Rhino's SUPER HITS OF THE 70s: HAVE A NICE DAY Series Vols. 7-9 [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.  This is the third installment and with the fifth and final one to be posted this Friday; in each installmentHERC 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
11-04	07-01	Funny Face	Donna Fargo	9/30/1972	95	5
09-10	07-02	Something's Wrong With Me	Austin Roberts	10/14/1972	98	12
10-01	07-03	It Never Rains In Southern California	Albert Hammond	10/21/1972	65	5
17-01	07-04	Dancing In The Moonlight	King Harvest	10/28/1972	90	13
09-11	07-05	Clair	Gilbert O'Sullivan	10/28/1972	86	2
10-05	07-06	The Cover Of 'Rolling Stone'	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	12/2/1972	100	6
10-02	07-07	Oh, Babe, What Would You Say	Hurricane Smith	12/2/1972	74	3
10-03	07-08	Last Song	Edward Bear	12/16/1972	98	3
11-06	07-09	Big City Miss Ruth Ann	Gallery	12/30/1972	88	23
11-03	07-10	Dueling Banjos	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	1/13/1973	80	2
10-04	07-11	Dead Skunk	Loudon Wainwright III	1/27/1973	88	16
11-05	07-12	Also Sprach Zarathustra	Deodato	2/3/1973	74	2
10-06	07-13	The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia	Vicki Lawrence	2/10/1973	100	1
10-09	07-14	Wildflower	Skylark	2/17/1973	99	9
11-07	07-15	Daisy A Day	Jud Strunk	2/17/1973	88	14
10-08	07-16	Drift Away	Dobie Gray	2/24/1973	85	5
23-01	07-17	Hocus Pocus	Focus	3/3/1973	98	9
10-07	07-18	Stuck In The Middle With You	Stealers Wheel	3/3/1973	86	6
09-12	07-19	Frankenstein	Edgar Winter Group	3/10/1973	98	1
11-01	07-20	Playground In My Mind	Clint Homes	3/24/1973	83	2

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
23-06	08-01	Back When My Hair Was Short	Gunhill Road	3/31/1973	97	40
11-09	08-02	The Free Electric Band	Albert Hammond	4/28/1973	100	45
11-02	08-03	The Morning After	Maureen McGovern	6/23/1973	99	1
10-10	08-04	Brother Louie	Stories	6/23/1973	83	1
11-08	08-05	Get Down	Gilbert O'Sullivan	6/23/1973	76	7
11-10	08-06	Uneasy Rider	Charlie Daniels	6/30/1973	84	9
10-11	08-07	Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne	Looking Glass	7/21/1973	93	33
11-11	08-08	My Maria	B.W. Stevenson	7/28/1973	81	9
17-03	08-09	(I Don't Want To Love You But) You Got Me Anyway	Sutherland Brothers & Quiver	8/18/1973	99	48
10-12	08-10	Heartbeat--It's A Lovebeat	DeFranco Family	9/8/1973	81	3
17-08	08-11	Smokin' In The Boys Room	Brownsville Station	10/27/1973	100	3
17-05	08-12	Painted Ladies	Ian Thomas	10/27/1973	96	34
12-05	08-13	Rock On	David Essex	11/10/1973	97	5
12-02	08-14	Spiders And Snakes	Jim Stafford	11/10/1973	93	3
11-12	08-15	Tell Her She's Lovely	El Chicano	11/17/1973	83	40
12-03	08-16	Jim Dandy	Black Oak Arkansas	12/15/1973	88	25
12-06	08-17	Star	Stealers Wheel	1/5/1974	92	29
12-01	08-18	Seasons In The Sun	Terry Jacks	1/12/1974	99	1
12-08	08-19	Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)	Mocedades	1/12/1974	90	9
12-09	08-20	Come And Get Your Love	Redbone	1/12/1974	85	5

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
12-04	09-01	Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo	Rick Derringer	1/19/1974	100	23
12-07	09-02	Hooked On A Feeling	Blue Swede	2/16/1974	87	1
23-02	09-03	Tubular Bells	Tubular Bells	2/23/1974	99	7
13-01	09-04	Midnight At The Oasis	Maria Muldaur	2/23/1974	97	6
12-10	09-05	The Lord's Prayer	Sister Janet Mead	2/23/1974	71	4
12-11	09-06	The Entertainer	Marvin Hamlisch	3/23/1974	88	3
12-12	09-07	The Streak	Ray Stevens	4/13/1974	84	1
13-03	09-08	Billy Don't Be A Hero	Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods	4/20/1974	90	1
13-02	09-09	My Girl Bill	Jim Stafford	4/20/1974	74	12
13-04	09-10	Radar Love	Golden Earring	5/11/1974	99	13
13-07	09-11	Keep On Smilin'	Wet Willie	5/25/1974	93	10
13-06	09-12	Please Come To Boston	Dave Loggins	6/1/1974	98	5
13-05	09-13	The Night Chicago Died	Paper Lace	6/15/1974	98	1
13-09	09-14	Rock Me Gently	Andy Kim	6/22/1974	81	1
13-10	09-15	Beach Baby	First Class	7/20/1974	74	4
13-08	09-16	Who Do You Think You Are	Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods	7/27/1974	89	15
23-04	09-17	Never My Love	Blue Swede	8/24/1974	77	7
13-12	09-18	Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)	Reunion	9/7/1974	90	8
23-03	09-19	I've Got The Music In Me	Kiki Dee Band	9/14/1974	90	12
14-05	09-20	So You Are A Star	Hudson Brthers	9/21/1974	86	21

Many of the songs featured on the playlists from this post can be found on the following four vintage K-Tel albums, all of which have been profiled over at HERC's K-TEL KOLLECTION: