit for The Drifters in 1964.
Resnick and Young also wrote "One Kiss for Old Times Sake" and "A Little Bit of Heaven", both hits for Ronnie Dove in 1965.
With Rudy Clark, Resnick co-wrote "Good Lovin"". First recorded by The Olympics, it became a United States no.1 hit for The Young Rascals in 1966.
Their single "Run Run Run" reached no.53 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967, and that same year the LP Id Music was released on Epic Records. He also released a single, "Bubble Manitoba", under his own name on White Whale Records in 1969.
In 1994, Resnick, together with Mark Barkan and Robert Harari, co-wrote and co-produced an album of horror-themed songs, Scaree Tales, which was also performed on Broadway.
Resnick, and his co-writer on "Under The Boardwalk" and "Sand In My Shoes," Kenny Young, were nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2012.
