"Nice to Be with You"
Single by Gallery
from the album Nice to Be with You
B-side"Ginger Haired Man"
ReleasedFebruary 1972
Recorded1971
GenreSoft rock
LabelSussex Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Gold[1]
Producer(s)Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey
Gallery singles chronology
"Nice to Be with You"
(1972)		 "I Believe in Music"
(1972)

"Nice to Be with You" is a 1972 song, from the album of the same name, by Gallery.

Background

On Dick Clark's American Bandstand of February 26, 1972, "Nice to Be with You" - which had just debuted on that day on the Hot 100 - received a "lousy" average of 57.5, on a scale from 35 to 98, on the "Rate-a-Record" segment of the show. Nevertheless, the group performed the song on the May 13, 1972 American Bandstand.[2]

Chart performance

It became an international top 5 hit, reaching No. 4 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox,[3] WCFL,[4] and WLS.[5] It also reached No. 1 in Canada. The song reached No. 4 in Australia and No. 2 in New Zealand.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  2. ↑ Casey Kasem used the word "lousy" in his description of the song's rating, on the May 20, 1972 edition of "American Top 40".
  3. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ "All Hit Music in the Midwest". WCFL. June 15, 1972. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ "89 Chicagoland Hit Parade". WLS. June 19, 1972. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gallery – Nice To Be With You". Rising Storm. June 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Stereo Review: Vol. 31". CBS Magazines. 1973. p. 88. Retrieved March 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. June 10, 1972. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. June 24, 1972. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  14. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. December 30, 1972. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2016.


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