Please note that these are referral or affiliate links from which may receive, at no additional cost to you, a commission if you should make any purchases through them. Halfway to Paradise was my first release, but that first session. Now you know why.)ĭifferent versions of 'Some Kind Of Wonderful' are listed below in chronological order.ĭisclosure: This page includes links that will take you to various online merchants outside of that sell recordings with some of the songs featured on this page. The Drifters version of Some Kind of Wonderful was the one that climbed the charts.

(When you first heard Grand Funk Railroads's version on the radio, you probably thought it sounded vaguely familiar. Ellison's song was later made famous by Grand Funk Railroad in their late 1974 remake which reached #3. The Soul Brothers Six's version was followed in 1968 by that of the Fantastic Johnny C which peaked at #87. The Soul Brothers Six released their song in 1967, and although theirs was the original version, it peaked at only #91. The second song by the same name was written by John Ellison, lead singer of the Soul Brothers Six (a.k.a.

A number of versions followed thereafter over the next several years, none of which made the Billboard Top 40. King/Goffin's song was made famous in 1961 by the Drifters whose version peaked at #32. In the 1960s, two completely different songs were released having the same title, 'Some Kind Of Wonderful.' The first song by that name was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin.

Some kind of wonderful by the drifters