Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow
Appearance
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" | ||||
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Single by Merry Clayton | ||||
from the album Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow | ||||
Released | July 1975 (U.S.) | |||
Label | Ode | |||
Songwriter(s) | Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin | |||
Merry Clayton singles chronology | ||||
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"Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)" | ||||
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Single by Rhythm Heritage | ||||
from the album Disco-Fied | ||||
B-side | "My Cherie Amour" | |||
Released | April 1976 (U.S.) | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | ABC | |||
Songwriter(s) | Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Barri, Michael Omartian | |||
Rhythm Heritage singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", also known as "Baretta's Theme", is a song written by Morgan Ames and Dave Grusin, recorded by multiple artists during the summer of 1975. Merry Clayton's version was the first to chart, reaching #45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
A version by Rhythm Heritage became a Top 20 hit in 1976. The band recorded it as a semi-instrumental number, with subdued vocals by Oren and Luther Waters. It was selected as the theme to the TV show Baretta, starring Robert Blake.[1] "Baretta's Theme" was released as a single in the spring of 1976, reaching #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #15 in Canada.[2]
Chart history
[edit]- Merry Clayton
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles[3] | 71 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 45 |
U.S. Billboard R&B | 42 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 58 |
- Sammy Davis Jr.
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[6] | 101 |
- Rhythm Heritage ("Baretta's Theme")
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] | 22 |
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] | 15 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 20 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 14 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] | 16 |
Other versions
[edit]- The Latin band El Chicano covered the song on their 1975 LP Pyramid of Love and Friends.[11]
- Sammy Davis Jr.'s version of "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" was released in 1976. It reached #101 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Grusin & Morgan Ames: Baretta ('Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow')". Dave Tomkins: Musica Database. University of British Columbia. Retrieved August 22, 2018 – via cs.ubc.ca.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 10, 1976. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. September 13, 1975. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 20, 1975". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 10, 1976. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 10, 1976. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 19, 1976
- ^ "El Chicano – Pyramid of Love and Friends (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1975.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959–2004
- ^ "Sammy Davis Jr. added lyrics to so many instrumental TV theme songs". MeTV.com. October 29, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.