This Magic Moment
{{Short description|1960 song by The Drifters}}
{{Other uses|This Magic Moment (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
| name = This Magic Moment
| cover = Drifters_Magic_Moment_single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Drifters
| album =
| B-side = Baltimore
| released = January 28, 1960
| recorded = December 23, 1959
| studio = Bell Sound (New York City)
| venue =
| genre = R&B{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=279}}
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=28}}
| label = Atlantic
| writer = Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
| producer = Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
| prev_title = (If You Cry) True Love, True Love"/"Dance with Me
| prev_year = 1959
| next_title = Lonely Winds
| next_year = 1960
}}
{{Infobox song
| name = This Magic Moment
| cover = This_Magic_Moment_-_Jay_and_the_Americans.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jay and the Americans
| album = Sands of Time
| A-side = Since I Don't Have You
| released = October 28, 1968
| recorded = October 16, 1968
| studio = O.D.O. Recorders, New York City, N.Y.
| venue =
| genre = Blue-eyed soul
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=03}}
| label = United Artists
| writer = Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
| producer = Jay and the Americans
| prev_title = No Other Love
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = When You Dance
| next_year = 1969
}}
"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman.{{AllMusic |class=artist |id=p115115/biography | title=Doc Pomus – Biography | publisher=Allmusic.com | access-date=2007-06-27}} It was first recorded by The Drifters, with Ben E. King singing lead.
Original Drifters version
It was recorded first by Ben E. King and the Drifters, at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19763/m1/ |title=Show 14 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 4]}} The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960.[http://www.billboard.com/artist/402125/drifters/chart The Drifters – Chart History – The Hot 100], Billboard.com. Accessed May 21, 2016
Chart history
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| Chart (1960)
!Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|16 |
| US Billboard R&B
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1960402.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 2, 1960]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
| CAN (CHUM Charts Hit Parade){{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/60-03-21-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - March 21, 1960}}
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
Jay and the Americans version
In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release. Their version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 6 on March 1, 1969,[http://www.billboard.com/artist/304282/jay-americans/chart Jay & the Americans – Chart History – The Hot 100], Billboard.com. Accessed May 21, 2016 while reaching No. 1 on Canada's "RPM 100""[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4851& R.P.M. 100]", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, No. 2, March 10, 1969. Accessed May 21, 2016 and No. 11 on Billboard
Chart history
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1968–69)
!Peak |
|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;"|11 |
| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19690315.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 15, 1969 |access-date=January 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127083901/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19690315.html |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
| style="text-align:center;"|5 |
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=Year-end charts=
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In popular culture
The original version of the song was used in the following productions:
- The Sandlot, the 1993 sports comedy film directed by David M. Evans
- "Soprano Home Movies", an episode of The Sopranos
- "This Magic Moment", a documentary film from ESPN's 30 for 30 about the Orlando Magic
- "Selena Gomez/Post Malone", an episode from the 47th season of Saturday Night Live, in a sketch about the invention of the whoopee cushion
Lou Reed's version, from a Doc Pomus tribute album, Till the Night is Gone, was featured in David Lynch's film Lost Highway (1997).
References
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External links
- http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Atlantic_-_Volume_Four.html
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{{Jay and the Americans}}
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Category:Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus
Category:Songs with music by Mort Shuman
Category:Jay and the Americans songs
Category:United Artists Records singles