"chart at number 109. Catalogue number PD 14417, Int'l. # 2066 847 77 NP 2827. It was produced by Brian Holland. A version with substantially altered music was also recorded by the UK post-punk band C Cat Trance, on their album ""Play Masenko Combo"" and as the B-side of their 1984 single ""Dreams Of Leaving"" (Ink INK123). (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String ""(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String"" is a 1970 soul music song by the Chairmen of the Board. The single reached #38 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, #19 on the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart,"
"of the Board"". Custis left the group after their second album. Although they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting that became increasingly showcased, with the group selling a million plus copies of their single, ""Give Me Just a Little More Time"". The disc was released in December 1969, reached number three on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, with one million sales confirmed in May 1970, when the group were presented with a gold record by the R.I.A.A. Chairmen of the Board also charted with ""(You've Got Me) Dangling on a"
"STICKS AND STONES 4. BIRD ON A WIRE 5. CRY ME A RIVER 6. SUPERSTAR Performed by Rita Coolidge 7. FEELIN’ ALRIGHT 8. SOMETHING 9. SPACE CAPTAIN 10. LET IT BE Performed by Claudia Lennear 11. DELTA LADY 12. THE LETTER 13. BLUE MEDLEY: - I’LL DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS - WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY - I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG 14. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE DISC FIVE Saturday March 28, 1970, Set 2 1. HONKY TONK WOMEN 2. SHE CAME IN THRU THE BATHROOM WINDOW 3. THE WEIGHT 4. CRY ME A RIVER 5."
"cutting a five-minute single, ""Hot Love"", with a rollicking rhythm, string accents and an extended sing-along chorus inspired somewhat by ""Hey Jude"". It was number one for six weeks and was quickly followed by ""Get It On"", a grittier, more adult tune that spent four weeks in the top spot. The song was renamed ""Bang a Gong (Get It On)"" when released in the United States, to avoid confusion with another song of the same name by the American band Chase. The song reached No. 10 in the United States in early 1972, the only top 40 single the band"
"Top Ten success, the subsequent ""(Bringing Out) The Girl in Me"" marking her final Hot 100 appearance with a #73 peak. ""Lead Me On"" is a re-packaged and slightly remixed version of the previous European LP with the addition of a new song, the disco-styled ""Hideaway"". The songs ""Lead Me On"" and ""Hideaway"" were extended for a promotional 12-inch record. 1969: 1971: 1975: 1976: 1977: 1978: 1979: 1980: 1982: 1986: Maxine Nightingale Maxine Nightingale (born 2 November 1952) is a British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for her hits in the 1970s, with the million seller"
"Tumbling Dice ""Tumbling Dice"" (originally called ""Good Time Women"") is a single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for the Rolling Stones' 1972 double album ""Exile on Main St."", and was the album's lead single. The song, recorded in the basement of the chateau Villa Nellcôte in France, peaked at number 7 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 5 in the UK Singles chart. The lyrics tell the story of a gambler who cannot remain faithful to any woman. The music has a blues boogie-woogie rhythm and has been noted for its irregular lyrical structure and"
"Hot 100, becoming Cher's second top ten single after ""Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"", and number twelve in Canada. ""You Better Sit Down Kids"" was covered by Roy Drusky, Liza Minnelli, Glen Campbell and Bono himself on ""All I Ever Need Is You"" (1971). The year of 1967 was full for Sonny & Cher. They released their third studio album ""In Case You're In Love"" in March which yielded the U.S. top ten single ""The Beat Goes On"" and the U.K. top five single ""Little Man"". In April, they promoted the musical comedy ""Good Times"" along with its"
"but we didn't put our names on 'em because we were in a lawsuit and couldn't use our names. So we used Ronnie Dunbar, who was an employee of ours and Edith Wayne, who was a friend of the Holland family... Dunbar and Wayne were credited as co-writers on most of the hit records produced by Invictus and Hot Wax, including ""Give Me Just a Little More Time"" by Chairmen of the Board, which reached #3 in both the US and UK in 1970, and Freda Payne's ""Band of Gold"" which reached #3 in the US and #1 in the"
