Nice to Be with You explained

Nice to Be with You
Cover:Nice_to_Be_With_You_-_Gallery.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Gallery
Album:Nice to Be with You
B-Side:Ginger Haired Man
Released:February 1972
Recorded:1971
Genre:Soft rock[1]
Label:Sussex Records
Producer:Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey
Next Title:I Believe in Music
Next Year:1972

"Nice to Be with You" is a 1972 song, from the album of the same name, by Gallery.

Background

On Dick Clark's American Bandstand of February 26, 1972, "Nice to Be with You" - which had just debuted on that day on the Hot 100 - received a "lousy" average of 57.5, on a scale from 35 to 98, on the "Rate-a-Record" segment of the show. Nevertheless, the group performed the song on the May 13, 1972 American Bandstand.[2]

Chart performance

It became an international top 5 hit, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox,[3] WCFL,[4] and WLS.[5] It also reached No. 1 in Canada. The song reached No. 4 in Australia and No. 2 in New Zealand.[6] [7]

Weekly charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 4
Canadian RPM Top Singles [9] 1
New Zealand (Listener)[10] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11] 3
4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 5
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[13] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)Rank
Australia[14] 40
Canada 36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 14
U.S. Cash Box[16] 15

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock. 32. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  2. [Casey Kasem]
  3. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72. Tropicalglen.com. October 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202112937/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720624.html. February 2, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: All Hit Music in the Midwest. WCFL. June 15, 1972. July 18, 2020.
  5. Web site: 89 Chicagoland Hit Parade. WLS. June 19, 1972. July 18, 2020.
  6. Web site: Gallery – Nice To Be With You. Rising Storm. June 8, 2011 . March 17, 2020.
  7. Web site: Stereo Review: Vol. 31. 88. 1973. CBS Magazines. March 17, 2020. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Steffen Hung . Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . August 17, 2016.
  9. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . July 17, 2013. August 17, 2016.
  10. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener . Flavourofnz.co.nz . August 17, 2016.
  11. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. September 5, 2018.
  12. Web site: Adult Contemporary Music Chart . Billboard . June 10, 1972 . August 17, 2016.
  13. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72 . Tropicalglen.com . June 24, 1972 . August 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202112937/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19720624.html . February 2, 2017 . dead .
  14. Web site: Steffen Hung . Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . November 3, 2015.
  15. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 . Musicoutfitters.com . August 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170427223218/http://musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1972.htm . April 27, 2017 . dead .
  16. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972 . Tropicalglen.com . December 30, 1972 . August 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180928150812/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1972YESP.html . September 28, 2018 . dead .

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