Nice to Be with You
Appearance
"Nice to Be with You" | ||||
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Single by Gallery | ||||
from the album Nice to Be with You | ||||
B-side | "Ginger Haired Man" | |||
Released | February 1972 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Label | Sussex Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Gold | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey | |||
Gallery singles chronology | ||||
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"Nice to Be with You" is a 1972 song by Gallery from the album of the same name. It became an international Top 5 hit, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox,[1] WCFL,[2] and WLS.[3] It also reached #1 in Canada. The song reached #4 in Australia and #2 in New Zealand.[4][5]
On Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" on 26 February 1972, the song, which had just debuted on that date 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 13 May 1972 edition of "American Bandstand".[6]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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See also
References
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "All Hit Music in the Midwest". WCFL. 1972-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "89 Chicagoland Hit Parade". WLS. 1972-06-19. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ "Gallery – Nice To Be With You". Rising Storm. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ "Stereo Review: Vol. 31". CBS Magazines. 1973. p. 88. Retrieved March 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Casey Kasem used the word "lousy" in his description of the song's rating, on the 20 May 1972 edition of "American Top 40".
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1972-06-10. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-06-24. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2016-08-17.