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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 song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry.
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]
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Under the name the Rudies, they issued covers of "Patches" by Clarence Carter and "Montego Bay" by Bobby Bloom. [1] Billed as Freddie Notes and the Rudies, "Montego Bay" peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1970. [2] After Notes's departure, Glenroy Oakley joined the band and they changed their name to Greyhound in 1970. [1]
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 ...
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