Rhino's SUPER HITS OF THE 70s: HAVE A NICE DAY Series Vols. 4-6 [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. Beginning yesterday and continuing 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
16-04	04-01	Toast And Marmalade For Tea	Tin Tin	4/3/1971	80	20
05-07	04-02	Indian Reservation	Raiders	4/10/1971	94	1
05-05	04-03	When You're Hot, You're Hot	Jerry Reed	5/8/1971	61	9
06-06	04-04	Tarkio Road	Brewer & Shipley	5/15/1971	96	55
05-08	04-05	Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again	Fortunes	5/15/1971	89	15
05-09	04-06	Get It On	Chase	5/22/1971	96	22
16-06	04-07	Never Ending Song Of Love	Delaney & Bonnie & Friends	5/22/1971	94	13
05-06	04-08	Don't Pull Your Love	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	5/22/1971	90	4
06-07	04-09	Signs	Five Man Electrical Band	5/29/1971	96	3
05-10	04-10	Draggin' The Line	Tommy James	6/12/1971	86	4
17-02	04-11	Rings	Cymarron	6/12/1971	84	17
06-08	04-12	Saturday Morning Confusion	Bobby Russell	7/10/1971	99	28
06-05	04-13	He's Gonna Step On You Again	John Kongos	7/10/1971	98	70
04-12	04-14	I Ain't Got Time Anymore	Glass Bottle	7/17/1971	94	36
07-01	04-15	Do You Know What I Mean	Lee Michaels	7/31/1971	97	6
06-09	04-16	Sweet City Woman	Stampeders	8/14/1971	83	8
06-10	04-17	One Fine Morning	Lighthouse	9/11/1971	75	24
06-12	04-18	It's A Cryin' Shame	Gayle McCormick	9/18/1971	90	44
07-03	04-19	One Tin Soldier (The Legend Of Billy Jack)	Coven	9/18/1971	87	26
16-07	04-20	I'd Love To Change The World	Ten Years After	9/25/1971	100	40

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
03-12	05-01	Fallin' Lady	Punch	10/2/1971	110	110
06-11	05-02	Absolutely Right	Five Man Electrical Band	10/16/1971	70	26
07-04	05-03	Brand New Key	Melanie	10/30/1971	87	1
07-06	05-04	White Lies, Blue Eyes	Bullet	11/6/1971	98	28
07-02	05-05	Hallelujah	Sweathog	11/13/1971	100	33
07-05	05-06	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	11/13/1971	90	4
07-07	05-07	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	11/20/1971	99	21
16-09	05-08	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	New Seekers	12/4/1971	61	7
07-08	05-09	Don't Say You Don't Remember	Beverly Bremers	12/18/1971	98	15
07-09	05-10	Joy	Apollo 100 feat. Tom Parker	1/1/1972	100	6
16-08	05-11	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	Robert John	1/1/1972	89	3
07-10	05-12	Precious And Few	Climax	1/1/1972	81	3
08-03	05-13	We've Got To Get It On Again	Addrisi Brothers	1/22/1972	78	25
07-11	05-14	Softly Whispering I Love You	English Congregation	1/22/1972	77	29
08-05	05-15	Nice To Be With You	Gallery	2/26/1972	88	4
07-12	05-16	Son Of My Father	Giorgio	3/4/1972	78	46
08-11	05-17	The Candy Man	Sammy Davis, Jr.	3/11/1972	97	1
08-01	05-18	Run Run Run	Jo Jo Gunne	3/18/1972	90	27
08-02	05-19	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	3/25/1972	98	9
08-04	05-20	Sylvia's Mother	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	4/1/1972	100	5

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
16-10	06-01	Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast	Wayne Newton	4/22/1972	100	4
08-06	06-02	How Do You Do	Mouth & McNeal	4/29/1972	97	8
08-08	06-03	Day By Day	Godspell	5/20/1972	90	13
08-07	06-04	In A Broken Dream	Python Lee Jackson	5/27/1972	94	56
09-02	06-05	Beautiful Sunday	Daniel Boone	6/3/1972	100	15
08-12	06-06	Motorcycle Mama	Sailcat	6/10/1972	98	12
08-09	06-07	Alone Again (Naturally)	Gilbert O'Sullivan	6/17/1972	88	1
08-10	06-08	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	6/17/1972	82	5
09-01	06-09	Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)	Looking Glass	6/17/1972	68	1
16-11	06-10	Small Beginnings	Flash	6/24/1972	95	29
20-01	06-11	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	Mac Davis	7/1/1972	77	1
09-05	06-12	Popcorn	Hot Butter	7/8/1972	89	9
09-03	06-13	Rock And Roll Part 2	Gary Glitter	7/22/1972	84	7
16-12	06-14	The City Of New Orleans	Arlo Guthrie	7/29/1972	86	18
09-04	06-15	Speak To The Sky	Rick Springfield	8/5/1972	89	14
09-07	06-16	I Believe In Music	Gallery	8/12/1972	97	22
17-04	06-17	Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues	Danny O'Keefe	9/2/1972	87	9
09-09	06-18	Thunder And Lightening	Chi Coltrane	9/2/1972	86	17
09-08	06-19	American City Suite	Cashman & West	9/23/1972	90	27
09-06	06-20	I'd Love You To Want Me	Lobo	9/23/1972	83	2

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