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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 .
The album was produced by Jeff Barry [2] and released on L&R LR-1035 in 1970. [3] The L&R label was founded by Joey Levine and Artie Resnick . The L&R label had begun as Earth Records in 1969 but had to change to L&R due to legal action from Motown Records as the Rare Earth label was owned by them.
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]
In 1983, The Allniters performed a ska-style cover of Bobby Bloom's hit "Montego Bay", which peaked at No. 19 on the Australian singles charts. [1] [3] They followed with an album D-D-D-Dance, which contained the slower and more mainstream "Love and Affection" single. Both album and single received wide airplay on radio stations around ...
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.
A 60-minute concert video of this Midnites lineup was released on VHS in 1991. On November 27, 1982, Bobby and the Midnites performed in Montego Bay at the Jamaica World Music Festival. They were one of many acts, including the Grateful Dead, the Clash , the B-52's , the English Beat , Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers , Toots & the Maytals ...
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]
To promote Jamaica as a tourist and traveling target in Europe, the Jamaica Tourist Board invited the German band Supermax as the opening act of the annual festival in Montego Bay in 1983. From 1981, the festivals were filmed and recorded, with several videos and albums released, the first being Reggae Sunsplash '81: Tribute to Bob Marley ...