I just considered it a trip to San Francisco for the weekend, so I took a couple of the Bungle guys with me and made a vacation out of it. [5][6] Their follow-up, "Can't Get By Without You", did not chart in the US but was still a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2. Eddy Amoo, one of 1970s soul band The Real Thing - who had hits including You To Me Are Everything and Feel the Force - has died at the age of 73. After moving from Pye Records to the Calibre label, The Real Thing released one of the best dance tracks of their entire career, the Michael Jackson-influenced ‘She’s a Groovy Freak’, produced in America by James Mtume & Reggie Lucas. Then, in 2015, they released a comeback LP for the ages in Sol Invictus through Patton's own Ipecac Recordings label (which turns 20 this year). The group signed with Pye and released a brilliant new single – ‘Stone Cold Love Affair’ – written by Ron Roker and Gerry Shury, which became a big club hit both in Europe and the US. Download easily transposable chord charts and sheet music plus lyrics for 100,000 songs. ... On his second Pooh Corner album he wrote "Hana Aluna Lullaby" for his second daughter whose name was chosen because he and Julia had met on the island of Hana. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. "He was trying to figure us out at first," recalls Gould. The Real Thing are pleased to unveil a new feature-length movie celebrating their long and eventful career in music. A NEW MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FOR JANUARY 2020 RELEASE. The S.S.B. Dominated by the monster hit and U.K. chart-topper "You to Me Are Everything," truly one of the benchmark moments in the development of mid-'70s U.K. soul, the Real Thing's fall 1976 debut arrived hot on the heels of their second major smash, "Can't Get by Without You," and between those two songs, everything you need to know about the Real Thing is on display. Today, The Real Thing are still in enormous demand; their touring shows (complete with a live five-piece band) still entertain audiences almost every week of the year. Eddy became a regular at The Real Thing’s recording sessions, often contributing instrumentation and extra vocals. On that cassette, I was just screaming my head off, so maybe that was why. In 1976, they released their first album, Real Thing,[7] which included both of their hit singles as well as a third UK hit, "You'll Never Know What You're Missing",[8] which peaked at No. Original members – Chris Amoo and Dave Smith – are now celebrating over 45 incredible years in the music industry, and they’re still going strong, playing hundreds of gigs across the world. At the time, The Real Thing wanted to establish themselves as a tight soul/funk ‘unit’, similar to Earth, Wind and Fire or Funkadelic. [9] 1978 saw "Whenever You Want My Love" at No. Mike was evolving as well. questioned Bottum at the time. Released on 14 May 1976, the song was picked up immediately by BBC Radio One and gradually crept up the charts during that scorching, record-breaking summer, selling some 30,000 copies per day. THE REAL THING | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company", "Everything: The Real Thing Story review – the searing saga of Britain's soul pioneers", "Sixties City - Bill Harry's Sixties - articles from the creator of iconic 60s music paper Mersey Beat", "The Real Thing singer Eddy Amoo dies at 74", "Eddy Amoo: The Real Thing singer dies at 73", Feature on the band including an interview with Eddy Amoo – 'Children of the Ghetto; the Story of the Real Thing', Video interview with Eddy Amoo from BBC Liverpool08, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Real_Thing_(UK_band)&oldid=974071865, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Can't Get by Without You" (The Decade Remix II), Chris Amoo (born Christopher Charles Amoo, 14 October 1952, Liverpool) – vocals, Dave Smith (born David Smith, 6 July 1952) – vocals. Despite only reaching #33 in the UK, the single shifted some 90,000 copies, and 25 years later Eddy and Chris’s faith in the song was justified when it was first sampled by French DJ duo Daft Punk for a white-label bootleg, and then two years later by The Freeloaders for their single ‘So Much Love to Give’. The band also made an energetic appearance in the movie performing the track. 6, remaining for a consecutive 13 weeks.