Rhino's SUPER HITS OF THE '70s: HAVE A NICE DAY Series Vols. 1-3 [HERC'S M!X]

Much has been written, debated and discussed about Rhino's beloved Super Hits Of The 70s: Have A Nice Day series (HAND) of compact discs and cassettes since their introduction in 1990.  Volume by volume, song by song sound quality analysis has been performed by Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber (HERE) and suitably nostalgic reviews have been written by the soft rock kid­™ (HERE) yet one issue fans frequently mention about HAND is the lack of a true chronological running order to each album as most of them are ordered by when a song peaked rather than when it was released and later albums in the series seem to be the results of some late in the game licensing deals.  Another grumble from fans is the inclusion of just a dozen songs per CD; for the majority of the albums in the series less than half the disc's capacity was utilized.  Well, your boy HERC took both matters into his own hands and is proud to announce his personal preferred mix of the venerable series.  Owing to the noted K-Tel album influence and inspiration for the series, each volume now has 20 songs, which means there are just fifteen albums in the newly envisioned collection instead of twenty-five as in the original HAND.  And each of those albums will be arranged in strict chronological order based on a song's debut on the Hot 100 (or in one case, The Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart as the song failed to make the bigs) with ties broken by debut position on chart with lower debuts preceding higher ones, countdown style.  Today and each day until this Friday, HERC will spotlight three albums from his newly sequenced playlists along with his usual A/V embellishments.

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
01-01	01-01	More Today Than Yesterday	Spiral Starecase	4/5/1969	88	12
01-02	01-02	Baby It's You	Smith	9/6/1969	94	5
01-11	01-03	Tracy	Cuff Links	9/13/1969	89	9
01-04	01-04	Cherry Hill Park	Billy Joe Royal	10/4/1969	99	15
01-03	01-05	Smile A Little Smile For Me	Flying Machine	10/4/1969	66	5
01-05	01-06	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	Steam	10/18/1969	76	1
16-03	01-07	Midnight Cowboy	Ferrante & Teicher	11/1/1969	99	10
01-07	01-08	Early In The Morning	Vanity Fare	11/22/1969	77	12
01-08	01-09	Arizona	Mark Lindsay	12/6/1969	97	9
01-06	01-10	Venus	Shocking Blue	12/13/1969	77	1
01-10	01-11	Come Saturday Morning	Sandpipers	12/20/1969	84	17
06-04	01-12	Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)	Lulu	12/27/1969	88	22
02-02	01-13	Ma Belle Amie	Tee Set	1/24/1970	83	5
01-09	01-14	The Rapper	Jaggerz	1/31/1970	79	2
02-01	01-15	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)	Edison Lighthouse	2/21/1970	68	5
02-03	01-16	Spirit In The Sky	Norman Greenbaum	2/28/1970	64	3
02-04	01-17	Reflections Of My Life	Marmalade	3/14/1970	96	10
02-05	01-18	For The Love Of Him	Bobbi Martin	3/14/1970	93	13
02-09	01-19	Hitchin' A Ride	Vanity Fare	3/21/1970	93	5
02-06	01-20	Little Green Bag	George Baker Selection	3/21/1970	82	21

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
02-07	02-01	Which Way You Goin' Billy	Poppy Family	3/28/1970	100	2
16-01	02-02	Vehicle	Ides Of March	3/28/1970	98	2
01-12	02-03	Mississippi Queen	Mountain	4/4/1970	92	21
02-11	02-04	Everything Is Beautiful	Ray Stevens	4/4/1970	74	1
02-10	02-05	United We Stand	Brotherhood Of Man	4/18/1970	93	13
02-08	02-06	My Baby Loves Lovin'	White Plains	4/18/1970	91	13
03-01	02-07	Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)	Melanie	4/25/1970	89	6
06-01	02-08	Go Back	Crabby Appleton	5/9/1970	86	36
16-02	02-09	Ride Captain Ride	Blues Image	5/9/1970	85	4
06-03	02-10	Gimme Dat Ding	Pipkins	5/23/1970	65	9
02-12	02-11	Lay A Little Lovin' On Me	Robin McNamara	5/30/1970	93	11
03-02	02-12	Tighter, Tighter	Alive & Kicking	6/6/1970	73	7
04-11	02-13	Silver Bird	Mark Lindsay	6/13/1970	95	25
16-05	02-14	Overture From Tommy	Assembled Multitude	6/27/1970	82	16
03-03	02-15	In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	7/11/1970	74	3
04-01	02-16	Yellow River	Christie	7/18/1970	98	23
03-11	02-17	Julie, Do You Love Me	Bobby Sherman	8/1/1970	71	5
03-05	02-18	Green Eyed Lady	Sugarloaf	8/15/1970	92	3
03-04	02-19	Neanderthal Man	Hotlegs	8/22/1970	81	22
04-03	02-20	For The Good Times	Ray Price	8/29/1970	91	11

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
03-09	03-01	Gypsy Woman	Brian Hyland	9/5/1970	94	3
03-06	03-02	Indiana Wants Me	R. Dean Taylor	9/5/1970	86	5
03-08	03-03	Montego Bay	Bobby Bloom	9/12/1970	88	8
03-07	03-04	I Think I Love You	Partridge Family	10/10/1970	75	1
03-10	03-05	Amos Moses	Jerry Reed	10/31/1970	97	8
05-12	03-06	Burning Bridges	Mike Curb Congregation	11/7/1970	92	34
05-11	03-07	Games	Redeye	11/7/1970	90	27
04-05	03-08	Mr. Bojangles	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	11/21/1970	92	9
04-02	03-09	Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson	11/28/1970	93	3
04-06	03-10	Sweet Mary	Wadsworth Mansion	12/26/1970	98	7
06-02	03-11	Timothy	Buoys	1/2/1971	93	17
05-04	03-12	Superstar	Murray Head	1/2/1971	82	14
04-04	03-13	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Sammi Smith	1/16/1971	98	8
04-07	03-14	One Toke Over The Line	Brewer & Shipley	2/13/1971	84	10
04-09	03-15	Stay Awhile	Bells	3/6/1971	99	7
05-01	03-16	Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)	Daddy Dewdrop	3/6/1971	87	9
04-10	03-17	Woodstock	Matthews' Southern Comfort	3/6/1971	83	23
04-08	03-18	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Ocean	3/13/1971	87	2
05-03	03-19	Here Comes The Sun	Richie Havens	3/20/1971	96	16
05-02	03-20	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Lobo	4/3/1971	82	5

Many of the songs featured on the playlists from this post can be found on the following four vintage K-Tel albums: