Have a Nice Day, Volume 15
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Also known as Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Volume 15 or Super Hits of the '70s, Volume 15.
Track listing
- Dwight Twilley BandDwight TwilleyDwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" and "Girls"...
(1975): "I'm on FireI'm on Fire (Dwight Twilley Band song)"I'm on Fire" is the debut single by the Dwight Twilley Band released in April 1975. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1975. "I'm on Fire" was later included on the Dwight Twilley Band's first album Sincerely released in July 1976....
" (Twilley) – 3:18 - Hamilton, Joe Frank & ReynoldsHamilton, Joe Frank & ReynoldsHamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds was a 1970s AM soft rock trio from Los Angeles. The original members were Dan Hamilton , Joe Frank Carollo , and Tommy Reynolds , all of whom had previously played in The T-Bones, a 1960s band noted for the instrumental hit "No Matter What Shape ".The group first hit...
(1975): "Fallin' in Love" (Dan Hamilton) – 3:02 - Johnny Wakelin and The Kinshasa BandJohnny WakelinJohnny Wakelin is a British Pye Records recording artist.-Career:He had his first outings in clubs in his hometown but without big success...
(1975): "Black Superman - 'Muhammad Ali'" (Wakelin) – 3:37 - Jessi ColterJessi ColterJessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa"....
(1975): "I'm Not LisaI'm Not Lisa"I'm Not Lisa" is a country music song written and recorded by American country artist Jessi Colter. It was released as a single on January 16, 1975 by Capitol Records. "I'm Not Lisa" would become Colter's first major hit as a solo artist.-Content:...
" (Colter) – 3:23 - Janis IanJanis IanJanis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
(1975): "At SeventeenAt Seventeen"At Seventeen" is a song by Janis Ian, released in 1975 on Between the Lines and as a single. Ian's most successful recording, the song is a commentary on adolescent cruelty, the illusion of popularity, and teenage angst, as reflected upon from the maturity of adulthood...
" (Ian) – 3:59 - David Geddes (1975): "Run Joey RunRun Joey Run"Run Joey Run" is a teenage tragedy song performed by soft rock singer David Geddes. It was a U.S. Top 5 hit which peaked at #4 in the fall of 1975.-Story:The song opens with a female voice pleading with her father:...
" (Perry Cone, Paul VancePaul VancePaul Vance is an American songwriter and record producer.With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote such hits as "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," recorded in 1960 by Brian Hyland, which rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by...
) – 2:55 - Austin RobertsAustin Roberts (singer)Austin Roberts is an American singer and songwriter. His most successful recording was 1975's "Rocky"; a transatlantic Top 40 hit single.-Early years:...
(1975): "RockyRocky (song)"Rocky" is a 1975 song written by Jay Stevens . "Rocky" would be Dickey Lee's most successful single on the country chart, becoming his only number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.Other versions...
" (Jay Stevens) – 3:39 - Pete WingfieldPete WingfieldPete Wingfield is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist.-Career:...
(1975): "Eighteen with a Bullet" (Wingfield, Barry Hammond) – 3:33 - JigsawJigsaw (band)Jigsaw were an English pop music group, fronted by the singer-songwriter duo of Clive Scott and Des Dyer. In Australia the group was called "British Jigsaw" due to the existence of a local band of the same name.-Overview:...
(1975): "Sky HighSky High (song)"Sky High" is the name of a 1975 single by British pop music group, Jigsaw. The song, the main title theme to the film entitled The Man from Hong Kong, was a world-wide hit in the latter part of 1975, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and #9 in the UK Singles Chart.Two...
" (Clive Scott, Des Dyer) – 2:51 - The Bay City Rollers (1975): "Saturday NightSaturday Night (Bay City Rollers song)"Saturday Night" is the title of a song recorded by the Scottish band Bay City Rollers. It was written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. The tune is an upbeat pop-rock number with a memorable hook: the word "Saturday" spelled out in a rhythmic chant.An early version of the song was...
" (Phil CoulterPhil CoulterPhil Coulter is an artist with an international reputation as a successful songwriter, pianist, music producer, arranger and director. His success has spanned four decades and he is one of the biggest record sellers in Ireland...
, Bill Martin) – 2:57 - C.W. McCall (1976): "ConvoyConvoy (song)"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C. W. McCall that became a number-one song on both the country and pop charts in the US. Written by McCall and Chip Davis, the song spent six weeks at number one on the country charts and one week at number one on the pop charts...
" (Bill Fries, Chip DavisChip DavisLouis F. "Chip" Davis, Jr. is the founder and leader of the music group Mannheim Steamroller.He also wrote the music for C.W. McCall, including the 1975 hit "Convoy".-Biography:...
) – 3:50 - Hot Chocolate (1975): "You Sexy ThingYou Sexy Thing"You Sexy Thing" is a song recorded by the British group, Hot Chocolate. It was written by Hot Chocolate's lead singer Errol Brown, and produced by Mickie Most. It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, and number 3 in the US Pop charts a year later...
" (Errol BrownErrol BrownErrol Brown MBE is a singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of Hot Chocolate. He has British citizenship by marriage to Ginette and they live in The Bahamas...
, Tony Wilson) – 4:05