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Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti song)

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""Lluvia de primavera"
"Spring Rain""
Single by Bebu Silvetti
B-side"Travel Check" (original release) "Sortilegio" (1977 Spanish re-release)
Released1975
Recorded1975
Genre
Length3:08 (Original Version) (Mix used for the album "World Without Words" and the original 1975 single release)

5:56 (Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the album "Spring Rain" and the 1976 Maxi-Single released by Salsoul Records)

2:58 (Short version of the Tom Moulton mix) (Mix used in the 1977 re-release of the single)
LabelHispavox (Spain)
Composer(s)Bebu Silvetti

"Lluvia de primavera", released in America as "Spring Rain", is an instrumental composition by Bebu Silvetti.[1]

Chart performance

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Released in 1975 the single did not receive airplay and chart in the USA until January 1977 when, driven by popularity in discos, it peaked at #39 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of March 19, 1977,[2] joining the list of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States. In the US, on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart, "Spring Rain" went to #4.[3] "Spring Rain" was also a hit on the Easy Listening chart, peaking at #13.[4]

The single charted in South Africa in June 1977 at #4. The album version is longer than the original 1975 single version, which covered only the Hispavox A-side, with "Travel Check" on the B-side. In March 1977 Polydor Germany issued the album version split over 2 x 7" sides for discotheque use as "Spring Rain Part I / Part II".

TV themes

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  • The tune was used as the opening theme for Penn State Football TV Highlight Show from 1977.
  • The tune was used as the theme of the short-lived 1978-79 syndicated game/talk hybrid show The Love Experts (hosted by Bill Cullen at the time), and the unsold 1978 pilot of Mind Readers (hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
  • The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1983 pilot called Famous Last Words...[5](hosted by Geoff Edwards at the time).
  • The tune was used as the theme of the unsold 1984 pilot of Jackpot! (hosted by Nipsey Russell at the time).
  • The Big Spin.
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Many radio stations used this instrumental piece as well as its B-side Traffic Check as a station or program jingle, or as a filler.[6][7]

Samples

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References

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  1. ^ Billboard - 29 Dec 2001 - Page 15 " listeners worldwide may remember Silvetti as the pianist/author of "Spring Rain," a pop instrumental hit in the late 70s written ..."
  2. ^ The Hot 100, Week of March 19, 1977 – Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2020
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 234.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 221.
  5. ^ Famous Last Words...|Geoff Edwards Pilot
  6. ^ "Spring Rain (Bebu Silvetti) - Radiopedia".
  7. ^ Zeezender Discografie 5A. Soundscapes.