![]() ![]() Nashville DJs quickly latched on and both the single and album were hits. In Nashville, Tennessee, news producer Bob Parker at television station WNGE began playing "Dancer" over the closing credits of the newscast. The single also did well in Australia, reaching number 14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report). ![]() Released as a single in the United States late in 1978, it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1979 and also reached number three on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and number 47 on the Canadian pop chart. Due in part to the resurgence of Bubblegum pop in the Third Bubblegum Era, (1977-79) and the disco beat of the backing tracks, by Christmas of that year, it was in the top ten of many pop music charts throughout Europe and Asia. "Music Box Dancer" was written and recorded by Frank Mills in 1974, but it was not to become a single until 1978. It features a piano theme that is accompanied by other instrumentation, designed to resemble a music box. " Music Box Dancer" is an instrumental piece by Canadian musician Frank Mills that was an international hit in the late 1970s. ![]()
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