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218:. 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
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2452:"REAL THING | full Official Chart History"
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2189:. 2002. Archived from
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43:Background information
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2669:Thefootballvoice.com
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2076:Cohen, Sara (2007).
1859:"The Crime of Love"
1423:"Give Me Your Love"
475:Kenny Davis – vocals
275:collection of their
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1927:(Freeloaders album)
1557:"Love Takes Tears"
1504:"I Believe in You"
1448:"Saint or Sinner?"
1322:Step into Our World
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478:Steve Dixon – drums
253:Step into Our World
210:Founded in 1970 by
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16:British soul group
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91:Years active
66:British soul
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3089:Kenny Davis
2922:24 February
2889:14 November
2802:Kent, David
2783:10 December
2755:24 February
2599:10 December
2399:Discogs.com
2324:Dance80.com
1917:Freeloaders
1383:BPI: Silver
1154:BPI: Silver
797:BPI: Silver
773:100 Minutes
686:Live albums
505:Live albums
483:Discography
410:Imagination
395:Five Star's
391:Billy Ocean
387:David Essex
375:the Beatles
343:Freeloaders
331:Daft Punk's
312:Black Magic
261:100 Minutes
249:Liverpool 8
230:Pye Records
226:David Essex
196:Deaf School
151:Kenny Davis
114:, Calibre,
3177:Categories
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3077:Dave Smith
3072:Chris Amoo
2997:15 January
2972:15 January
2947:16 October
2864:15 January
2839:15 January
2372:Music Week
2246:. AllMusic
2063:References
1096:Real Thing
887:US R&B
581:Real Thing
368:Merseybeat
339:N-Trance's
301:, called "
241:Real Thing
212:Chris Amoo
147:Eddie Amoo
133:Dave Smith
130:Chris Amoo
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2967:bpi.co.uk
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2290:15 August
2244:: Review"
2007:Jazz-funk
2002:Brit funk
1120:BPI: Gold
406:Leee John
402:Kim Wilde
379:Coca-Cola
329:In 2002,
319:DJ Froggy
200:Liverpool
190:magazine
54:, England
52:Liverpool
3086:Ray Lake
2912:AllMusic
2804:(1993).
2748:BBC News
2355:22 April
2162:AllMusic
1991:See also
1226:4 from 8
607:4 from 8
596:: Silver
470:falsetto
414:BBC Four
149:Ray Lake
103:–present
3100:Singles
3020:Discogs
2727:7 April
2250:24 June
2167:24 June
2134:24 June
2095:24 June
821:Singles
521:Singles
425:Current
371:doo-wop
206:History
176:" and "
126:Members
97: (
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460:Former
108:Labels
59:Genres
48:Origin
2043:Notes
1953:2005
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