"You'll Never Know What You're Missing" was the third minor hit for The Real Thing who already had had two major hits with "

You to Me Are Everything In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers. History ''You'' comes from the Proto- ...

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Can't Get By Without You "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 Ju ...

Background

The song was written by Chris and

Eddie Amoo The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. The band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had successes a string of British hits such as "Can' ...

. It was produced by Chris, Eddie and Dennis Weinreich for Tony Hall productions. The strings were arranged by Paul Buckmeister. The B side of the single was ''Love Is A Playgoun'', also written by the Amoo's. They also co-produced it with Dennis Weinreich, and the strings and brass were arranged by Ian Green.

British chart history

For the week ending 27 February 1977 the single had jumped from no 48 to no 31 in the British charts. For the week ending 19 March the single had jumped from 25 to 20. By 26 March the single had dropped down a couple of notches to no 23. ''Billboard'' recorded that on the week ending 9 April 1977 the single had climbed from no 21 to no 16, which is where it peaked.''1000 UK Number One Hits'', By Jon Kutne
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References

{{reflist 1976 songs 1976 singles Pye Records singles The Real Thing (British band) songs