| "Sweet Mary" | ||||
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| Single by Wadsworth Mansion | ||||
| from the album Wadsworth Mansion | ||||
| B-side | "What's on Tonight" | |||
| Released | October 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 2:40 | |||
| Label | Sussex | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steve Jablecki | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Calvert, Norman Marzano | |||
| Wadsworth Mansion singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweet Mary" is a song written by Steve Jablecki and performed by Wadsworth Mansion. "Sweet Mary" was featured on their 1971 album Wadsworth Mansion [1] and was produced by Jim Calvert and Norman Marzano. [2]
"Sweet Mary" reached #7 on the U.S. pop chart and #35 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart in 1971. [3] In Canada, the song reached #5. [4]
It ranked #96 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1971. [5]
"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971 and No. 6 in Canada. It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, and one week at the top of the Canadian AC chart.
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Wadsworth Mansion was an early-1970s American rock band from Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Its members were Steve Jablecki, Wayne Gagnon, Russ Sevigny, Mike Jablecki (drums) and John Poole . The group took its name from Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill in Connecticut.
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