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Spinning Wheel" was kept out of the no. 1 position by both "The Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" by Henry Mancini and "In the Year 2525" by Zager and Evans. [2] In August that year, the song topped the Billboard Easy Listening chart for two weeks. [3] It was also a crossover hit, reaching No.45 on the US R&B chart.
Paul Lester from Melody Maker said songs like "Spinning the Wheel" "are snazzily produced late-night smoochathons that'll provide horny shop assistants and bank clerks with shag material for months." [ 7 ] A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, adding that this "balladic" follow-up to two number ones, "could just hit the spot again."
"Wheels," was released in December 1960 and became a hit, peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The record was the number 8 single of 1961 according to Billboard. [3] The track reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart. [4] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [5] Warwick Records declared bankruptcy in 1962.
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"The Old Spinning Wheel" "The Scene Changes" "The West, A Nest and You" "There's a Cabin in the Pines" "There's a Home in Wyoming" "There's Little Box of Pine O" "There's No Light in the Lighthouse" "There's a Wild Rose that Grows" "They Cut Down the Old Pine" "Till the Clock Strikes Three" "Timber" "The Tree that Father Planted" "Wagon Wheels"
" Gretchen am Spinnrade" (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 15 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. With "Gretchen am Spinnrade" and some 600 other songs for voice and piano, Schubert contributed transformatively to the genre of Lied .
"And When I Die" was the first song written by then-17 year old Laura Nyro. [3] She sold the song to folk group Peter, Paul and Mary for $5,000, [4] who recorded it for their sixth studio album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album.
"This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. [1] It was originally recorded by Dylan and the Band during their 1967 sessions, portions of which (including this song) comprised the 1975 album, The Basement Tapes. [2] The Band's own version appeared on their 1968 album, Music from Big Pink. [3]