Several other acts recorded this first (notably the Outsiders), but the Chicago-based American Breed had their biggest hit by far with this version. Co-written by Scott English, who had a UK hit in 1971 with a tune called “Brandy” that barely charted in the States, though I remember hearing it on WKBW in Buffalo. Barry Manilow redid the song in ‘74 as “Mandy” to avoid confusion with a similarly titled Looking Glass single, and that became his first #1.
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