The five-brother singing group Tavares may be best known for such up-tempo hits as the million-selling single "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel," "More Than a Woman," and "Whodunit," but they first came to national attention with the luscious ballad "Check It Out." Their crisp vocalizing and clean-cut, young-men-next-door image made them favorites on TV shows starring Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, and Dick Clark's American Bandstand. In 1974, Tavares also had the first hit version (number one R&B) of "She's Gone" written by the then relative unknown duo of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Hall & Oates scored a number seven pop hit with the song in 1976. The Tavares brothers — Arthur Tavares, Ralph Vierra Tavares, Perry Lee Tavares, Antone Tavares, and Feliciano Tavares nicknamed "Pooch," "Tiny," "Chubby," and "Butch" — started the group in 1964 as Chubby and the Turnpikes in New Bedford, MA. Their grandparents taught them traditional Cape Verde folk songs, while their older brother John schooled them on doo wop singing.
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Don't Take Away The Music Lyrics

Tavares

DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC
IT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT
IT'S MY PIECE OF THE ROCK

I KNEW YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE
YOU WERE MY SONG
HOW AM I SUPPOSSED TO BEAR IT
NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE
WOULD YOU SEPARATE THE WORDS
MEMORIES FROM A SWEET MELODY
BABY WOULD YOU TAKE AWAY
THE MUSIC FROM A SYMPHONY

DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC IT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT
IT'S MY PIECE OF THE ROCK
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONE
DON'T STRIP MY WORLD OF IT'S SONG

EVERYTIME YOU WHISPERED LOW
MY HEART WOULD SING
NOW IT'S SILENT LIKE THE PHONE
THE PHONE THAT NEVER RINGS
MEMORIES OF LOVE'S REFRAIN
MEMORIES KEEP HAUNTING ME
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO THE SONG WE SANG
WHAT HAPPEND TO OUR SWEET HARMONY

DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC IT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT
IT'S MY PIECE OF THE ROCK
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONE
DON'T STRIP MY WORLD OF IT'S SONG

DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC OOH OOH OOH
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC OOH OOH OOH
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC OOH OOH OOH

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SINCE YOU'RE NOT HERE WITH ME
MY WHOLE LIFE SEEMS OUT OF KEY

DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC IT'S THE ONLY THING I'VE GOT
IT'S MY PIECE OF THE ROCK
DON'T TAKE AWAY THE MUSIC EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONE
DON'T STRIP MY WORLD OF IT'S SONG