"I Can Help" is a song written and performed by #BillySwan. Released in July 1974, it became a big #crossover smash some four months later, reaching No. 1 on both the #Billboard #Hot100 and #HotCountrySingles charts in November. Although Swan had other charting singles on both the Hot 100.
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🎵 Don't Be Cruel
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🎵 Don't Be Cruel
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23 November 1974 - 1 Hit Wonder Billy Swan started a 2 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Can Help'. The song was a hit throughout most of Europe and also reached No.1 in Australia. It was so successful in Norway that it charted for 37 weeks on the Norwegian charts. #BillySwan
#BachmanTurnerOverdrive, #JohnLennon, #BillySwan, #StevieWonder, and more: A playlist of 31 songs that reached their peak chart position in November 1974. #70sMusic #1970sMusic
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"Lover Please" is a 1962 song written by #BillySwan and first recorded by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960. It is most known for the version performed by #ClydeMcPhatter on his 1962 album Lover Please! which set it up to reach No.7 on the #USPopChart. Overseas, it reached No.6 in #Norway.
#Interestingly The week ending December 7, 1974, after two weeks atop the US #Billboard #Top40, Billy Swan’s “I Can Help” slipped to #2… It was knocked out by US #OneHitWonder honoree Carl Douglas and his hit “Kung Fu Fighting.” #KarlDouglas #BillySwan #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly “I Can Help” blows up in 1974... The #1 country crossover spent two weeks at #1 in the #Billboard #Top40, starting the week ending November 23, 1974. This Midnight Special was from the single’s 2nd week at the top spot. #BillySwan #MidnightSpecial #OneHitWondered
Billy Swan & Kris Kristopherson
#Interestingly After his debut album dropped in 1970, Kris Kristopherson formed a small road unit with Billy Swan on bass... Legend has it that Billy spent a weekend learning the bass to get the gig. Call it legend with a wink, but it’s part of the lore. #BillySwan #KrisKristopherson #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly In 1968, Billy Swan was asked to produce an act that nobody’d had much luck with… Billy agreed to take on the gig... and in 1969, Tony Joe White earned US #OneHitWonder honors with the Swan-produced “Polk Salad Annie.” #BillySwan #TonyJoeWhite #PolkSaladAnnie #OneHitWondered
#Interestingly As a teenager in a group named Mirt Mirly & the Rhythm Steppers, Billy Swan wrote “Lover Please.” R&B/early rock & roll star Clyde McPhatter covered it in 1962 and it soared to #7 on the US #Billboard #Top40. Not a bad start. #BillySwan #ClydeMcPhatter #OneHitWondered
#BillySwan, #TheThreeDegrees, #JohnLennon, #BTExpress, and more: A playlist of 23 songs that were popular on September 28th, 1974. #70sMusic #1970sMusic
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"I Can Help" is a song written and performed by #BillySwan. Released in July 1974, it became a big #crossover smash some four months later, reaching No. 1 on both the #Billboard #Hot100 and #HotCountrySingles charts in November. Although Swan had other charting singles on both the Hot 100.
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Billy Swan:
🎵 I Can Help
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#Interestingly Thing is, Billy Swan didn’t try to ‘fix him’… He listened. He let Tony Joe’s songs breathe. Let the silences hang like Spanish moss. Didn’t try to polish a damn thing. He understood Tony… and was willing to go along for the ride. #TonyJoeWhite #BillySwan #OneHitWondered
#QuickSidenote That hit? Billy Swan earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1974 when his Worldwide smash country crossover “I Can Help” spent 2 weeks atop the US #Billboard Top 40 chart. #BillySwan #ICanHelp #OneHitWondered
If you got a problem, I don't care what it is, if you need a hand I can assure you this-- I can help. I got two strong arms, I can help. It would sure do me good, to do you good...I can help. #billyswan #ukulele #coversongs #blueskymusic
#nowplaying🎧 For a so-called “one-hit wonder,” #BillySwan had a great track record. His “I Can Help” was an unlikely #1 hit, topping pop, country and adult contemporary charts worldwide in 1974.
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Billy Swan:
🎵 Don't Be Cruel
#BillySwan
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#OneHitHistory With fellow US #OneHitWOnder honoree Billy Swan producing, Tony Joe White’s Southern gothic anthem “Polk Salad Annie” was recorded #OTD in 1968 at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee. The following year, it would become a Top 10 hit. #TonyJoeWhite #BillySwan #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OnThisDay in 1942, #BillySwan, American country-rock singer-songwriter ("I Can Help"), born in Cape Giradeau, Missouri. 🎉🎂🎀💗🥳
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#Interestingly After 2 weeks at #1 on the US #Billboard Top Forty, Billy Swan was knocked out of the top spot by Carl Douglas during the week ending December 7, 1974. #BIllySwan #CarlDouglas #KungFuFighting #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OneHitHistory In 1968, Billy Swan was asked to produce an act that nobody’d had much luck with… Billy agreed, and in 1969, Tony Joe White earned US #OneHitWonder honors with the Swan-produced “Polk Salad Annie.” #BillySwan #TonyJoeWhite #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#Interestingly Before he had his own hit with “I Can Help,” Billy Swan wrote songs for legends… He got his start when Clyde McPhatter, whose voice helped invent soul, covered a song that Billy had written as a 16-year-old. #BillySwan #ClydeMcPhatter #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#Interestingly Famously, legend has it that Billy Swan gave up his janitor job at Columbia Records, handing the mop to a struggling songwriter named Kris Kristofferson… #BillySwan #KrisKristofferson #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#OneHitHistory Happy birthday to songwriter/producer & recording artist Billy Swan, BOTD in 1942. He earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1974 when his Worldwide smash country crossover “I Can Help” spent 2 weeks atop the US #Billboard Top 40 chart at #1. #BillySwan #ICanHelp #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
