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Despite initial efforts from radio stations to ban the song, "Timothy" proved to be a success for the Buoys. It reached the U.S. Billboard Top 40 chart on April 17, 1971, where it remained on the chart for eight weeks and peaked at #17. [3] On the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, it spent two weeks at #13. [4] In Canada, the song reached #9. [5] "
The Buoys were an American pop/rock band from the early 1970s. Its membership included Bill Kelly, Fran Brozena, Jerry Hludzik, Carl Siracuse and Chris Hanlon, based in the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania, area. They are most famous for the banned song "Timothy", which was written for them by Rupert Holmes.
Holmes played the piano for both the Cuff Links and the Buoys, [7] with whom he had his first international hit, "Timothy", which was on the Hot 100 for 17 weeks beginning on January 2, 1971, a number 17 song about human cannibalism that intentionally drew controversy. [8]
In 1971, The Buoys recorded a hit single "Timothy", about three miners trapped underground due to a cave-in, with only two of them surviving and a strong implication they survived by cannibalizing the third.
Lone Star State officials are reportedly surveying parts of the Rio Grande near Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and more bright-orange buoys could go up as soon as Wednesday, according to a report.
The origins of Dakota can be traced back as far as the early 1970s in North East Pennsylvania, USA, to a band called The Buoys and a million-selling single called "Timothy". [1] [8] The song, written by Rupert Holmes, was supposedly about the local Sheppton mine disaster of 1963, [9] though Holmes has denied it and said it was a coincidence. [10]
Timothee Chalamet’s second turn as guest host of Saturday Night Live gives us not one, but two recurring characters from his first stint on the show. One is a bonkers expansion of the Tiny Horse ...
The Buoys may refer to: The Buoys (American band), a pop rock band; The Buoys (Australian band), an alternative rock band; See also. Boys (disambiguation)