Tracy (The Cuff Links song)

"Tracy"
Single by The Cuff Links
from the album Tracy
B-side "Where Do You Go?"
Released 1969
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Bubblegum pop
Length 2:05
Label Decca Records
Writer(s) Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
Producer(s) Lee Pockriss & Paul Vance
The Cuff Links singles chronology
"Tracy"
(1969)		 "When Julie Comes Around"
(1969)

"Tracy" is a song written by Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance, which was released in 1969 by The Cuff Links and featured Ron Dante on vocals.[1][2] Dante recalled recording the vocals for "Tracy" stating, "I put on a lead voice, doubled it a few times, and then put about 16, 18 backgrounds."[3]

The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[4] while reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[5] No. 1 on Canada's RPM 100,[6] No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] No. 4 on New Zealand's NZ Listener chart,[7][8] and No. 9 on Australia's Go-Set chart.[9]

Chart performance

Chart (1969) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Billboard - Easy Listening 5
Canada - RPM 100 1
Canada - CHUM 30[10] 2
Canada - RPM Adult Contemporary[11] 3
UK Singles Chart 4
New Zealand - NZ Listener 4
Australia - Go-Set 9
US Billboard - "Top Easy Listening Singles - 1969"[12] 49
US Billboard - "Top Hot 100 Singles - 1969"[12] 81

References

  1. 1 2 Tracy - By: The Cuff Links, MusicVF.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  2. ↑ Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 3rd edition, Billboard Publications, Inc. (1987). p. 83
  3. ↑ Kim Cooper & David Smay, "Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth", Feral House, (2001). p. 61.
  4. ↑ The Cuff Links - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  5. ↑ The Cuff Links - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 17, 2015
  6. ↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, November 8, 1969. p. 7. Accessed September 17, 2015
  7. ↑ "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, March 14, 1970. p. 61. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  8. ↑ "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed September 19, 2015
  9. ↑ Ed Nimmervoll, "GO-SET National Top 40", December 20, 1969. Accessed September 17, 1969
  10. ↑ CHUM 30 – October 25, '69 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Collector's Issue No. 64. CHUM. Accessed December 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Adult", RPM, November 22, 1969. Accessed September 17, 2015
  12. 1 2 "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 27, 1969. pp. 16-17. Accessed December 17, 2015.


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