“Liar, Liar” was written by Jim Donna on a serviette in his dad and mom’ home, drummer Dennis Craswell and Donna’s sister Joanne helped Donna write it. It was accomplished in 2 hours. Donna and Craswell took it to the opposite members of The Castaways they usually favored it. The music was recorded on March 2, 1965. The music was proven off to Soma Data founder and President Amos Heilicher, who favored it and signed The Castaways to a contract.
“Liar, Liar” was the first and solely hit single by the Castaways. The report peaked at no. 12 on Billboard’s Scorching 100 in 1965 throughout a then-lengthy 14-week chart run. It reached the Prime Ten in markets in each month between June and December 1965, together with primary positions in Minneapolis/St. Paul, San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Oklahoma Metropolis, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. The producer for the observe was Timothy D. Kehr. Guitarist Robert Folschow contributed the distinctive falsetto vocal on “Liar, Liar,” whereas Dick Roby did the scream on the music.
The Castaways carried out “Liar, Liar” within the 1967 seaside celebration movie It’s a Bikini World. The music additionally seems on the 1972 compilation album Nuggets: Unique Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Period, 1965–1968. It additionally appeared within the motion pictures Lock, Inventory and Two Smoking Barrels and Good Morning Vietnam.
