Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #202: “Don’t Let The Music Slip Away”- Archie Bell and The Drells. The final entry onto the charts April 18, 1970.

• Single: “Don’t Let The Music Slip Away”- Archie Bell and The Drells
• Record Company- Atlantic
• Genre: Soul
• Written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
• Time: 2:15
• B-side:” Houston Texas”
• Album-There’s Gonna Be A Showdown
• Grade-B-
• Peaked at #100 1 week in the Billboard Hot 100.

Archie Bell the lead singer for The Drells was born in Henderson, Texas in 1944. The Drells were an R&B vocal group formed in Houston. They had 21 R&B hits with 11 Hot 100 Pop hits- 3 making the Top 40- their biggest was their first #1 “Tighten Up” 1968. Archie Bell’s brother was Ricky Bell a running back from USC who finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1976- and was the first player chosen in the 1977 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Bucs.