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"Hang On in There Baby" is a song written by American musician Johnny Bristol and arranged by H. B. Barnum as the title track from his first album. It was released as his debut solo single in 1974, reaching No. 8 on the U.S. Hot 100 [ 2 ] and No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart. [ 3 ]
Following the break-up of Take That, Barlow went straight into the recording studio and began recording a solo album.On 5 July 1996, the album's lead single, "Forever Love", was released, peaking at number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Married Men", "Hang on in There Baby" and "My Knight in Black Leather", released at the height of the disco era, were all issued as extended mixes on 12-inch singles. The album's title is a humorous play on Cries and Whispers , influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman 's 1973 movie.
Hang On in There Baby: 12 74 82 7 1975 Feeling the Magic — — — 29 1976 Bristol's Creme — — 154 43 1978 Strangers — — — — 1981 Free to Be Me — — — — 1993 Life & Love (retitled Come to Me for 1995 US release) — — — — "—" denotes the album failed to chart
The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 with sales of 40,020, [3] becoming Barlow's second number 1 album since Open Road which was released in May 1997. [4] The album now holds the record for the shortest playing number one album in chart history. [3]
However, in 1992, the band (now a three-piece and signed to RCA Records) returned to the UK Top 3 with a cover of Johnny Bristol's "Hang On in There Baby". [3] Despite this, the band's follow up singles (covers of "I Need Your Lovin'" and "Gimme the Sunshine") were unsuccessful, which resulted in the album Back to Front only being released in ...
Barlow and Lloyd Webber aimed to write the music to the song before Barlow would travel The Commonwealth looking for musicians, singers and contributors and begin writing the lyrics and producing the song as he visited remote villages and countries from across the Caribbean, Africa, the Pacific Islands and Australasia to find singers to perform ...
There were several versions of the "Hang in There, Baby" poster, featuring a picture of a cat or kitten, hanging onto a stick, tree branch, pole or rope. The original poster featured a black and white photograph of a Siamese kitten clinging to a bamboo pole and was first published in late 1971 as a poster by Los Angeles photographer Victor Baldwin.