Anyone who listens to "At This Moment" would assume it was a major hit when it was released in January of 1971. The track was recorded by Vera and his band, Billy Vera & the Beaters, during a series of performances in West Hollywood. It was then released as part of the live album Billy and the Beaters. According to American Songwriter, the song was inspired by a girl Vera met in the late '70s and was unfinished for a year.
Vera goes on to say that if he can't finish a track in a few hours, he'd usually toss it. Instead, the track was shoved inside his mother's piano bench. A year after dating the same girl, she broke up with him and, "I was crushed beyond belief. To this day, I’ve never been as broken-hearted as I was. And that’s when I knew how the song ended and I finished it."
Family Ties Revived "At This Moment" for Billy Vera
One day, Michael Weithorn, a key member of the sitcom's creative team, called Vera to ask permission to use "At This Moment" for one of its episodes. Weithorn had once seen Vera and his band perform the track and knew it was perfect for a key episode when Michael J. Fox's character dances with his love interest Ellen (Tracy Pollan), who would later be the actor's future wife.
The song was once again used during its fifth season, and "At This Moment" hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts at No. 1. It also landed on the Billboard R&B Chart and the Billboard Hot Country Chart, with further radio play landing it on the Billboard Hot Country Chart.
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