1900 Yesterday
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| name = 1900 Yesterday
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| type = single
| artist = Liz Damon's Orient Express
| album = Liz Damon's Orient Express
| B-side = You're Falling In Love
| released = 1970
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| genre = Easy listening
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=35}}
| label = Makaha
| writer = John Cameron & Lee Simmons[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=26208 1900 Yesterday - By: Liz Damon's Orient Express], MusicVF.com. Retrieved February 27, 2019.Lonergan, David F. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NP6OdDrutyAC&pg=PA160 Hit Records, 1950-1975]. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
| producer = George J.D. Chun
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"1900 Yesterday" is a song written by John Cameron and Lee Simmons. The song was originally released by Betty Everett in 1969 on the album There'll Come a Time.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/therell-come-a-time-mw0000178010|title=There'll Come a Time – Betty Everett|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=February 27, 2019}}
Liz Damon's Orient Express version
"1900 Yesterday" was a hit single in 1970 and 1971 for the Liz Damon's Orient Express. Liz Damon's version was originally released as a single on the Hawaii based Makaha label, before White Whale acquired the worldwide distribution rights in December 1970."[https://books.google.com/books?id=mykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3 White Whale Gets Express Product]", Billboard, December 12, 1970. p. 3. Retrieved March 22, 2018. In 1971, the song was released on the album Liz Damon's Orient Express.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/liz-damons-orient-express-mw0000079467|title=Liz Damon's Orient Express – Liz Damon's Orient Express / Liz Damon|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}
The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 33 the week of February 13, 1971,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180515154913/https://www.billboard.com/music/liz-damons-orient-express/chart-history/hot-100/song/578563 Hot 100 - Liz Damon's Orient Express 1900 Yesterday Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018.[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1971-02-13/ Billboard Hot 100, Week of February 13, 1971 – Billboard.com.] Retrieved May 24, 2023. while reaching No. 4 on Billboard{{'}}s Easy Listening chart,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180515154937/https://www.billboard.com/music/liz-damons-orient-express/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/578563 Adult Contemporary - Liz Damon's Orient Express 1900 Yesterday Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-02-13.pdf Easy Listening]", Billboard, February 13, 1971. p. 29. Retrieved March 22, 2018. No. 29 on the Cash Box Top 100,[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-02-20.pdf Cash Box Top 100], Cash Box, February 20, 1971. p. 4. Accessed July 13, 2016. No. 15 on Canada's RPM 100,"[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=2236& RPM 100 Singles]", RPM Weekly, Volume 14, Ed. 26, February 13, 1971. Accessed September 23, 2015 and No. 16 on RPM{{'}}s "MOR Playlist"."[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7025& RPM MOR Playlist]", RPM Weekly, Volume 14, Ed. 22, January 16, 1971. Accessed September 23, 2015
The song was ranked No. 21 on Billboard{{'}}s year-end ranking of 1971's "Top Easy Listening Singles"."[https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA13 Top Easy Listening Singles]", Billboard, December 25, 1971. TA-38. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
=Chart performance=
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| align="left"|Chart (1971)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
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| align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|33 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Easy Listening
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| align="left"|US Cash Box Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|29 |
| align="left"|US Record World The Singles Chart"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-02-13.pdf The Singles Chart]", Record World, February 13, 1970. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
| style="text-align:center;"|31 |
| align="left"|US Record World Top Non-Rock"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-02-13.pdf Top Non-Rock]", Record World, February 13, 1970. p. 20. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
| align="left"|Canada – RPM 100
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
| align="left"|Canada – RPM MOR Playlist
| style="text-align:center;"|16 |
Trivia
The lines that precede the song's title -- "Like smoke from a cigarette/Dreams that you soon forget"—appear in the 1966 song "Fading Away,"{{cn|date=December 2021}} written by Smokey Robinson, Warren "Pete" Moore, and Bobby Rogers of the Motown act The Miracles, and first recorded by The Temptations for their 1966 album Gettin' Ready.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
The single and the album were the last records released by White Whale Records.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
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