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 entry | Song | Peak (weeks at 1) | Weeks |
21-May-1976 | Let Your Love Flow | 1 | 16 |
24-Jun-1977 | Crossfire | 6 | 12 |
14-Dec-1979 | If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me | 6 | 13 |
Total hits | 3 | ||
Total weeks | 41 |
Biggest climber awards | 2 |
Star rater climbs | 4 |
Biggest fallers | 4 |
Weeks with oldest in the charts | 3 |
Longest run in the charts (weeks) | 16 |
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts | 0 |
Biggest gap between hits (weeks) | 117 |
Top 30 points ranking | 149 |
Top 20 points ranking | 139 |
Top 30 points | 886 |
Top 20 points | 476 |