"Shambala" is a song written by #DanielMoore and made famous by two near-simultaneous releases in 1973: the better-known but slightly later recording by #ThreeDogNight, which reached No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and a version by #BWStevenson.
#OnThisDay in 1949, #BWStevenson, American country singer, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1988).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀
"Shambala" is a song written by #DanielMoore and made famous by two near-simultaneous releases in 1973: the better-known but slightly later recording by #ThreeDogNight, which reached No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and a version by #BWStevenson.
B.W. Stevenson sitting in the back of a pickup truck
#Interestingly The week ending August 25, 1973, Texas singer/songwriter B.W. (Buckwheat) Stevenson earned US #OneHitWonder honors when “My Maria” entered the US #Billboard #Top40 at #35. It spent 12 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. #BWStevenson #MyMaria #OneHitWondered
#OneHitHistory
Falsetto cuts glass,
“My Maria,” he wails. Then…
America shrugs. ☹️
#BWStevenson #MyMaria #OneHitWondered
"My Maria" is a song co-written by #BWStevenson and #DanielMoore. Lindy Blaskey, a music publisher at ABC/Dunhill Records, thought Moore had a possible hit with his verse and chorus, but couldn't get him to finish the song, so Blaskey took what Moore had so far.
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B.W. Stevenson:
🎵 (Livin' It) Day By Day
#BWStevenson
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