| "Silver Bird" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Mark Lindsay | ||||
| from the album Silver Bird | ||||
| B-side | "So Hard to Leave You" | |||
| Released | June 13, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kenny Young, Artie Butler | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Fuller | |||
| Mark Lindsay singles chronology | ||||
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"Silver Bird" is a song written by Kenny Young and Artie Butler and recorded by Mark Lindsay, in his solo career after Paul Revere and the Raiders.
Background
"Silver Bird' was recorded along with L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew[1] in 1969.
Chart performance
The single reached number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1970. In Canada, "Silver Bird" peaked at number 10.[2]
Popular culture
- Yamaha used the music from "Silver Bird", with rewritten lyrics, as the background to at least one of its early 1970s motorcycle commercials.
- The 2022 Netflix movie The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling, features the song.
References
- ↑ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-08-08. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-08-08. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 23 November 1970
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 141.
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 8, 1970
- ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970
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