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Stay Awhile (The Bells song)

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Released
  
1971

Genre
  
Soft rock

Label
  
Polydor

Format
  
Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM

Length
  
3:15

B-side
  
"Sing A Song Of Freedom"

"Stay Awhile" is a song written by Ken Tobias, which was an international hit single for The Bells in 1971.

In Canada, the song reached No. 1 on the "RPM 100", No. 1 on RPM's "MOR Playlist", and No. 1 on the CHUM 30 chart. In the United States, the song spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 7, while reaching No. 8 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and No. 4 on the Cash Box Top 100.

Floyd Cramer recorded an instrumental cover of the song, which was released on his 1971 album Class of '71.

In 1972, Ken Tobias released "Stay Awhile" as the lead track on his album Dream #2.

References

Stay Awhile (The Bells song) Wikipedia