February 7, 1974 –
The Love Unlimited Orchestra’s Love’s Theme and their album Under the Influence of Love Unlimited were certified gold, on this date.
This is one of the few instrumentals and purely orchestral tracks to reach #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was one of the most played instrumentals of the 1970s. The track earned Barry White, writer of the track and producer, a BMI award for selling over three million copies.
