Nice to Be with You
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| "Nice to Be with You" | ||||
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| File:Nice to Be With You - Gallery.jpg | ||||
| Single by Gallery | ||||
| from the album Nice to Be with You | ||||
| B-side | "Ginger Haired Man" | |||
| Released | February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Label | Sussex Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Gold[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey | |||
| Gallery singles chronology | ||||
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"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.[3]
Chart performance
It became an international top 5 hit, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox,[4] WCFL,[5] and WLS.[6] It also reached No. 1 in Canada. The song reached No. 4 in Australia and No. 2 in New Zealand.[7][8]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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See also
References
- ↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 32. ISBN 031214704X.
- ↑ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
- ↑ Casey Kasem used the word "lousy" in his description of the song's rating, on the May 20, 1972 edition of "American Top 40".
- ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ↑ "All Hit Music in the Midwest". WCFL. June 15, 1972. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ "89 Chicagoland Hit Parade". WLS. June 19, 1972. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Gallery – Nice To Be With You". Rising Storm. June 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Stereo Review: Vol. 31". CBS Magazines. 1973. p. 88. Retrieved March 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. June 10, 1972. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. June 24, 1972. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. December 30, 1972. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
