There was no stopping Philadelphia soul hitmakers the Stylistics within the mid-Nineteen Seventies. By then, that they had scored a outstanding ten consecutive American Prime 10 R&B hits in three and a half years, and 5 that had crossed over to the identical echelon of the US pop chart within the earlier two and a half.
1974 had already been a wonderful 12 months for the quintet, with “Rockin’ Roll Baby” and “You Make Me Feel Brand New” making No.3 and No.5 respectively on the soul survey, in addition to hitting the UK Prime 10. “Brand New,” certainly, was racing up the British charts that July on its method to a No.2 peak, held off the highest solely by one other Philly soul gem, the Three Levels’ “When Will I See You Again.”
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Now, within the US, it was time for one more anthemic ballad. On July 27, 1974, the Stylistics debuted on each the pop and soul charts with “Let’s Put It All Together,” written by their producers Hugo & Luigi, the New York-based cousins Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, with George David Weiss.
The album of the identical identify had been launched in Could, alongside its first single “You Make Me Feel Brand New,” which oddly was showing on its second Stylistics album in a row. It had featured in an extended model on late 1973’s Rockin’ Roll Child set.
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“Let’s Put It All Together” debuted confidently on Sizzling Soul Singles at No.74 and No.77 on the Sizzling 100, because the guardian LP climbed 5-4 on the R&B album chart. The only went on to turn out to be one more Prime 10 soul smash for the fashionable fivesome, reaching No.8, and hit a greater than respectable No.18 pop. In October, it began its transatlantic progress, changing into their third UK high tenner of the 12 months at No.9. 1974 was proving to be a memorable 12 months for the Stylistics.
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