After the Lovin': Difference between revisions

"'''After the Lovin''''" is a [[single (music)|single]] performed by [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], produced by [[Joel Diamond]] and [[Charles Calello|Charlie Calello]], and composed by [[Ritchie Adams]] with lyrics by [[Alan Bernstein (lyricist)|Alan Bernstein]]. The single was a U.S. top-ten hit in late 1976/early 1977, reaching number eight on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number five on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19770115.html |title=Top 100 1977-01-15 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |accessdate=2015-10-17 }}</ref> It became a [[RIAA]] [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Humperdinck&format=SINGLE&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=10 |title = RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America |website = [[Recording Industry Association of America]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713143517/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Humperdinck&format=SINGLE&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=10 |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is ranked as the 61st biggest U.S. hit of 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref> The song also reached number 40 on the country singles chart (which, despite spending much of his early career recording country songs, was his first appearance in the country top 40 charts) and spent two weeks atop the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|easy listening chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=120}}</ref> It was Humperdinck's final Top 40 ''Billboard'' hit.

EnglebertEngelbert's album ''[[After the Lovin' (album)|After the Lovin']]'', on which the single appeared, was nominated for a [[Grammy]] in the category Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engelbert Humperdinck |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/engelbert-humperdinck/13181 |website=Grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |accessdate=August 20, 2020 |language=en |date=19 May 2020}}</ref>

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|Australia <ref name="australian-charts.com">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |title=Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=2016-10-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archivedate=2014-10-06 }}</ref>

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|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 |publisher=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>

|U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0UEAAAAMBAJ |title=Billboard |page=Front cover |date=1977-12-24 |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>