"the album had the most unusual sound compared to previous albums, essentially making it a ""quieter album"". Eder noted the album ""has other highlights and oddities"" and singled out Ray Charles' ""Leave My Woman Alone"". String Along String Along is an album by the Kingston Trio, released in 1960 (see 1960 in music). It was their fifth studio album in a row to reach number one on the Billboard charts and remained there for ten weeks. ""String Along"" received an RIAA gold certification in 1962, a year after Dave Guard had left the group. It was the last LP of"
"1970s through the release of several secular hits, including ""Let Me Down Easy"" and ""Simple Little Words."" In 1979, Lane recorded the song after it became a No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom by Lena Martell. At first, United Artists Records balked at releasing the song, despite its previous track record of success, but Lane's husband-manager, Lee Stoller, predicted the song would be successful, and UA relented. The song was released in the late winter of 1980, and by the end of the spring, the song was No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles chart. ""One Day at"
"singles chart. It became her first single in seven years to reach the latter chart. In addition, ""Just One Time"" reached #2 on the Canadian ""RPM"" Country Tracks chart in 1971. It was released on an album of the same name shortly after. Others recording the song are Skeeter Davis in 1960 (an answer song as “I Want To See You (Just One Time)”), the Everly Brothers in 1963, Johnny Tillotson in 1965, Frank Ifield in 1966, Kitty Wells in 1971, Dottie West in 1971, Jean Shepard in 1971, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass in 1971, Chet Atkins in"
"I've Got the World on a String ""I've Got The World on a String"" is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the Cotton Club series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Cotton Club Parades. This song was featured in 1999 film ""Analyze This"". The song was introduced and recorded by Cab Calloway. Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 26, 1933 with the Dorsey Brothers and their Orchestra The song was one of the first recorded by Frank Sinatra"
"times: in 1967 with the song ""Puppet on a String"" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song ""Boom Bang-a-Bang"" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song ""Save Your Kisses for Me"" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song ""Making Your Mind Up"" performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song ""Love Shine a Light"" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top"
"had logged four consecutive weeks in the runner-up position on this chart behind Michael Jackson's hit ""Rock with You"" before ascending to the top of the chart. The song spent a single week in the pole position before being succeeded on February 23 by Queen's ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"". Overall, ""Do That to Me One More Time"" spent 27 weeks on the Hot 100. The song also achieved some crossover success on the ""Billboard"" adult contemporary and R&B charts. It was their highest-charting hit on the UK Singles Chart, where it reached #7 in March 1980. The duo also"
"My World Slipped Away"" performed by the Nashville String Machine; arranged and conducted by Michael Omartian, except ""Today My World Slipped Away"", arranged by Bergen White and conducted by Michael Omartian. Carrying Your Love with Me Carrying Your Love With Me is the seventeenth studio album released in 1997 by American country music artist George Strait. It was released by MCA Nashville and it produced four singles for Strait on the ""Billboard"" country charts. ""One Night at a Time"", the title track, and ""Round About Way"", respectively the first, second, and fourth singles, all reached Number One, while ""Today My"
"break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts. The single by B. J. Thomas reached No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada, Norway and reached No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. It topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 hit of the 1970s. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the No. 4 song of 1970. According to ""Billboard"" magazine, Thomas' single had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight-track"
"show. Philadelphia soul and New York soul were evolutions of the Motown sound, and were typified by the lavish percussion, lush string orchestra arrangements and expensive record production processes that became a prominent part of mid-1970s disco songs. Early songs with disco elements include ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"" (the Supremes, 1966), ""Soul Makossa"" (Manu Dibango, 1972), ""Superstition"" by Stevie Wonder (1972) Eddie Kendricks' ""Keep on Truckin'"" (1973) and ""The Love I Lost"" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (1973). ""Love Train"" by the O'Jays (1972), with M.F.S.B. as the backup band, topped the ""Billboard"" pop chart in March"
