Hey Mike!
In my first months as a GL fan,I went back through all the old Billboard Hot 100 charts from 1965 until GL's last H.100 "Baby Step Back" #50 in '82. From '65 to '70 only other artists had some success here with his songs.
In the states,"If You Could Read my Mind" was his first self-recorded chart hit and it peaked at #5 in Feb. '71. None of his UA singles hit the top 40 here. "If I Could" (from UA) was released just after but reached a measley #111 (outside the Hot 100.)
Before "Sundown" Gord had some minor chart action with "Summer Side Of Life" #98,Talking In Your Sleep" #68. "DQ" LP had "Beautiful" at #58. "O.D's.R" gave us
"That Same Old Obsession w/the flipside "You Are What I Am". #'s 101 & 102.
"Sundown" went to #1,
"Carefree Highway" #10.
"Rainy Day People" #26.
"Wreck" #2 for 2 weeks.
"Race Among The Ruins" #65 and
"The Circle is Small" #33.
Gordon hasn't been on the charts himself since March of 1978 I.E. 27 years.
He was last on as a songwriter when the group,"Stars On 54" did a disco version of "..Read My Mind" in 1998 for the movie "54". It actually made the top 60,outdoing some of Gord's own chart hits.
well,there you have it,your answer and then some.
Later!
