"Stay Awhile" is a song written by Ken Tobias, and was an international hit single for the Bells in 1971.
In Canada, the song was No. 1 on the "RPM 100" for 2 weeks,[2] No. 1 on RPM's "MOR Playlist" for 4 weeks,[3] and No. 1 for 2 weeks on the CHUM 30 chart.[4] In the United States, the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 7,[5] while reaching No. 8 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[6][7] and No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100.[8]
| Chart (1971)
|
Peak
position
|
| Canada - RPM 100
|
1
|
| Canada - RPM MOR Playlist
|
1
|
| Canada - CHUM 30
|
1
|
| US Billboard Hot 100
|
7
|
| US Billboard Easy Listening
|
8
|
| US Cash Box Top 100
|
4
|
| Australia - Go-Set[9]
|
11
|
| New Zealand - NZ Listener[10]
|
16
|
|
| Chart (1971)
|
Rank
|
| Canada - "RPM 100 Top Singles of '71"[11]
|
8
|
| US Billboard - "Top Pop 100 Singles"[12]
|
57
|
| US - "Cash Box Top 100 Charts Hits of 1971"[13]
|
59
|
|
- ^ Stephen, Tom; Greenberg, Keith Elliot (2018). Best Seat in the House: My Life in the Jeff Healey Band. ECW Press. ISBN 9781773052748. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "RPM 100", RPM, Volume 15, No. 8, April 10, 1971. Accessed October 3, 2024.
- ^ "MOR Playlist", RPM, Volume 15, No. 8, April 10, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - April 3, 1971".
- ^ The Bells - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- ^ The Bells - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- ^ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, May 8, 1971. p. 70. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, May 15, 1971. p. 4. Accessed August 3, 2016.
- ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "GO-SET National Top 60", July 17, 1971. Accessed August 2, 2016.
- ^ "NZ Listener charts", Flavour of New Zealand. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- ^ RPM 100 Top Singles of '71, RPM Weekly. p. 18. Volume 16, No. 20, January 08, 1972. Accessed August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Top Records on 1969 (Based on Billboard Charts)", Billboard, December 25, 1971. TA-36. Accessed August 3, 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Charts Hits of 1971", Cash Box, December 25, 1971. p. 31. Accessed August 3, 2016.
