Stay Awhile (The Bells song)

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"Stay Awhile"
Single by the Bells
from the album Fly, Little White Dove, Fly
B-side "Sing A Song Of Freedom"
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1971
Genre Soft rock [1]
Length3:15
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Ken Tobias
Producer(s) Cliff Edwards
The Bells singles chronology
"Fly Little White Dove, Fly"
(1970)		"Stay Awhile"
(1971)		"I Love You Lady Dawn"
(1971)

"Stay Awhile" is a song written by Ken Tobias, and was an international hit single for the Bells in 1971.

Contents

Personnel

Chart performance

In Canada, the song reached No. 1 on the " RPM 100", [2] No. 1 on RPM's "MOR Playlist", [3] and No. 1 on the CHUM 30 chart. [4] In the United States, the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 7, [5] while reaching No. 8 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart, [6] [7] and No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Stephen, Tom; Greenberg, Keith Elliot (2018). Best Seat in the House: My Life in the Jeff Healey Band. ECW Press. ISBN   9781773052748 . Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ "RPM 100", RPM , Volume 15, No. 8, April 10, 1971. Accessed October 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ "MOR Playlist", RPM , Volume 15, No. 8, April 10, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - April 3, 1971".
  5. ↑ The Bells - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ The Bells - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard , May 8, 1971. p. 70. Accessed August 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box , May 15, 1971. p. 4. Accessed August 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ Nimmervoll, Ed. "GO-SET National Top 60", July 17, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ RPM 100 Top Singles of '71, RPM Weekly . p. 18. Volume 16, No. 20, January 08, 1972. Accessed August 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard , December 25, 1971. TA-36. Accessed August 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Charts Hits of 1971", Cash Box , December 25, 1971. p. 31. Accessed August 3, 2016.


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