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THE Real Thing star Eddy Amoo has died aged 74. Instead they became the Real Thing. You can get an online thing going now.". Manchester-based band Sweet Sensation had hits eighteen months before the Real Thing; they were the first Black British soul act to get to number one in October 1974, with Sad Sweet Dreamer. Lake struggled with mental health issues and drug use, leading to his eventual departure from the band, and he was just 48 when he tragically died in 2000. The Real Thing: Liverpool's alternative Fab Four - BBC Culture Back in June 1976 they were number one with You To Me Are Everything (the follow-up, Cant Get By Without You reached number 2); their records have been in the top 20 seven times (including the single Can You Feel the Force from 1979); a cover version of a song they recorded back in 1977 was included by Spike Lee in the soundtrack to his 1995 film Clockers; and Eddy Amoo from the band was praised by the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid in October 1983. A songwriting and production team, Ken Gold and Mickey Denne, played the Real Thing, and their manager Tony Hall, some demos of five songs theyd written, and one song in particular impressed them; You to Me Are Everything. By 1975 the Real Thing had been signed to Pye records and had also gained a somewhat unlikely supporter; the heart-throb pop star David Essex who had been introduced to the band by Jeff Wayne. So while technically she can be called an actor, the one child that Ray calls the "good one" of his four, isn't in the industry much anymore. For one thing, it's still earning the seasoned actor quite a large chunk of change. The Chants were invited to sing on-stage with The Beatles that night; they signed a record deal, and were briefly managed by Brian Epstein, although their rave reviews didnt translate into commercial fame despite the fact that white-fronted mainstream music borrowed heavily (as it still obviously does) from black cultural influences. Theyre amazingly under-rated; they also released lots of really good records later on, including street soul on small labels.. Profile: English falsetto vocalist and founding member of The Real Thing. Eddy will be remembered for The Real Things hit singles You To Me Are Everything, Feel the Force, and Cant Get By Without You, as well as his energetic performances and political commentary with songs such as Children of the Ghetto. They brought the Toxteth experience to the music that they were playing; they did it in a social way rather than politically. 33 in 1977. [citation needed], In 2015, he was a judge at the Irish Wolfhound, Levriero irlandese 25th French Breed Show event. In the studio, the Real Thing recorded some songs written and produced by David Essex, among them Watch Out Carolina which is slightly too obviously indebted to Rock On. Such was the rush of records aimed at the discotheques, in one issue of Black Music they introduced a new category on the singles reviews pages; Funk, bump & boogie. The disco explosion was upon us, but the rising interest in black music was further fed by radio; radio crossed over soul ballads and funk, bump & boogie into the mainstream.