the group had become familiar with that recording while performing at the plamor ballroom in fort dodge, ia. a local dee-jay, peter mcclain, played the song when he was emceeing dances at the ballroom. denny storey and senn, both members of the runaways, had talked about doing their own version of the song. on one occasion while setting up for a dance at the plamor, storey grabbed his guitar and showed senn an approach to the song he thought would work well. in july 1965, the group recorded nine songs at igl, one of which was storey's take on "peter rabbit".