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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The Love I Never Had Lyrics

Tavares

Never gonna miss it
The love I never had.
Never gonna miss it
The love I never had.
Never gonna miss it...
You've been coming home a little later
And you never feel like saying where you've been.
You know I tried to make some conversation
But I guess the things I say are wearin' thin.
You never needed me, I only see it now
But I can live alone, girl you taught me how.
And I wish that I could say I'm gonna feel so sad
(gonna feel so sad)
But I just can't miss the love I never had
Never gonna miss it
The love I never had.
Never gonna miss it...
When I was reachin' out you didn't want me
But at least I know I gave it one good try.
(didn't I, didn't I give it one good try?)
Gonna pack my bags then I'll be leavin'
You don't have to stay around to say goodbye.
Oh any fool can see it's over and it's done.
It really ended girl, before it had begun.
And I wish that I could say I'm gonna take it bad
Oh so bad, so bad
But I just can't miss the love I never had
(Never gonna miss it)
Oh and I wish that I could say I'm gonna feel so sad, so sad
(gonna feel so sad)
But I just can't miss the love I never had.
Never gonna miss it...
The love I never had