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#1 on WPGC Today in 1976
It's hard to imagine Rod Stewart having had a bigger hit than his iconic, 'Maggie May' in 1971. But indeed, 'Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)' did just that, spending 8 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100, the longest of any song in 1976, the longest in Rod's entire career and the longest in 8 years since the Beatles', 'Hey Jude' in 1968. Read more on the tune.
Debuting on the WPGC Musicradio Survey on 10/09/76 at #30, by 11/06/76, a mere 4 weeks later, it hit #1 where it stayed for 6 weeks and placed at #10 on the WPGC Top 100 for 1976. Its sexually laden lyrics sparked such controversy at the time, particularly the line, 'Spread your wings and let me come inside', that many stations edited out the perceived offensive verbiage or outright banned the record entirely as the BBC did. Thankfully, WPGC was not one of them. See the year-end survey.
Remarkably, the song had been inspired by America's, 'Today's the Day'. While visiting Dan Peek's home studio, he played the tune for Stewart who quickly took the basis of it and changed it to fit his own image, one that was further enhanced by his girlfriend at the time, Britt Eckland who moaned and groaned in French at the end of the tune. WPGC had been so early on the track it had already moved on to the Cat Steven's penned, 'The First Cut Is the Deepest' also from his, 'A Night On the Town' LP before 'Tonight' had even completed its chart life. Read more on the parent album. |
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