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Dear Old Daddy Bill
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Wikipedia article
"'Dear Old Daddy Bill'" was the third and final charting single for Canadian band Motherlode. Not having the success of the two previous releases, it was only a minor hit for the group.
Background
"Dear Old Daddy Bill" bw " Living Life" was released in Canada on Revolver REVS-005. It was written by Steve Kennedy, William "Smitty" Smith Smith and Kenny Marco.45Cat - [https://www.45cat.com/artist/motherlode/ca Motherlode - Discography, Canada] With the new distribution deal between Revolution Records and Compo Company, the single was released by early May, 1970.'Cash Box', May 2, 1970 - [https://archive.org/details/cashbox31unse_38/page/64/mode/2up?q=%22Dear+old+Daddy+Bill%22 Page 64 CashBox 'Canada']
Chart performance
In June 1970, the single reached number 10 on the Top 50 MAPL chart.'RPM Weekly', Volume 13. No 19 June 27th. 1970 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/70s/1970/RPM-1970-06-27.pdf Page 9 TOP 50 MAPL CANADIAN CHART] It peaked at number 20 on the 'RPM' Top 50 Canadian Content chart.'RPM' [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/70s/RPM-1970-05-23-OCR-Page-0022.pdf Page 24 RPM 23/5/70] It peaked at #69 on the RPM100 chart.Collectionscanada.gc - [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3787.pdf Page 18 ... 6/6/70]'RPM Weekly', Volume 13. No 19 June 27th. 1970 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/70s/1970/RPM-1970-06-27.pdf Pages 11-12 RPM100 SINGLES]
References
Category:Revolver Records singles
Category:1969 songs
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