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  • Lightfoot's Sundown and McCartney's Band On the Run

    From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Sat May 3 19:57:43 2025
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    In June [of 1974], Sundown hit the number 1 spot on the Billboard
    and Cashbox charts, while the title track simultaneously topped the
    singles charts. It was a rare double-pinnacle feat, one that catapulted Lightfoot into superstardom, boosting every aspect of his career, from
    record and ticket sales to media coverage and venue size -- even the
    number of groupies waiting for him backstage. Sundown eclipsed Paul
    McCartney & Wings' "Band on the Run" and Lightfoot relished beating one
    of the ex-Beatles. "I remember we knocked McCartney out of first place.
    That's as close as I got to catching up to those guys, because they
    were always there, and you had to compete against them."

    --from Nicholas Jennings' Lightfoot bio
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