Leaving Me

"Leaving Me"
Single by The Independents
from the album The First Time We Met
B-side"I Love You, Yes I Do"
ReleasedJanuary 1973
Recorded1972
GenreR&B
Length3:20
LabelWand
SongwritersChuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy
ProducersChuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy
The Independents singles chronology
"I Just Want to Be There"
(1972)
"Leaving Me"
(1973)
"Baby I've Been Missing You"
(1973)

"Leaving Me" is a 1973 crossover single by The Independents. The single was their biggest on the R&B chart, hitting #1 for one week. The single, which peaked at number twenty-one, was the only Top 40 hit for the group.[1] It became a gold record. "Leaving Me" was written and produced by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy.[2]

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 273.
  2. ^ White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 117.