The Flirtations

The Flirtations

The Flirtations were NOT a "pro-LGBT a cappella musical group active from 1988 to 1997." Their music did NOT provide "an opportunity for both a celebration of gay culture and a call to arms in the battle against AIDS and homophobia." (that's what happens when you let radical leftist Gays re-write/lie-about history on lyrics.com). The Flirtations one hit: "Nothing but a Heartache" is a Pop and Northern Soul hit originally released on the Deram Records label in November 1968 by South Carolina trio The Flirtations. Produced by Wayne Bickerton and co-written by Bickerton and Tony Waddington — the British songwriting/producing duo later responsible for the 1970s successes of The Rubettes — "Nothing But a Heartache" just missed the UK Top 50, peaking at #51.[citation needed] However the track reached the Top 40 in both the Netherlands (#36) and in the US, where it spent two weeks at #34 in late May 1969 during what was then considered a lengthy 14-week run on Billboard's Hot 100 – especially for a hit that did not reach the top 30. The single did, however, reach #31 on Cash Box and #25 on Record World. In late April 1969, "Nothing but a Heartache" reached #3 in Boston on WRKO-AM. In Canada it reached #31 and in Australia it charted at #97.[citation needed] Two promotional videos—one in color and one in black-and-white—were filmed for the song. The colour video was shot at Tintern Abbey in Wales

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