Stay Awhile (The Bells song) explained
| Stay Awhile |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Bells |
| Album: | Fly, Little White Dove, Fly |
| B-Side: | Sing A Song Of Freedom |
| Released: | February 11, 1971 |
| Genre: | Soft rock[1] |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Cliff Edwards |
| Prev Title: | Fly Little White Dove, Fly |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | I Love You Lady Dawn |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"Stay Awhile" is a song written by Ken Tobias, and was an international hit single for the Bells in 1971.
Personnel
Chart performance
In Canada, the song reached No. 1 on the "RPM 100",[2] No. 1 on RPMs "MOR Playlist",[3] and No. 1 on the CHUM 30 chart.[4] In the United States, the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 7,[5] while reaching No. 8 on Billboards Easy Listening chart,[6] [7] and No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100.[8]
Weekly charts
| Chart (1971) | Peak
position |
|---|
| Canada - RPM 100 | 1 |
| Canada - RPM MOR Playlist | 1 |
| Canada - CHUM 30 | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 7 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening | 8 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 4 |
| Australia - Go-Set[9] | 11 |
| New Zealand - NZ Listener[10] | 16 | |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1971) | Rank |
|---|
| Canada - "RPM 100 Top Singles of '71"[11] | 8 |
| US Billboard - "Top Pop 100 Singles"[12] | 57 |
| US - "Cash Box Top 100 Charts Hits of 1971"[13] | 59 | |
Notes and References
- Book: Tom. Stephen. Keith Elliot. Greenberg. Keith Elliot Greenberg. 2018. Best Seat in the House: My Life in the Jeff Healey Band. . 9781773052748. May 19, 2020.
- "RPM 100", RPM, Volume 15, No. 9, April 17, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- "MOR Playlist", RPM, Volume 15, No. 8, April 10, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- Web site: CHUM 30, Official Issue No. 140, April 10, 1971.. 2016-08-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061107220232/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19710410 . November 7, 2006 . .
- http://www.billboard.com/artist/384168/bells/chart The Bells - Chart History - The Hot 100
- http://www.billboard.com/artist/384168/bells/chart?f=341 The Bells - Chart History - Adult Contemporary
- "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, May 8, 1971. p. 70. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, May 15, 1971. p. 4. Accessed August 3, 2016.
- [Ed Nimmervoll|Nimmervoll, Ed]
- "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4393& RPM 100 Top Singles of '71
- "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 25, 1971. TA-36. Accessed August 3, 2016.
- "Cash Box Top 100 Charts Hits of 1971", Cash Box, December 25, 1971. p. 31. Accessed August 3, 2016.
