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1960 song by The Drifters
"This Magic Moment " is a song composed by lyricist
Doc Pomus and pianist
Mort Shuman .
[2] It was first recorded by
The Drifters , with
Ben E. King singing lead.
Original Drifters version
It was recorded first by
Ben E. King and
the Drifters , at
Bell Sound Studios in New York City.
[1] The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the
Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960.
[3]
Chart history
Jay and the Americans version
In 1968,
Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969,
[7] while reaching No. 1 on
Canada 's "
RPM 100"
[8] and No. 11 on
Billboard 's
Easy Listening chart.
[9] The song also debuted at No. 4 in the first issue of RPM 's "Young Adult"
adult contemporary chart.
[10] The single earned
gold record status from the
Recording Industry Association of America .
[11]
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (1969)
Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles
[13]
25
US Billboard Hot 100
[14]
56
US Cash Box
[15]
25
In popular culture
The original version of the song was used in the following productions:
Lou Reed 's version, from a Doc Pomus tribute album, Till the Night is Gone , was featured in
David Lynch 's film
Lost Highway (1997).
References
^
a
b
Gilliland, John (1969).
"Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4]" (audio) .
Pop Chronicles .
University of North Texas Libraries .
^
Doc Pomus – Biography at
AllMusic . Retrieved 2007-06-27.
^
The Drifters – Chart History – The Hot 100 , Billboard.com . Accessed May 21, 2016
^
a
b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 –
ISBN
0-89820-089-X
^
Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 2, 1960 [
permanent dead link ]
^
"CHUM Hit Parade - March 21, 1960" .
^
Jay & the Americans – Chart History – The Hot 100 , Billboard.com . Accessed May 21, 2016
^
a
b "
R.P.M. 100 ",
RPM Weekly , Volume 11, No. 2, March 10, 1969. Accessed May 21, 2016
^
a
b
Jay & the Americans – Chart History – Adult Contemporary , Billboard.com . Accessed May 21, 2016
^
a
b "
Young Adult ",
RPM Weekly , Volume 11, No. 4, March 24, 1969. Accessed May 21, 2016
^
Gold & Platinum ,
RIAA . Accessed May 21, 2016
^
"Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 15, 1969" . Archived from
the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
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"Archived copy" . www.collectionscanada.gc.ca . Archived from
the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
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Musicoutfitters.com
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"Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969" . Archived from
the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
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