It lacked the overdubbed melody of the original and the backup drowned it out. The remake he did 20 years later with Mannheim Steamroller had its heart in the right place, but it was nowhere near as good. Williams will celebrate her 76th birthday in two months on August 24th, 2014. He had three other Top 100 records and all three peaked in the 90s 'Barque-A-Nova' (#96), 'Saturday Night at the World' (#99), and 'Greensleeves' (#90). The two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was 'Hello, I Love You' by the Doors (the week before 'Hello' hit #1 it was #9, and 'Gas' was at #8). Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 16th 1968, 'Classical Gas' by Mason Williams entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #93 and on July 28th it peaked at #2 (for 2 weeks) and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd on August 11th it reached #1 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.Classical Gas plays in Season 1, Episode 5. Julia from Columbus, OhI'm enjoying the soundtrack of The Queen's Gambit on Netfix It's a great series that takes place in the 60s.Lisa Lorraine from Arkansasgrew up in Dallas, entered first grade, September '68-this is the musical piece that is most preeminent in my mind from then.