THE BELLAMY BROTHERS (US)

The Bellamy Brothers were David (born 16 September 1950) and Howard Bellamy (Born 2 February 1946). They hailed from Paco Country in Florida and were inspired by the Country & Western music their father played and the rock and roll music their sister listened to. They came to the notice of Jim Stafford, a recognised singer, and David ended up co-writing Stafford’s biggest hit, ‘Spiders & Snakes’, which went to number 3 in the US. After this, they managed to get signed to a record label and when Neil Diamond’s drummer (a guy called Dennis St John) recommended that they release ‘Let You Love Flow’ as a single, they had their first major hit, going to number 1 in the US, Germany and Switzerland and peaking at 7 in the UK. It would also top our SA charts. At the time of writing that had seen 4 US Hot 100 hits and 3 UK chart entries.

Date of entrySongPeak (weeks at 1)Weeks
21-May-1976Let Your Love Flow116
24-Jun-1977Crossfire612
14-Dec-1979If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would
You Hold It Against Me
613
    
  Total hits3
  Total weeks41
Biggest climber awards2
Star rater climbs4
Biggest fallers4
Weeks with oldest in the charts3
Longest run in the charts (weeks)16
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)117
Top 30 points ranking149
Top 20 points ranking139
Top 30 points886
Top 20 points476

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