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Billy Ocean live from backstage at Radio 2 in Hyde Park. Added, go to My Music to see full list. Tony Hall guided his new band through the often-treacherous labyrinth of the music business, acting as their mentor and never once losing faith in the foursome. Tony was handed a cassette of tunes Eddy had composed, whilst in The Chants, and was so impressed with his songwriting skills that he requested even more original material.
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The concert was later broadcast in 14 countries around the world. Eddy and Chris Amoo had now formed an unbeatable songwriting partnership and manager Tony Hall realised success ultimately lay with the band being able to come up with their own distinctive sound. Essex also wrote and produced their next single, Watch Out, Carolina , released in September The Real Thing toured with David Essex extensively, including his American Lamplight tour, and exposed the band to a more mainstream pop audience.
Naturally, The Real Thing were still looking for that elusive big hit single and then, quite suddenly, their fortunes changed forever.
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Hugely popular songwriters Ken Gold and Michael Denne contacted Tony Hall, requesting that they write a song for the band. The British duo had already enjoyed success across the Atlantic, with Aretha Franklin, Billy Ocean and Jackie Wilson, but were now looking for a home-grown hit. Released on 14 May , 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, copies per day.
It remained at the summit for three solid weeks and was the first number one hit for an all-black UK group. You To Me Are Everything has subsequently been recognised as the 69 th most played record of all-time in Great Britain, and is listed by the Guinness Book of Hit Singles as one of the top songs of the millennium.
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The follow-up song, again written by Gold and Denne, was nearly as successful. Can't Get By Without You was released on 27 August and reached number two in the UK charts, remaining in the top forty for 10 continuous weeks. On the strength of their second big hit single, the band released their self-titled debut album in November , produced by Jerome Rimson, later to be a member of short-lived US band Atomic Man.
The dance track became a smash with clubbers in Ibiza, and across Europe, eventually reaching 9 in the UK charts. The collection of 10 self-penned songs was indeed ambitious, with the lyrics touching on many social issues facing the working class black community at that time. Pye Records threw all their weight behind an extensive marketing campaign to promote the LP.
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The trio of Liverpool 8 , Children of the Ghetto and Stanhope Street were light years ahead of their time, and totally unique in British music, being the first home-grown soul music to properly address the experience of black people in the UK. Music magazine, Black Echoes reviewed the album in July and heaped praise on the songs. The band also made an energetic appearance in the movie performing the track.
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A few months later, in January , came Can You Feel the Force , penned by the Amoo Brothers, and the song that propelled them back into the top 5 all across Europe. The band considered this to be one of the greatest moments of their career, and a song which they are still immensely proud of.