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“Never Can Say Goodbye” is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group’s most successful songs.
The recording features 12-year-old Michael Jackson singing a serious song about a love, with accompaniment from his brothers. Although such a record was unusual for a teenage group, “Never Can Say Goodbye” was a number-two hit on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and a number-one hit on the Billboard Black Singles chart in the United States. . In the United Kingdom, it reached number thirty-three on the UK Singles Chart.
Sometimes, happenstance plays an importance part in the making of hit records. Producer Hal Davis was in his Los Angeles office at Motown Records when he heard a catchy melody being played on a piano in the next room. Investigating, he found aspiring songwriter Clifton Davis who’d come to the label to shop his song “Never Can Say Goodbye” to its publishing firm, Jobete Music. Expressing interest in recording the song, Clifton was happily taken aback when Hal told him that he’d produced the Jackson 5′s R&B/ pop chart-topper “I’ll Be There.” Producer Davis booked a recording session for that night, assembling such first-call talent as guitarist David T. Walker, Art Wright, drummer Gene Pello, bassist Bob West, and pianist Joe Sample of the Crusaders, some of whom had played on some of the J-5′s biggest hits. The beautiful arrangement by Gene Page perfectly fits the quiet, introspective tone of the lyrics. It was also a very “grown up” ballad for the group and to some extent balanced out their ” bubblegum soul” image. Amazing as it sounds, there was some dissent in the label’s A&R department, with some thinking the record would blow a good thing by alienating the group’s massive teen following. Luckily label founder Berry Gordy intervened and “Never Can Say Goodbye” topped the R&B charts for three weeks in spring 1971. Clifton also wrote another number one R&B hit for the Jackson 5, “Lookin’ Through the Windows,” and starred in the TV sitcoms That’s My Mama and Amen.
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this song always makes me feel like crying. I LOVE this song. I love and miss you Michael .I hope you are happy up there. You will always be my favorite singer and always be an inspiration to me. You are the reason I want to be a singer. Remember “smile even though your heart is aching,smile even though it’s breaking” I love you Michael with all my heart and soul and i will miss you forever until the day that I die.Rest in peace Michael because I promise you’ll never be forgetten;you will always be remembered as the person who changed music forever.