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| name = The Real Thing | image = The Real Thing (1972).jpg | caption = The Real Thing (1972) | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Liverpool, England | genre = {{hlist|British soul|Brit funk|disco|R&B}} | years_active = {{start date|1970}}–present | label = Pye, Calibre, Jive | associated_acts = David Essex The Chants[1] Biddu[2] | current_members = Chris Amoo Dave Smith | past_members = Eddie Amoo Ray Lake Kenny Davis }}The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. In addition to a string of British hits, the band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. By number of sales, they were the most successful black rock/soul act in England during the 1970s.[3] The journalist, author and founder of Mojo, Paul Du Noyer credits them alongside Deaf School with restoring "Liverpool's musical reputation in the 1970s" with their success.[4] HistoryFounded in 1970 by Chris Amoo, Dave Smith, Kenny Davis and Ray Lake, The Real Thing's live, progressive soul-influenced covers of American hits attracted enough attention for them to secure a recording deal with EMI.[5] The singles they released through EMI in 1972 and 1973 such as "Vicious Circle" were, despite their high quality, not successful sellers (and have not so far been included on any of the band's compilation albums). But the band persisted, even after the departure of Kenny Davis. They did appear on Opportunity Knocks (the TV talent show). The turn-around for their career began with their collaboration with David Essex and Pye Records. They toured internationally with Essex, recording with him a number of popular songs, though none were big charters. After Chris Amoo's brother Eddie joined the band, The Real Thing finally found chart success with the pop soul single "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 28 on Billboard's "R&B Singles" and No. 64 on Billboard's "Hot 100".[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. 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. 16.[9] They continued recording prolifically, releasing a steady stream of subsequent albums: 1977's Four from Eight[10] (originally to have been called Liverpool 8 in honour of the racially mixed, economically depressed neighbourhood in which they grew up, before Pye rejected the title), 1978's Step Into Our World, (reissued in 1979 as Can You Feel the Force)[11] and 1982's compilation 100 Minutes.[5] During the time period, they accumulated eight more British hits. "Love's Such a Wonderful Thing" peaked at #33 in 1977.[9] 1978 saw "Whenever You Want My Love" at #18, "Let's Go Disco" at #39 and "Rainin' Through My Sunshine" at #40. "Can You Feel the Force?" climbed to #5 in 1979, the same year that "Boogie Down (Get Funky Now)" hit #33. 1980's "She's a Groovy Freak" capped a successful run, at #52, coming just a few months too late to be included in the band's first compilation, a K-tel collection of their Greatest Hits released in May 1980.[9][12] In 1982 they returned to working with David Essex, performing as backing vocalists on his tour and they also performed as backing vocalists on Essex's 1982 top 20 hit 'Me And my Girl (Nightclubbing)' appearing with him on Top of the Pops. They scored a dance floor hit with a single specially written for them by Lynsey De Paul and Terry Britten, called "We Got Love" in 1984.[13] In 1986, the band enjoyed a chart resurgence with the remixing of several of their hits. "You to Me Are Everything (the Decade Remix)" charted twice in the UK, peaking at No. 5 during a 12-week run in spring and returning in June for an additional week at No. 72.[9] "Can't Get By Without You (the Second Decade Remix)" rose almost as high to No. 6, remaining a consecutive 13 weeks. "Can You Feel the Force" ('86 Remix) climbed to No. 24, but the band's final UK charter for the year, "Straight to the Heart", peaked at No. 71, remaining for only two weeks. Group personnel
Discography{{Infobox artist discography|Artist = The Real Thing |Image = |Image size = |Caption = |Studio = 4 |Live = 1 |Compilation = 3 |EP = |Singles = 24 |B-sides = |Video = |Music videos = |Soundtrack = |Tribute = |Option = |References = }} Albums
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/a-z/chants.shtml |title=The Chants – Bill Harry – Mersey Beat |publisher=Triumphpc.com |date= |accessdate=7 March 2014}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=34. Biddu|url=http://www.nme.com/list/the-50-greatest-producers-ever/262849/article/263448|work=The 50 Greatest Producers Ever|publisher=NME|accessdate=28 August 2012|year=2012}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Sara|title=Decline, renewal and the city in popular music culture: beyond the Beatles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLIkj9-B6XYC&pg=PA51|accessdate=24 June 2010|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-3243-6|page=51|quote=Earlier on The Real Thing, Britain's biggest selling black rock/soul act of the 1970s....}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Du Noyer | first = Paul | chapter= Subversive dreamers: Liverpool songwriting from the Beatles to the Zutons | editors = Michael Murphy, Deryn Rees-Jones|title=Writing Liverpool: Essays and Interviews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQwWXe9XXREC&pg=PA246|accessdate=24 June 2010|date=1 September 2007|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-1-84631-073-7|page=246}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20102/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Real Thing Biography | accessdate = 24 June 2010 | publisher = allmusic.com}} 6. ^{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20102/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Real Thing Billboard Singles | accessdate = 24 June 2010 | publisher = allmusic.com}} 7. ^{{discogs master|75317|Real Thing: Real Thing}} 8. ^{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r47661|pure_url=yes}} | title = The Real Thing | publisher = allmusic.com | accessdate = 24 June 2010}} 9. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=Guinness World Records British Hit Singles |edition= 15th |year=2002 |publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd. |location=London |isbn=0-85112-187-X|page=392}} 10. ^{{discogs master|198435|Real Thing: 4 from 8}} 11. ^{{discogs master|75321|Real Thing: Step Into Our World/Can You Feel the Force}} 12. ^{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r47665|pure_url=yes}} | title = Greatest Hits | accessdate = 24 June 2010|publisher = allmusic.com}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rca445 |title=The Real Thing – We Got Love / Street Scene – RCA – UK – RCA 445 |website=45cat.com |date=2013-01-31 |accessdate=2016-04-22}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Real%20Thing.html|title=Soul Walking: The Real Thing|website=Soulwalking.com|accessdate=7 April 2018}} 15. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43175743|title=Eddy Amoo: The Real Thing singer dies at 73|work=BBC News|date=23 February 2018|accessdate=24 February 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/427668-Ray-Lake|title=Ray Lake|website=Discogs|accessdate=7 April 2018}} External links
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