Today I am pleased to highlight more 1972 memories.
Gallery was a group that hailed from the Detroit area. They became a three hit wonder with a trio of songs that were all released during '72 and all were from the same album. They sold a lot of 8 tracks that year! Jim Gold was the leader of the band and he joined me on the air in 2006.
Gallery got a lot of airplay and were featured on a couple of K-tel commercials that seemed to air all the time on local t.v. Jim Gold is happy that he got a brief moment in the national spotlight.
I feel the debut album by Gallery is an overlooked gem from 1972.
Three hits on one album guaranteed that my $3.99 was well spent at the record store. The group's version of I Believe In Music was released in early August.
Gallery's three hits came back-to-back-to-back in 1972 ... and all three of them made The National Top 12.
"Nice To Be With You" went all the way to #1 in Cash Box Magazine. (It topped out at #4 in Billboard and Record World ... but charted for an incredible 22 weeks ... virtually unheard of at the time when a long-running record MIGHT spent 16 weeks on the chart.)
"I Believe In Music," a Mac Davis song, followed it up the charts, peaking at #12 in Record World, #13 in Cash Box, but only #22 in Billboard. It still seems to be the definitive version of this tune, even fifty years later.
"Big City Miss Ruth Ann" wrapped up the trifecta by also gong to #12 (this time in Cash Box), while peaking at #21 and #23 in Record World and Billboard respectively. All three recordings still hold up very well some five decades later. (kk)
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JIMY SOHNS: Sadly, the official news of Jimy Sohns' passing started circulating Friday Night ... this second stroke was just too much for him ... so Chicago (and the world) has lost one of its favorite '60's singers.
I have updated yesterday's piece to include the news of his passing ... (just scroll down to see it) ... and will put something together to run on Tuesday (August 2nd) recapping the story of Jimy Sohns and The Shadows Of Knight. In 1966, he recorded a rock and roll classic ... and I believe that people will be spelling his biggest hit for many years to come. (kk)
