Rhino's SUPER HITS OF THE 70s: HAVE A NICE DAY Series Vols. 13-15 [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 fifth and final installment in which HERC spotlights 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
20-10	13-01	After The Lovin'	Engelbert Humperdinck	10/23/1976	85	8
19-05	13-02	I Like Dreamin'	Kenny Nolan	11/6/1976	89	3
19-04	13-03	Torn Between Two Lovers	Mary MacGregor	11/20/1976	87	1
20-08	13-04	Living Next Door To Alice	Smokie	12/4/1976	84	25
19-09	13-05	The Things We Do For Love	10cc	1/8/1977	86	5
19-06	13-06	Don't Give Up On Us	David Soul	1/29/1977	74	1
19-10	13-07	Couldn't Get It Right	Climax Blues Band	2/19/1977	94	3
20-07	13-08	Angel In Your Arms	Hot	2/19/1977	90	6
19-08	13-09	Lonely Boy	Andrew Gold	3/19/1977	83	7
19-11	13-10	Undercover Angel	Alan O'Day	4/2/1977	98	1
20-11	13-11	Ariel	Dean Friedman	4/16/1977	86	26
24-10	13-12	Everybody Be Dancin'	Starbuck	4/16/1977	85	38
19-12	13-13	Gonna Fly Now (Theme From ROCKY)	Bill Conti	4/23/1977	85	1
20-09	13-14	Do You Wanna Make Love	Peter McCann	4/23/1977	84	5
21-04	13-15	Telephone Man	Meri Wilson	6/4/1977	85	18
21-01	13-16	Black Betty	Ram Jam	6/11/1977	92	18
20-12	13-17	Smoke From A Distant Fire	Sanford-Townsend Band	6/18/1977	82	9
21-02	13-18	Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band	Meco	8/6/1977	71	1
24-02	13-19	Heaven On The 7th Floor	Paul Nicholas	8/20/1977	79	6
24-05	13-20	The King Is Gone	Ronnie McDowell	9/10/1977	89	13

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
21-03	14-01	Baby Come Back	Player	10/1/1977	90	1
25-04	14-02	Falling	LeBlanc & Carr	10/15/1977	87	13
24-01	14-03	Hey Deanie	Shaun Cassidy	11/12/1977	87	7
24-08	14-04	Emotion	Samantha Sang	11/19/1977	86	3
21-06	14-05	Sometimes When We Touch	Dan Hill	11/26/1977	86	3
24-12	14-06	Steet Corner Serenade	Wet Willie	12/3/1977	87	30
21-08	14-07	Goodbye Girl	David Gates	12/17/1977	93	15
21-05	14-08	Thunder Island	Jay Ferguson	12/17/1977	88	9
24-07	14-09	Feels So Good	Chuck Mangione	2/11/1978	87	4
24-03	14-10	Thank You For Being A Friend	Andrew Gold	2/11/1978	73	25
25-01	14-11	Love Is Like Oxygen	Sweet	2/18/1978	81	8
23-11	14-12	This Time I'm In It For Love	Player	3/11/1978	79	10
21-09	14-13	It's A Heartache	Bonnie Tyler	3/25/1978	78	3
21-07	14-14	Werewolves Of London	Warren Zevon	3/25/1978	76	21
21-10	14-15	Bluer Than Blue	Michael Johnson	4/22/1978	94	12
21-12	14-16	Magnet And Steel	Walter Egan	5/27/1978	87	8
25-08	14-17	My Angel Baby	Toby Beau	6/3/1978	69	13
22-02	14-18	Hot Child In The City	Nick Gilder	6/10/1978	88	1
21-11	14-19	Kiss You All Over	Exile	7/8/1978	85	1
22-03	14-20	Love Is In The Air	John Paul Young	7/15/1978	78	7

old vol-trk	new vol-trk			debut date	debut pos	peak pos
25-06	15-01	5.7.0.5.	City Boy	8/12/1978	81	27
25-02	15-02	How Much I Feel	Ambrosia	9/2/1978	90	3
25-05	15-03	I Just Wanna Stop	Gino Vannelli	9/9/1978	87	4
25-07	15-04	New York Groove	Ace Frehley	10/14/1978	87	13
22-01	15-05	Every 1's A Winner	Hot Chocolate	11/11/1978	75	6
25-03	15-06	Shake It	Ian Matthews	11/18/1978	90	13
22-04	15-07	Lotta Love	Nicolette Larson	11/25/1978	86	8
22-05	15-08	Dancin' Shoes	Nigel Olsson	12/16/1978	79	18
22-06	15-09	Stumblin' In	Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman	1/27/1979	89	4
25-10	15-10	Get Used To It	Roger Voudouris	3/17/1979	90	21
25-09	15-11	Love Takes Time	Orleans	3/24/1979	89	11
24-04	15-12	Makin' It	David Naughton	3/31/1979	89	5
22-09	15-13	You Take My Breath Away	Rex Smith	4/21/1979	84	10
22-11	15-14	Sad Eyes	Robert John	5/19/1979	85	1
22-08	15-15	Gold	John Stewart	5/19/1979	78	5
25-11	15-16	Lead Me On	Maxine Nightingale	5/26/1979	89	5
22-07	15-17	My Sharona	The Knack	6/23/1979	86	1
25-12	15-18	Oh Well	The Rockets	7/7/1979	84	30
22-10	15-19	Driver's Seat	Sniff 'n' the Tears	7/21/1979	82	15
22-12	15-20	Hold On	Ian Gomm	9/1/1979	81	18

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