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"Every Little Kiss" - Bruce Hornsby and the Range
from the album The Way It Is (1986)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 9

Today's SOTD comes from the folksy rock band Bruce Hornsby and the Range, who had broke through on pop radio with their #1 hit "The Way It Is" and followed it up with the top-5 "Mandolin Rain". For their next single the Virginia group re-released their original lead single from their The Way It Is album. "Every Little Kiss", written by Hornsby and co-produced with Elliot Scheiner, was a top-20 rock hit in America in 1986, and nicked the pop chart as well, peaking at #72 and the adult contemporary list at #37. Now, with the momentum of their previous two releases, the jazzier "Every Little Kiss" got a better reception on mainstream airwaves...

"Every Little Kiss" reached the top-20 on the American pop chart in July of 1987. The single crossed over to #3 on its second run on the adult contemporary (or "Easy Listening") radio chart in Billboard. Over the border, the record finally hit the top-40 in Canada at #36...

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Country singer Sara Evans put her own spin on "Every Little Kiss" on her excellent Born To Fly album in 2000...

Up tomorrow: A pop-punker likes them coming of age.