The Bellamy Brothers spent the bulk of their career crafting songs for the country audience, but when they made their first appearance on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart 50 years ago, on the survey dated March 13, 1976, the single actually performed better on the pop charts.
When it made that country debut, “Let Your Love Flow,” written by Neil Diamond roadie Larry E. Williams, was already at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it rose to No. 1. It was ranked No. 10 on Adult Contemporary, where it climbed to No. 2.
“Let Your Love Flow” made it to a more modest No. 21 on the country list, but the song set up Floridians Howard and David Bellamy for a long line of hits in the genre. They piled up 10 chart-topping country titles from 1979’s “If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me” through 1987’s “Kids of the Baby Boom.” Those songs emerged among 26 top 10 releases.
Their easy-going harmonies, congenial wordplay and inventive hooks earned plenty of industry recognition. They collected 17 nominations for the Country Music Association’s vocal duo and vocal group of the year honors, and David was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024.
The Bellamys continue to reap rewards from their beginnings, too. “Let Your Love Flow” supported a 2025 Budweiser commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl, and the duo is currently on its 50 Years of Hits Tour, due next in Roanoke, Texas, on March 20.
