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Todd Harry Rundgren [7] was born in Philadelphia [8] [2] on June 22, 1948, [7] the son of Ruth (née Fleck; April 29, 1922 – April 6, 2016) and Harry W. Rundgren (1917–1996). His father was of Swedish descent and his mother was of Austrian and German descent.
"We Gotta Get You a Woman" was Rundgren's first hit, peaking at No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks from January 30 to February 13, 1971. [5] [6] [7] However, despite the success, he rarely performed the song in concert. [8] He did perform it during most concerts of his 2019 "Individualist" tour. [9]
In 2008, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing songs on the chart over the 50 years, along with the best-performing artists. [1] In 2013, Billboard revised the rankings for the chart's 55th anniversary edition. [ 2 ]
"Hello It's Me" was the first song written by Todd Rundgren. [1] Written in 1967 as a slow ballad about the breakup of a relationship, [2] it was released in October 1968 as the B-side of his band Nazz's debut single "Open My Eyes", and included on the debut album Nazz (1968).
Many regarded Runt as Rundgren's debut solo album, and later reissues credit the album to Rundgren rather than to the group. The album features the single "We Gotta Get You a Woman", which reached No. 20 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 in January 1971. A month later, the album peaked at No. 185 on the Billboard 200. [5]
It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart [1] in May 1979 [2] and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. [3] John Ford Coley was quoted as saying: "Of all the songs we released as singles, that was my favorite. The song first of all had a classical base, and the middle had a gospel section which I loved." [3]
Written by Jeff Lynne in 1971, it was one of two songs featured on the B-side of the UK hit "California Man" credited to The Move (the other was Roy Wood's "Ella James"). In the US the B-side proved to be more popular than the A and so the song became The Move's only hit in the US albeit a minor one (number 93 on the Hot 100 chart). [3]
Released on July 2, 1973, from the band's album of the same name, it became the band's first single to top the Billboard charts. [3] Written by Don Brewer and produced by Todd Rundgren, its huge chart success broadened Grand Funk's appeal. In a 2023 interview, Brewer said the song, which stiches together snippets of events from the band's ...