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"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" is a 1975 single by the Stylistics. It reached number one for three weeks in the UK in August 1975. [1]After splitting from record producer Thom Bell in 1974, songwriters/producers Hugo & Luigi and George David Weiss took over, with arrangements by Van McCoy.
[1] [8] The Stylistics recorded "Disco Baby", "Love is the Answer" and "16 Bars" also. They are one of the few U.S. acts to have two chart-topping greatest hits albums in the U.K. [8] The Stylistics switched record labels during this period as Avco Records transitioned into H&L Records in 1976. [1]
"Thank You Baby" 70 7 — — — 85 — — Thank You Baby "Sing Baby Sing" — — — — 90 — 5 3 BPI: Silver [6] "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" 51 18 34 — 36 74 1 1 BPI: Gold [6] "Na-Na Is the Saddest Word" — — — — — — 3 5 BPI: Silver [6] You Are Beautiful "Funky Weekend" 76 23 — — — 70 6 10 1976 "You Are ...
However, just as U.S. success began to wane, their popularity in Europe, and especially the United Kingdom, increased. The lighter "pop" sound fashioned by Van McCoy and Hugo & Luigi gave the band a UK No. 1 in 1975 with "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)". In 2000, Thompkins left the group saying he even regretted he had not left much ...
This album featured the group's first No.1 single "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)", which had been released since the previous compilation. [4] This album was released on the newly founded H&L Records, which had been formed after the break-up of Avco Records, The Stylistics being their biggest act.
The Stylistics' "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)", "Whispering Grass" from Windsor Davies and Don Estelle and "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette made up the top five. Singles by The Bay City Rollers ("Give a Little Love"), David Essex, Roger Whittaker, Art Garfunkel and Johnny Nash were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
Group members Airrion Love, Herb Murrell, James Dunn, and James Smith can be heard on "You're a Big Girl Now," recorded and released as a single prior to the beginning of production on the album, but according to lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr., they're absent from the album's other eight songs aside from Love's harmony vocals on "You Are ...
The release was the company's only Number 1 success in the US, although the Stylistics' "You Make Me Feel Brand New" stayed at #2 for two weeks in the Hot 100 in 1974. In the UK, the same group's "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" was a #1 hit in mid-1975. Early on, the other artists released on the label covered a wide range of music.