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"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic.
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.
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 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]
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.
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 ...
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 ...
"Make Me Happy" was written by Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom. It was backed with "This Thing I've Gotten Into". Barry also produced the record which was released on MGM K-14212 in 1970.