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Can't Get By Without You
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Wikipedia article
"'Can't Get By Without You'" was a hit for The Real Thing in 1976. It was the follow up to their smash hit "You to Me Are Everything".
Background
The song was written by Ken Gold and Mickey Denne and released on Pye 7N 45618. The B side, "(He's Just A) Moneymaker" was written by Chris and Eddie Amoo.Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/The-Real-Thing-Cant-Get-By-Without-You/release/5588693 The Real Thing Can't Get By Without You]
The song had a similar feel to their previous hit, but still reached no. 2 in the UK charts, kept from #1 by ABBA's Dancing Queen. It didn't make any real chart impression in the US.'Every Chart Topper Tells a Story: The Seventies', By Sharon Davis [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2IBSoKMsgQC&pg=RA1-PT192&dq=%22Can't+Get+By+Without+You%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixh5Cvsr7PAhVLKJQKHW5nA3gQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Can't%20Get%20By%20Without%20You%22&f=false June 1976 THE REAL THING 'You to Me Are Everything'] On the week ending 16 October 1976, in the UK charts the song had dropped down a notch from no 2 to no 3.'Billboard', October 16, 1976 [https://books.google.com/books?id=5yQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT61&dq=%22Can't+Get+By+Without+You%22Billboard&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO_qeNt77PAhVIJZQKHSq3DhsQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22Can't%20Get%20By%20Without%20You%22Billboard&f=false Page 16 Billboard Hits Of The World, BRITAIN]
In 1986, a remixed version of the song "Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)" by "She's A Groovy Freak" was released on the PRT label.45cat [http://www.45cat.com/record/7p352 Record Details, Catalogue: 7P 352]
References
Category:1976 singles
Category:Pye Records singles
Category:The Real Thing (British band) songs
Category:1976 songs
Category:British pop songs
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