Nice to Be with You

"Nice to Be with You" is a 1972 song by Gallery from the album of the same name. It became an international Top 5 hit, reaching #4 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Cashbox,[1] WCFL,[2] and WLS.[3] It also reached #1 in Canada. The song reached #4 in Australia and #2 in New Zealand.[4][5]

"Nice to Be with You"
Single by Gallery
from the album Nice to Be with You
B-side"Ginger Haired Man"
ReleasedFebruary 1972
Recorded1971
GenreSoft rock
LabelSussex Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Gold
Producer(s)Mike Theodore and Dennis Coffey
Gallery singles chronology
"Nice to Be with You"
(1972)		 "I Believe in Music"
(1972)

On Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" on 26 February 1972, the song, which had just debuted on that date on the Hot 100, received a "lousy" average of 57.5, on a scale from 35 to 98, on the "Rate-a-Record" segment of the show. Nevertheless, the group performed the song on the 13 May 1972 edition of "American Bandstand".[6]

Chart performance

See also

References
  1. "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. "All Hit Music in the Midwest". WCFL. 1972-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. "89 Chicagoland Hit Parade". WLS. 1972-06-19. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  4. "Gallery – Nice To Be With You". Rising Storm. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. "Stereo Review: Vol. 31". CBS Magazines. 1973. p. 88. Retrieved March 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
  6. Casey Kasem used the word "lousy" in his description of the song's rating, on the 20 May 1972 edition of "American Top 40".
  7. Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  8. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  9. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  10. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1972-06-10. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  12. "Cash Box Top 100 6/24/72". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-06-24. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  13. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  14. "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  15. "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". Tropicalglen.com. 1972-12-30. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2016-08-17.



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