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Although such a record was unusual for a teenage group, "Never Can Say Goodbye" was a number-two hit for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, stuck behind Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" (May 8–22, 1971), and a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States. [3]
"Never Can Say Goodbye" Monica Arnold Hennings Miss Thang: 1995 [13] "New Life (Intro)" Monica featuring Mary J. Blige: Cainon Lamb Anthony Randolph Raymond Gordon
"Have I Never" † A Few Good Men — A Thang for You: ... Midnight Star / Usher and Monica: Boaz Watson; Belinda Lipscomb; ... "Too Good to Say Goodbye" Bruno Mars ...
The Communards were a British synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985. [6] They consisted of Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville and English musician Richard Coles.They are best known for their versions of "Don't Leave Me This Way", originally by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass, and of the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye".
The Clifton Davis-penned song was originally performed by the Jackson 5, [5] but this rendition is similar to Gloria Gaynor's disco version. [2] [6] [7] Jimmy Somerville's "straight ahead" [6] vocals are a strength of the song, with Andy Kellman of AllMusic crediting him with producing a recording that "stands apart" from other versions. [2]
Before becoming a successful actor Davis was a songwriter who wrote The Jackson 5's No. 2 hit "Never Can Say Goodbye." He made his Broadway debut in the mid-1960s as a replacement in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! In 1969, he replaced Cleavon Little in the role of Lee Haines in Jimmy Shine, opposite Dustin Hoffman and Rue ...
Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. Never Can Say Goodbye may also refer to: Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor album), a 1975 album by Gloria Gaynor; Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson, a 2010 album by American jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco
[10] Commenting on the album title, Monica later elaborated: “Dallas [Austin] would bring producers in the studio to play records for me and I’d be quick to say ‘No’ if I didn’t feel it. I knew who I was and what I wanted to say. That’s where Miss Thang came from. He’d say, ‘Miss Thang don’t like it!’." [11]