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"Hang On in There Baby" is a song written by American musician Johnny Bristol and arranged by H. B. Barnum as the title track from his first album. It was released as his debut solo single in 1974, reaching No. 8 on the U.S. Hot 100 [ 2 ] and No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart. [ 3 ]
Hang On in There Baby: 12 74 82 7 1975 Feeling the Magic — — — 29 1976 Bristol's Creme — — 154 43 1978 Strangers — — — — 1981 Free to Be Me — — — — 1993 Life & Love (retitled Come to Me for 1995 US release) — — — — "—" denotes the album failed to chart
[29] [30] Cover Boys did a version of the song along with another Johnny Bristol composition, "Hang On In There Baby", which was released on Sizzle Records, Unidisc in 1987. [31] A version by Donato was released on the Miami based Vision record label. [32] Mari Wilson recorded a version which appeared on her 1991 The Rhythm Romance album. [33]
Curiosity Killed the Cat were a pop band formed in 1984 which had several hit singles in the UK. At the time of their breakthrough, Volpeliere-Pierrot was known for wearing a beret in most pictures of the band, though it was actually a peaked fisherman's hat, turned round with the peak to the rear so that it resembled a beret.
Married Men", "Hang on in There Baby" and "My Knight in Black Leather", released at the height of the disco era, were all issued as extended mixes on 12-inch singles. The album's title is a humorous play on Cries and Whispers , influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman 's 1973 movie.
Eventually, under contract with Warner/Reprise, they recorded their sole gospel/R&B crossover album, The Stovall Sisters (producer, Erik Jacobsen) which featured "Hang On In There". The Stovall Sisters went on to record unreleased tracks for an album with Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey and Maurice White but disbanded before its release ...
There were several versions of the "Hang in There, Baby" poster, featuring a picture of a cat or kitten, hanging onto a stick, tree branch, pole or rope. The original poster featured a black and white photograph of a Siamese kitten clinging to a bamboo pole and was first published in late 1971 as a poster by Los Angeles photographer Victor Baldwin.
The compilation album received favourable reviews from critics. Sputnikmusic stated that: "But still, if you are willing to go and wade through a B-Side history of the Manic's- which I doubt many do- there's a genuine albums worth of classics to be found, with the second disc a redundant retread of covers that could have been used to make the collection more expansive and valuable.