{{Short description|Early 1970s hit song}} {{Infobox song | name = Keep on Singing | image = Keep on singing by austin roberts Canadian single side-A.png | alt = side-A label by RCA Victor | caption = Side A of the Canadian single | type = single | artist = Austin Roberts | album = Austin Roberts | B-side = Take Away the Sunshine | released = January 1973 | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Chelsea | writer = Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart | producer = | prev_title = Something's Wrong With Me | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = The Last Thing on My Mind | next_year = 1973 }} "'''Keep on Singing'''" is a 1973 song composed by Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart, and was originally recorded by Austin Roberts from the album ''Austin Roberts''.<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/austin-roberts-mw0000956271|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=May 4, 2022}}</ref> It was released as a single on Chelsea Records and reached No. 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 39 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100. In Canada it reached # 79.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5297&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=csnme5t51bcv1tu7ju4flja8i3 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003506/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5297&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=csnme5t51bcv1tu7ju4flja8i3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Keep on Singing" was best known as a hit single by Helen Reddy in 1974.
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1973) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=253}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|46 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles | style="text-align:center;"|79 |- |Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4805&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4805.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4805 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1973-04-21 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=713}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|50 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Easy Listening<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=202}}</ref> |align="center"|22 |- |align="left"|U.S. ''Cash Box'' | style="text-align:center;"|39 |}
{{Clear}} ==Helen Reddy version== {{Infobox song | name = Keep on Singing | image = Keep on singing by helen reddy Australian single side-A.png | alt = side-A label by Capitol Records | caption = Side A of the Australian single | type = single | artist = Helen Reddy | album = Love Song for Jeffrey | B-side = You're My Home | released = February 1974<ref name="Billboard Discography 1974">{{cite magazine |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 |title=Discography |magazine=Billboard |date = 3 August 1974|volume=86 |number=31 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> | recorded = 1974 | studio = | genre = | length = 3:03 | label = Capitol | writer = Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart | producer = Tom Catalano | prev_title = Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = You and Me Against the World | next_year = 1974 }}
Helen Reddy recorded the song for her 1974 album ''Love Song for Jeffrey''. It served as the lead single from the album and reached No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 that May, and No. 10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19740427.html |title=Top 100 1974-04-27 |work=Cashbox Magazine |accessdate=2015-08-12 |archive-date=2010-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213201345/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19740427.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The song also reached No. 10 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5017a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=8o73da9sl6rm329mm2ffdlrpa7 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213723/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5017a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=8o73da9sl6rm329mm2ffdlrpa7 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The B-side of Reddy's lead single was a cover version of Billy Joel's "You're My Home".
"Keep On Singing" was a yet greater Adult Contemporary hit, reaching No. 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian Easy Listening charts.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=201}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5020&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=8o73da9sl6rm329mm2ffdlrpa7 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> The song was also a hit in Australia, peaking at No. 22.<ref name="australian-charts1">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=2016-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archivedate=2016-06-02 }}</ref>
===Chart performance=== {{columns-start|width=66%}}
====Weekly charts==== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (1974) ! Peak<br />position |- | Australia (''Go-Set'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1974/19740615.html |title=Go-Set Australian charts - 15 June 1974 |website=Poparchives.com.au |date=1974-06-15 |accessdate=2016-10-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=2016-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archivedate=2016-06-02 }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|25 |- | Australia ARIA<ref name="australian-charts1"/> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- | Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles | style="text-align:center;"|10 |- | Canada ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5020&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5020.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5020 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1974-04-07 |accessdate=2018-01-04}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- | New Zealand (''Listener'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=800#n_view_location |title=flavour of new zealand - search listener |website=Flavourofnz.co.nz |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|17 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Easy Listening | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- | U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100 | style="text-align:center;"|10 |} {{column}}
====Year-end charts==== {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1974) ! style="text-align:center;"|Rank |- |Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3893b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=ce72lbg738vp7p7fndhccfuor7 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|118 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1973wye.htm |title=1973 Year End |website=Bullfrogspond.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|135 |} {{columns-end}}
==Other cover versions== *Terry Williams of The First Edition cut it as a B-side for MGM Records in 1973. *Barbara Mandrell covered "Keep on Singing" for her 1974 ''This Time I Almost Made It'' album. *The song appears on Aileen Quinn's 1982 album ''Bobby's Girl''. *A live version of "Keep on Singing" is featured on the 1976 ''Live in Japan'' album by Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. *A Finnish rendering: "Anna Laulun Lohduttaa", was recorded by Ami Aspelund for her 1974 ''Ami'' album. * The Wynners
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|Tnq5LPeZjjs|Helen Reddy - Keep On Singing}}
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