Montego Bay (song)

"Montego Bay" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica. The song was a Top 10 hit for Bloom in September 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart, #5 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart,[1] #7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" at the end of the recording, but the single version fades out before that. Apparently, that was done to avoid paying royalties for use of the Rodgers & Hammerstein song, though the full version does appear on the Bobby Bloom Album and has received frequent airplay. The song features a whistler, as well as Jamaican instruments to illustrate the section called "Montego Bay," in a Calypso genre.

Jon Stevens version

"Montego Bay"
Single by Jon Stevens
from the album Jezebel
A-side "Montego Bay"
B-side "Sha La La"
Released January 1980
Format single
Genre Pop rock
Label CBS Records
Writer(s) B. Bloom, J. Barry
Producer(s) Jay Lewis
Jon Stevens singles chronology
"Jezebel"
(1979)
"Montego Bay"
(1980)
"Don't Let Love Go"
(1980)

In January 1980, New Zealand recording artist Jon Stevens released a version as a single. It peaked at number 1 in New Zealand, knocking himself from the top of the charts.[2] "Montego Bay" remained number 1 for seven weeks in 1980. [3]

Track listing

Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
  1. "Montego Bay"
  2. "Sha La La"

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 1

Other recordings

See also

References

  1. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  2. "Jon Stevens". Sergent.com.au. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "'Montego Bay' hits number one". Nzhistory.net.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. "Jon Stevens singles". Charts.org.nz/. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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