I'll Be Around

Album: Spinners (1972)
Charted: 3
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Phil Hurtt, Thom Randolph Bell
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 2

  • Alfred James Edwardsjr from TennesseeI always liked this song but never could understand the last part of the song.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 13th 1972, "I'll Be Around/How Could I Let You Get Away" by the Spinners entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #91; and on November 12th, 1972 it peaked at #3 {for 2 weeks} and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on October 8th, 1972 it reached #1 {for 5 weeks} on Billboard's R&B singles chart...
    Between 1961 and 1995 the Detroit quintet had thirty Top 100 records; seven made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Then Came You" {a duet with Dionne Warwick} in 1974...
    They just missed having three #1s when both "The Rubberband Man" in 1976 and "Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl" in 1980 peaked at #2...
    And they had six #1 records on the R&B Singles chart; but their only #1 on the Top 100, "Then Came You", only reached #2 on the R&B chart.
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