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The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart , [ 2 ] No. 5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart, [ 3 ] No. 7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .
Taking into account Bloom's current hit status with "Montego Bay", the reviewer called it a potent rocker and said gave it Hot 100 potential. [29] On January 30, 1971, the song peaked at no. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. [30] [31] Bloom had a UK hit with "Heavy Makes You Happy". [32] It was released in the UK on Polydor 2001-122 in 1970. [33]
The group recorded their version of the Bobby Bloom hit, "Montego Bay".It was produced by P. Bellotte and released on Ariola 7716. [16] John Wishart gave the song a very good review in the August 12 issue of Record Mirror with Wishart saying that "Montego Bay" was such a good song that it could withstand any treatment.
The album made its debut at no. 130 on the Billboard Top LPs chart for the week ending November 28. [10] It peaked at no. 126. [11] [12] The album made its debut at no. 99 on the Cash Box Top 100 Albums chart for the week of December 5, 1970. [13] It reached its peak position of no. 95 on the week of December 19.
The band achieved a minor success in the United States with "Montego Bay" (a cover of the 1970 song by Bobby Bloom) in 1986; early the next year, it became a surprise hit in Canada, climbing to No. 6 on their singles chart. That year their eponymous full-length album was released on Island Records, [2] although it failed to chart highly. [3]
Kemp began singing in nightclubs in the Bahamas at age 13. [3] He moved to Harlem, New York in 1979 [3] with the band Kinky Fox. In the early 1980s, Kemp became a successful session musician and songwriter, singing backup for the B. B. & Q. Band on their 1982 album All Night Long (on which he co-wrote several tracks) and for Change on their 1982 album Sharing Your Love (on which he co-wrote ...
A ^ In German speaking countries, the album Sun of Jamaica was released as Zauber der Karibik, and in Spain, as Sol de Jamaica. B ^ Von Hawaii bis Tomé was re-released as Sommer, Sonne, Strand and Montego Bay in 1993. C ^ Christmas Album was re-released as Christmas by the Sea in 1997.
Montego Bay High School, ... "Montego Bay" (song), a 1970 song by Bobby Bloom; See also. Montego Bae", a 2018 hip hop song by Noname featuring Ravyn Lenae;