1970 single by Bobby Bloom
"Montego Bay " is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name . The song was a top ten hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart ,[1] No. 5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart,[2] No. 7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry . In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' " at the end of the recording. The song features a whistler, as well as Jamaican instruments in a calypso style.
Chart history [ edit ] Weekly charts [ edit ] Freddie Notes & the Rudies cover Sugar Cane cover Jon Stevens cover Chart (1980) Peak position New Zealand (RIANZ )[15] 1
Quarrington/Worthy cover Chart (1980) Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[16] 15
Allniters cover Amazulu cover Year-end charts [ edit ] Jon Stevens version [ edit ] In January 1980, New Zealand recording artist Jon Stevens released a version as a single. It peaked at No.1 in New Zealand, allowing Stevens to replace himself at No.1,[25] and stayed there for two weeks.[15]
Track listing [ edit ] Vinyl, 7-inch, 45 RPM
"Montego Bay" 2:50 "Sha La La" 4:25 Weekly chart performance for "Montego Bay" Chart (1980) Peak position New Zealand (RIANZ )[26] 1
Year-end charts [ edit ] Other recordings [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Official Charts Company" . Officialcharts.com . 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . Retrieved 2016-10-03 . ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives , N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 . ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1980-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . Retrieved 2016-10-03 . ^ a b "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Montego Bay" . Irish Singles Chart . Retrieved April 18, 2020. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 14 December 1970 ^ Billboard , December 19, 1970 - Page 60 Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD, SINGAPORE, This Week 1, Last Week 1 ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . 16 October 1970. Retrieved 18 April 2020 . ^ "Official Charts Company" . Officialcharts.com . 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 5, 1970 ^ "Official Charts Company" . Officialcharts.com . 1970-10-10. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ "Official Charts Company" . Officialcharts.com . 1978-09-03. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ a b "Jon Stevens singles" . charts.nz . Retrieved 14 August 2016 . ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1980-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-18 . ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 . ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0796 ." RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Mar 28, 1987. Retrieved August 10, 2022. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . 1986. Retrieved 18 April 2020 . ^ "Official Charts Company" . Officialcharts.com . 1986-09-13. Retrieved 2020-04-14 . ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 . St Ives , N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 . ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . collectionscanada.gc.ca . 17 July 2013. ^ "All the Number One Singles: 1970" . The Official Charts Company . Retrieved 16 June 2012 . ^ "Jon Stevens" . Sergent.com.au. Retrieved 9 August 2016 . ^ "Jon Stevens singles" . charts.nz/. Retrieved 14 August 2016 . ^ "Official Top 40 Singles of 1980" . Recorded Music NZ . 1980. Retrieved 6 December 2022 . External links [ edit ]
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