Ms Grace

{{More citations needed|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = Ms Grace | cover =  | type = | artist = The Tymes | album = | B-side = "The Crutch" | released =  | format = | recorded = | studio = | genre = | length =  | label = | writer = John Hall <br/> Johanna Hall | producer = Billy Jackson | prev_title =  | year = 1974 | next_title = | next_year = }}

"'''Ms Grace'''" is a popular single by The Tymes, released in 1974. The song was written by John Hall and Johanna Hall, and produced by Billy Jackson.

==Background== "Ms Grace" was The Tymes' sole number one in the UK singles chart, spending a single week at the top in January 1975.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 309}}</ref> It fared less well in the US, where it peaked at No. 91 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart and No. 75 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=597}}</ref> Despite its low US peak, it was a local hit within Carolina Beach Music, where it became a standard. ==Legacy== According to ''Night Club & Bar'' magazine (vol. 5 issue, 1989), "Ms Grace" is number 2 in the top ten all-time beach songs list.<ref>''Night Club & Bar'', Volume 5 1989 - [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Night_Club_Bar/5HMsAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Miss%20Grace%22&dq=%22Miss%20Grace%22Beach%20Music%22&printsec=frontcover Page 14, The top 10 all - time beach songs are :]</ref>

==Charts== {| class="wikitable" !Chart (1974–1975) !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=313}}</ref> |align="center"|59 |- |United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) |align="center"|1 |- |United States (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=869}}</ref> |align="center"|91 |- |US Hot Soul Singles (''Billboard'') |align="center"|75 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1974 singles Category:The Tymes songs Category:UK singles chart number-one singles Category:1974 songs Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Category:Songs written by John Hall (New York politician) Category:Beach music songs