NASHVILLE, TN. (Top40 Charts/
Bellamy Brothers Official Website) - The legendary
Bellamy Brothers continue to reach major milestones with their classic hit, "Let Your Love Flow," thirty-four years after the initial release.
In the United Kingdom, "Let Your Love Flow," is featured on a Mother's Day themed project, 101 Housework Songs, which reached the top spot on the Top 40 Compilation Album Chart. The song is on Disc 1 and is featured with such other classics as Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Roy Orbison's, "Oh, Pretty Woman," and The Monkees' "Daydream Believer." There are one hundred-one songs featured on the project with five discs.
The song was also featured on AMC's critically acclaimed drama, Breaking Bad, that airs Sunday nights at 10PM Eastern Time on the cable channel. "Let Your Love Flow" was featured in the fourth episode of the second season and two other songs spotlighted that evening included Barry Mardones "Into The Night" and Nancy Sinatra "It's Such A Pretty World Today."
"Let Your Love Flow" was recently honored on BMI's list of Top 100 Song of the Century. The Bellamy Brothers' tune was ranked No 68 and joined other mega-hits such as Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville," Elton John's "Daniel" and The Eagles "Take It Easy." One million continuous performances of a song of the average length of 3 minutes represents 5.7 years of continuous airplay.
"Let Your Love Flow" was written by Larry Williams, a former roadie with Neil Diamond, and was first released in the fall of 1975. The single quickly became a crossover hit in the United States, reaching No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, No 2 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, and No 21 on Hot Country Singles. It was also an international hit, landing on the charts in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Germany. The song has been re-recorded by such artists as Joan Baez in 1979, Ray Charles in 1998 and Collin Raye in 2006. The tune had a resurgence in popularity and chart position in the UK when Barclay bank used it as the theme for a credit card TV advertisement.
Howard and David Bellamy were raised in Florida and began their musical journey during their childhoods. Without any formal training, they mastered several instruments and in college started playing paid gigs. In 1973, David Bellamy's song, "Spiders and Snakes," became a top 5 hit for Jim Stafford and went on to sell three million copies. David and Howard signed with Curb/Warner Bros. in 1975 and became The Bellamy Brothers. Their first hit was "Let Your Love Flow," followed by "If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me), "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie," "Kids of the Baby Boom," "For All the Wrong Reasons," and "Old Hippie," that has a new version on Jesus Is Coming, "Old Hippie III (Saved)."
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