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When Phil Everly had finished his Star Spangled Springer album in 1973, he sent a copy of it to the Hollies. He thought it would be fun if this British band did a cover of one his songs, because they always had expressed their admiration for the Everly Brothers. They actually did cover one of the tracks from the LP, but it was the one song that Phil Everly did not write. They recorded a version of The Air That I Breathe, a song that first appeared on Albert Hammond’s 1972 album It Never Rains In California. The Hollies made a worldwide success of the song, using the arrangement that Duane Eddy had written for Phil Everly. 

Get Closer is the title track from Seals & Crofts eighth studio album, released when they were at the peak of their success. The duo wrote the song together. Guest star on backing vocals is Carolyn Willis. She was a part of the early seventies R&B vocal trio The Honey Cone, best known for their two 1971 singles  Stick-Up and One Monkey Don't Stop No Show.

Tracklist:

The Doobie Brothers ‎– It Keeps You Runnin' (1976)
Pearl Charles – Déjà Vu (2021)
Clifford T. Ward ‎– Wherewithal (1973)
The Sylistics ‎– You Make Me Feel Brand New (1974)
Seals & Crofts ‎– Get Closer (1976)
Fleetwood Mac ‎– Don't Stop (1977)
Lenny LeBlanc – Sharing The Night Together (1976)
Smokey Robinson ‎– Being With You (1981)
Steve Harley – How Good It Feels (1979)
Minnie Riperton – Young Willing And Able (1977)
Albert Hammond – The Air That I Breathe (1972)
Bridget St. John – Some Kind Of Beautiful (1974)
Byrne & Barnes – Love You Out Of Your Mind (1981)
Lesley Duncan ‎– The Magic's Fine (1978)
John Mayer ‎– Shadow Days (2012)
Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Valley Road (1988)
Lake – Dreams In The Night (1984)
Wild Cherry ‎– Baby Don't You Know (1976)
Brief Encounter – We're Going To Make It (1973)
Cleo Sol – Promises (2021)