More Today Than Yesterday

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"More Today Than Yesterday"
Side A of the US single
Single by Spiral Starecase
from the album More Today Than Yesterday
B-side"Broken-Hearted Man"
ReleasedJanuary 7, 1969 (US)
April 1969 (UK)
Recorded1968
Genre
Length3:11
LabelColumbia 44741
SongwriterPat Upton[2]
ProducerSonny Knight
Spiral Starecase singles chronology
"I'll Run"
(1968)		 "More Today Than Yesterday"
(1969)		 "No One for Me to Turn To"
(1969)

"More Today Than Yesterday" is a song written by Pat Upton and performed by Spiral Starecase, of which Upton was the lead vocalist. The song was produced by Sonny Knight and arranged by Al Capps.

Background

The principal idea of the song was made famous at the turn of the 20th century in a poem by Rosemonde Gérard, the wife of the poet and playwright Edmond Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac).

Chart performance

It reached number 1 on the KHJ Boss Radio survey, number 6 in Canada,[3] No. 7 on the Cashbox Top 100,[4] and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969.[5] It was also released in the United Kingdom as a single but did not chart until its lone frame at number 91 in mid-2014.[6] The song was featured on their 1969 album, More Today Than Yesterday. It ranked number 50 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1969.[7]

Weekly charts

Chart (1969) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles[8] 6
US Billboard Hot 100 12
US Cash Box Top 100[4] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1969) Rank
Canada[9] 63
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 50
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 67

See also

References

  1. Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2024. A pure blast of horn-led soul-pop sunshine...
  2. "Song: More Today Than Yesterday written by Pat Upton | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  3. Spiral Starecase, "More Today Than Yesterday" Canadian chart position Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 4, 2015
  4. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, June 7, 1969". Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  5. Spiral Starecase, "More Today Than Yesterday" US chart position Retrieved May 4, 2015
  6. "More Today Than Yesterday" UK single release Retrieved April 8, 2026
  7. "Billboard Top 100 - 1969". Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  8. "Item Display - RPM 100 Singles, June 9, 1969 - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  9. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  10. "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  11. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1969YESP.html Archived 2019-01-25 at the Wayback Machine CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969, December 27, 1969