Sandy

Album: Grease soundtrack (1978)
Charted: 2
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Louis St. Louis, Scott Simon
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 3

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 7, 1964, Johnny Crawford performed his covered version of "Sandy"* on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #108 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Top 100 chart, that would also be it's peak position on any of the Billboard's national charts...
    His three preceding releases also contained girl's names; "What Happened To Janie" {didn't chart}, "Cindy's Gonna Cry" {peaked at #72 in 1963}, and "Judy Loves Me" {reached #95 in 1964}...
    Besides "Cindy's Gonna Cry" and "Judy Loves Me", the Los Angeles native's six other Top 100 records were "Daydreams" {#70 in 1961}, "Patti Ann" {#43 in 1962}, "Cindy's Birthday" #8 in 1962}, "Your Nose Is Gonna Grow"{#14 in 1962}, "Rumors" {#12 in 1963}, and "Proud" {#29 in 1963}...
    John Ernest Crawford will celebrate his 72nd birthday later this month on March 26th {2018}...
    * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, seven 'Sandy' records have made the Top 100 chart; "Little Sandy Sleighfoot" by Jimmy Dean {#32 in 1957}, Sandy" by Larry Hall {#15 in 1960} "Sandy" by Dion {#21 in 1963}, "Sandy" by Ronny & the Daytonas {#27 in 1966}, "Summer and Sandy" by Lesley Gore {#65 in 1967} and Springsteen's "Sandy" by the Hollies {#85 in 1975}...
    In addition, in the 1978 movie 'Grease', John 'Danny' Travolta performed a song titled "Sandy"...?
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 13th 1978, the movie version of "Grease" had its world premier in New York City; and three days later on June 16th it opened in theaters across the U.S.A. and Canada...
    "Sandy" didn't chart in the U.S. but five songs featured in the movie did make Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; "Grease" by Frankie Valli (#1 for 3 weeks), "You're the One That I Want" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#1 for 1 week), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" by Newton-John (#3), "Summer Nights" by Travolta & Newton-John (#5), and "Greased Lightin'" by Travolta (#47)...
    And on July 23rd, 1978 the movie's soundtrack album reached #1 (for 12 non-consecutive weeks) on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart (the album also peaked at #1 in the United Kingdom and Australia).
  • Jenni from Nowhere, OhThe release of the movie/musical Grease(which contains this song) was in 1978.
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