More Today Than Yesterday
1969 single by Spiral Starecase
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"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.
| "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" | |||
| Released | January 7, 1969 (US) April 1969 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia 44741 | |||
| Songwriter | Pat Upton[2] | |||
| Producer | Sonny Knight | |||
| Spiral Starecase singles chronology | ||||
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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).[citation needed]
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]