Sands of Time (Jay and the Americans album)

Sands of Time
Studio album by
Jay and The Americans
ReleasedMarch 15, 1969
Recorded1968/69
GenrePop
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerJay and the Americans
Jay and The Americans chronology
Try Some of This!
(1967) 		Sands of Time
(1969) 		Wax Museum
(1970)
Singles from Sands of Time
  1. "This Magic Moment"
    Released: October 28, 1968
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Allmusic[1]

Sands of Time is the seventh studio album by Jay and the Americans released on March 15, 1969. The album went to #51 on the Billboard 200 chart, reached #30 on the Cashbox chart,[2] and #47 in Canada.[3]

The song "This Magic Moment" hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 in Canada, and was the group's first top ten hit in over three years. The song "Hushabye" hit #62 (#42 Canada), and "When You Dance" went to #70 in 1969[4] (#40 Canada[5]). The album was conducted and arranged by Thomas Kaye. Following the release of the similarly-themed follow-up album Wax Museum in 1970, "Sands of Time" was reissued under the title Wax Museum, Vol. 2.

  1. ^ Sands of Time at AllMusic
  2. ^ Sands of Time at AllMusic
  3. ^ "RPM Top 50 Albums - May 5, 1969" (PDF).
  4. ^ Jay and the Americans singles
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 28, 1969" (PDF).