First song popped into my head

#musicsky #chrisbartley #firstsong

First song popped into my head

#musicsky #chrisbartley #firstsong

#Interestingly At the time, Van McCoy was the quiet assassin of pop/soul… having written for everyone from Jackie Wilson & Gladys Knight to The O’Jays & Barbara Lewis. He knew how to wrap a tune in silk & give it a pulse. Chris Bartley was his new canvas. #ChrisBartley #VanMcCoy #OneHitWondered

Van McCoy headshot from one of his albums...

#Interestingly Picture this: 1967... a Harlem kid barely out of high school, 17 years old… already baptized in the sweat of soul music, comes under the wing of Van McCoy. He signs Bartley to his Cameo-Parkway imprint, Vando Records. #ChrisBartley #VanMcCoy #OneHitWondered

#OneHitHistory 18-year-old Chris Bartley earned US #OneHitWonder honors the week ending August 19, 1967, when his Van McCoy-penned & produced soul single “The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven” spent the first of 2 weeks at #32 on the US #Billboard #Top40. #ChrisBartley #VanMcCoy #OneHitWondered