"when he transferred to Capitol Records in 1953. His recording on April 30, 1953 with an orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle reached #14 on Billboard's most played list. Notable live performances of the song include a rendition by Anthony Perkins in the drama ""Winter Dream"", a production of the live anthology TV series, ""Front Row Center"", and by Céline Dion in her Las Vegas show A New Day..., which ran from 2003 until 2007. I've Got the World on a String ""I've Got The World on a String"" is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics"
"I've Got the World on a String (album) I've Got the World on a String is a 1960 album by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Russell Garcia. The album was recorded on the same day as Armstrong's 1958 album ""Louis Under the Stars""; the previous day he had finished recording ""Ella and Louis Again"" with Ella Fitzgerald. In 1999 ""I've Got the World on a String"" was reissued with ""Louis Under the Stars"" with bonus material and outtakes. ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the album in their March 14, 1960 issue and wrote that ""Satchmo plays it soft and romantic on this listenable"
"writing team after they left Motown Records. The following year Chairmen of the Board had the first hit for Invictus with ""Give Me Just a Little More Time."" During the disco craze of the late 1970s, Detroit artists had several dance hits. In 1975, Stevie Wonder's drummer Hamilton Bohannon had a hit with ""Foot Stompin' Music"", while Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds infused jazz with dance friendly elements that produced the song ""Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)"". In 1977 Brainstorm & C. J. & Company each had soul driven dance hits. In 1978, George Clinton's bass player Bootsy Collins had"
"Get Me to the World on Time ""Get Me to the World on Time"" is a song written by Annette Tucker and Jill Jones for the American garage rock band, The Electric Prunes. The song was released in May 1967 following the success of the band's previous single, ""I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"". Although the follow-up did not have the same success, ""Get Me to the World on Time"" still charted at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single also fared slightly better in the UK, where it reached number 42. The song was recorded"
"Released in the United States in 1965 as a single with the 1960 recording from the film ""G.I. Blues"", ""Wooden Heart"", on the B-side, ""Puppet on a String"" reached number 14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week of December 25, 1965, where it would stay for two weeks. (The other single from the same movie, ""Do the Clam"", was released earlier in the same year and reached number 21.) The single peaked at number 13 on the ""Record World"" chart. In Canada, the single reached number 3 in a 10 week chart run, entering the chart in November,"
"1970, through Barbra Streisand's record label, Columbia Records. The songs were recorded by Streisand and co-star Yves Montand on-set at Samuel Goldwyn Studios in West Hollywood, California in early 1970. Lyrics for the album's ten songs were written by Alan Jay Lerner while the music was written by Burton Lane. On the album's fourth track, ""Melinda"", Luiz Bonfá and Maria Toledo are credited as additional lyricists. Streisand is credited as the sole singer for ""Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here"", ""Love with All the Trimmings"", ""Go to Sleep"", ""He Isn't You"", ""What Did I Have That I Don't Have"", and the"
"including Irma Thomas, Chris Kenner, Johnny Adams. Al ""Carnival Time"" Johnson, Art Neville, Chuck Carbo, Mary Jane Hooper, Robert Parker, and The Explosions. In 1969, at the height of funk, he had his only national chart hit, ""Hook and Sling, Pts. 1 & 2,"" which reached number 13 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart and number 73 on the pop chart. The song, on the Scram label, was recorded in just one take. He then formed his own label, Bo-Sound, and had another regional hit with ""Check Your Bucket."" From the early 1970s Bo worked in the music business only sporadically,"
"1970 at American Sound Studio in Memphis, with ""Let Me Be the One"" being afforded a UK single release in November 1970 with the singer credited mononymously as Nanette. The song was also recorded by Anne Murray for her 1971 album ""Talk It Over in the Morning"" with the track being issued as the B-side of Murray's 1972 UK single ""Destiny"" which spent 4 weeks in the UK Top 50 with a #41 peak on November 4, 1972. Murray also recorded the song as a duet with Glen Campbell on the 1971 Glen Campbell/ Anne Murray album ""Anne Murray -"
