Kiss and Say Goodbye

Infobox Single
Name = Kiss and Say Goodbye


Artist = The Manhattans
from Album = The Manhattans
B-side = " Wonderful World of Love"
Released = April, 1976
Recorded = 1975
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Genre = R&B, Soul
Length = 4:27 (full version)
3:29 (single edit)
Label = Columbia
Writer = Winfred Lovett
Producer = Bobby Martin
Chart position = * #1 U.S. Pop & U.S. R&B

* #4 U.K. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" is a song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Manhattans. The song was written by Manhattans member Winfred "Blue" Lovett. The original demo of the song was recorded with The Manhattans backing band, "Little Harlem." After hearing a tape of the recording, producer/arranger Bobby Martin decided to re-record the song with MFSB at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. Released as a single, in both a version that included a mid-song rap spoken part (aimed toward the R&B market) and one that omitted it (aimed toward the pop market), over a year later, the song became a world-wide hit for the group spending two weeks at number one on the U.S. Pop and U.S. R&B charts and reaching number four on the U.K. Pop Singles chart in the summer of 1976. It also became just the second single to earn double-platinum certification status (Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady" was the first a few months earlier).

References

1. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" song review [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wvftxzu5ldte on ] Allmusic website

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