DO YOU REMEMBER? Billboard #1 BEST SELLING Soul Singles (This Week in 1972) The Spinners: Ill Be Around Ill Be Around is a song recorded by The Spinners (known as Detroit Spinners in the UK). The song was co-written by Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt and produced by Bell. It was initially released as the B-side of the groups first single on Atlantic Records, with How Could I Let You Get Away being the A-side. Radio deejays, however, soon opted for Ill Be Around which led to Atlantic flipping the single over and the song became an unexpected hit, eventually spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart (the groups first #1 on the R&B chart) and reaching #3 on the U.S. Pop chart in the fall of 1972. It also reached sales of over one million copies, The Spinners first record ever to do so. The lyrics of the song have the narrator (Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith), pledging his devotion and love to a lover who has just left him for another while at the same time holding out hope that she will return to him (Theres always a chance, a tiny spark will remain/And sparks turn into flames/And love can burn once again...). So, in case she changes her mind, hell be around. Recorded at Phillys Sigma Sound Studios, the house band MFSB provided the backing. The production of the song gives it a smooth, mid-tempo feel, with the signature guitar riff (in octaves) played by Norman Harris at the forefront and punctuation from female background singers, the MFSB horns & strings and conga-playing from Larry Washington. Bobby Smith handles lead vocals on the song. The song was included on the groups 1972 self-titled album on Atlantic Records, their first album release for the label. The success of Ill Be Around would be the first in a series of chart successes The Spinners and Bell would have together during the 1970s. The Spinners
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