Top Of The Pops 1973.. When The Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected but commercially unremarkable singing group who had never h
Top Of The Pops 1973.. When The Spinners signed to Atlantic in 1972, they were a respected but commercially unremarkable singing group who had never had a top-ten pop hit -- despite having been a recording act for over a decade. But under the helm of producer and songwriter Thom Bell, The Spinners would chart five top 100 singles (and two top tens) off their album The Spinners , released in 1972, and go on to be one of the biggest soul groups of the 1970s.
The Bobby Smith-led "I`ll Be Around" was their first top ten hit, (and their first million- seller), but it was actually the B-side of the first single, "How Could I Let You Get Away". Radio airplay for the B-side led Atlantic to flip the single over, with "I`ll Be Around" hitting #3 and "How Could I Let You Get Away" reaching #89.
Follow-up singles "Could It Be I`m Falling in Love" (#4, March 1973), "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (#11, June 1973), and "Ghetto Child" (#29, September 1973) would cement the group`s sudden hit-making r
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"Knock Three Times" is a popular song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was released as a single in November 1970, paired with their other hit son
"Knock Three Times" is a popular song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was released as a single in November 1970, paired with their other hit song "Candida". The single hit number one in January 1971 and eventually sold nine million copies, also claiming the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart. In the song, the narrator tells his beautiful downstairs neighbor, whom he`s never met, but nonetheless is in love with, that she should knock on the ceiling three times, if she wants to meet him, twice on the radiator pipe, if she is not interested. It was covered by Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1971 and became a number one country hit. In Dave Barry`s Book of Bad Songs, Barry comments that if Tony keeps that up (knocking on the ceiling), the neighbors are going to come over and start knocking on him.
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Written and recorded by Paul Simon following their 1970 split; performed here in a reunion concert. Art Garfunkel has stated in concert that he wished
Written and recorded by Paul Simon following their 1970 split; performed here in a reunion concert. Art Garfunkel has stated in concert that he wished that he and Simon had recorded this song before they split in 1970. The duo has claimed that had they not split, the song would have become another massive hit, similar to what "Bridge Over Troubled Water" had been.
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