"professional career in the mid 1960s, forming the psychedelic band Nazz in 1967. Two years later, he left Nazz to pursue a solo career and immediately scored his first US top 40 hit with ""We Gotta Get You a Woman"" (1970). His best-known songs include ""Hello It's Me"" and ""I Saw the Light"" from ""Something/Anything?"" (1972), which have heavy rotation on classic rock radio stations, and the 1983 single ""Bang the Drum All Day"", which is featured in many sports arenas, commercials and movie trailers. Although lesser known, ""Couldn't I Just Tell You"" (1972) was influential to many artists in"
"FURTHER ON UP THE ROAD Performed by Don Preston 6. DARLING BE HOME SOON 7. SPACE CAPTAIN 8. SUPERSTAR Performed by Rita Coolidge 9. DELTA LADY 10. LET’S GO GET STONED 11. STICKS AND STONES 12. LET IT BE Performed by Claudia Lennear DISC SIX Saturday March 28, 1970, Set 2 - continued 1. FEELIN’ ALRIGHT 2. SOMETHING 3. THE LETTER 4. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE 5. BLUE MEDLEY: - I’LL DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS - WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY - I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG 6. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS The"
"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) ""Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released as the opening track of his 1973 album ""Living in the Material World"". It was also issued as the album's lead single, in May that year, and became Harrison's second US number 1, after ""My Sweet Lord"". In doing so, the song demoted Paul McCartney and Wings' ""My Love"" from the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, marking the only occasion that two former Beatles have held the top two chart positions in America. The"
"followed up in 1971 by ""Stay Awhile"", a duet featuring Jackie Ralph and Edwards. Written by Saint John native Ken Tobias, the song became a major hit worldwide, selling four million copies and going to #1 in Canada on the ""RPM 100"" national Top Singles chart on April 10, 1971 and remaining there for two weeks as well becoming their only Top 40 hit in the U.S., reaching #7 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. This disc sold over one million copies before the major U.S. radio stations played it, and received a gold disc awarded by the R.I.A.A. on"
"chart, but the duo's November 1965 single, ""You Don't Know Like I Know,"" started a series of ten straight top twenty ""Billboard"" R&B hits, including ""Hold On, I'm Comin'"" (1966), ""You Got Me Hummin'"" (1966), ""When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"" (1967), ""Soul Man"" (1967), and ""I Thank You"" (1968). Starting with ""Hold On, I'm Comin'"", Moore was typically given the lead vocal (first verse and lead voice in chorus) on most of their recordings. Prater sang the tenor lead first verse on their only ballad to become a hit single, ""When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"", demonstrating"
"Me Just a Little More Time"", which was released in January 1992, the album returned to the UK chart at number 68 in January 1992, then dropped off. Three weeks later, the album re-entered the UK albums chart at number 50. All songs written by Kylie Minogue, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman and produced by Stock and Waterman, except where noted. Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Let's Get to It"". Notes Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Let's Get to It"". A video was released following the album titled ""Let's Get To...The Videos"". It included four music"
"hit. Jack and Jeannie's stage show became one of the biggest touring acts during the 1970s. Jack continued to have both solo hits and duets with Seely. Among the biggest of these hits during the 1970s included ""Lord, Is That Me"" (1970), ""There's A Lot About A Woman A Man Don't Know"" (1971), and two more duets with Jeannie with ""Much Obliged"" (1972) and ""What In The World Has Gone Wrong With Our Love"" (1972). Decca became MCA Records in the early 1970s but Greene kept on having chart success with ""Satisfaction"" (1973), ""I Need Somebody Bad"" (1973), and ""It's"
"2006 from complications of a stroke and diabetes. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren. King Floyd King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul singer and songwriter, best known for his Top 10 hit from 1970, ""Groove Me"". King Floyd III was born in New Orleans in 1945. His musical career started as a singer at the Sho-Bar on Bourbon Street. Following a stint in the army, Floyd went to California, where he joined up with record producer Harold Battiste. His debut album, ""A Man In Love,"" featuring songs co-written with"