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词条 This Magic Moment
释义

  1. Original Drifters version

  2. Chart history

  3. Jay and the Americans version

  4. Chart history

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  5. Other covers

  6. In popular culture

  7. References

  8. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = This Magic Moment
| cover = Drifters_Magic_Moment_single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Drifters[1]
| album =
| B-side = Baltimore
| released = January 28, 1960
| format = 45 rpm
| recorded = December 23, 1959
| studio = Bell Sound Studios, New York City, N.Y.
| venue =
| genre = Soul, R&B
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=28}}
| label = Atlantic
| writer = Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
| producer = Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
| prev_title = (If You Cry) True Love, True Love
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Lonely Winds
| next_year = 1960
}}{{Infobox song
| name = This Magic Moment
| cover = This_Magic_Moment_-_Jay_and_the_Americans.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jay and the Americans
| album = Sands of Time
| A-side = Since I Don't Have You
| released = October 28, 1968
| format = 45 rpm
| recorded = October 16, 1968
| studio = O.D.O. Recorders, New York City, N.Y.
| venue =
| genre = Blue-eyed soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=03}}
| label = United Artists
| writer = Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
| producer = Jay and the Americans
| prev_title = No Other Love
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = When You Dance
| next_year = 1969
}}

"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman, and is one of their best-known songs.[1]

Original Drifters version

It was recorded first by Ben E. King and the Drifters.[2] The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960.[3] The session musicians Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller hired to play on this record were: Phil Bodner on sax, Ernie Hayes on piano, George Barnes (musician) and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Shep Shepherd on drums.

Chart history

Chart (1960)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4]16
US Billboard R&B4
US Cash Box Top 100[5]9

Jay and the Americans version

In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969,[6] while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "RPM 100"[7] and No. 11 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[8] The song also debuted at No. 4 in the first issue of RPM's "Young Adult" adult contemporary chart.[9] The single earned gold record status from the Recording Industry Association of America.[10]

Chart history

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Weekly charts

Chart (1968–69)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[7]1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[9]4
US Billboard Hot 100[4]6
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8]11
US Cash Box Top 100[11]5
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Year-end charts

Chart (1969)Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[12]25
US Billboard Hot 100[13]56
US Cash Box[14]25
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Other covers

The Misfits recorded a cover of this song for their sixth studio album, Project 1950.

In popular culture

The song is used in David M. Evans' film The Sandlot and was also featured in David Chase's television show The Sopranos in the episode "Soprano Home Movies". In 2016 it was used in ESPN's 30 for 30 of the same title, "This Magic Moment" about the Orlando Magic.

Lou Reed's version, from a Doc Pomus tribute album, Till the Night is Gone, was featured in David Lynch's film Lost Highway.

References

1. ^{{Allmusic |class=artist |id=p115115/biography | title=Doc Pomus – Biography | publisher=Allmusic.com | accessdate=2007-06-27}}
2. ^{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19763/m1/ |title=Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4]}}
3. ^The Drifters – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed May 21, 2016
4. ^Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 – {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
5. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 2, 1960
6. ^Jay & the Americans – Chart History – The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed May 21, 2016
7. ^"R.P.M. 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 2, March 10, 1969. Accessed May 21, 2016
8. ^Jay & the Americans – Chart History – Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed May 21, 2016
9. ^"Young Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 4, March 24, 1969. Accessed May 21, 2016
10. ^[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Jay+%26+the+Americans#search_section Gold & Platinum], RIAA. Accessed May 21, 2016
11. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 15, 1969
12. ^http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6104&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
13. ^Musicoutfitters.com
14. ^Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1969

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|the-drifters|this-magic-moment}}
  • http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Atlantic_-_Volume_Four.html
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