"If I Could Only Dance With You" is a song written by Pat McManus, and recorded by American

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Jim Glaser James William Glaser (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019) was an American country music artist. He was born in Spalding, Nebraska. Biography The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he performed as both a solo artist and alon ...

. It was released in January 1984 as the fourth single from the album ''The Man in the Mirror''. In April 1984, it became the first of two top 10 hits for Glaser, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard

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chart and No. 10 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. The B-side of the single release was "

Woman, Woman "Woman, Woman" is the debut single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, from their 1968 debut album '' Woman, Woman''. It was written and composed by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne, and uses session musicians from The Wrecking Crew. Like most of the band ...

," a song composed by Glaser and Jimmy Payne, and made a top 5 pop hit in 1968 by

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (initially credited as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett) was an American pop rock group active in the late 1960s. The group, formed by Gary Puckett, Gary "Mutha" Withem, Dwight Bement, Kerry Chater and Paul Wheat ...

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