Single:
Neither One of Us entered the Australian singles chart* on 23 April 1973 and peaked at #13. It was #90 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Songwriter:
Jim Weatherly
Producer:
Peter Jones
Record label of Australian release:
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*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Linda George is an Australian pop, jazz fusion and soul singer. As well as releasing her own albums and singles, Linda provided backing vocals on releases by artists including Brian Cadd, Madder Lake, Daryl Braithwaite, Normie Rowe, Jo Jo Zep, John Farnham and Kerrie Biddell, and worked with various ensembles.
In March 1973, Linda took the role of ‘Acid Queen’ in the Australian stage production of The Who’s rock opera Tommy. Her fellow cast members included Daryl Braithwaite, Colleen Hewett, Billy Thorpe, Ross Wilson, Jim Keays, Doug Parkinson, Broderick Smith, Wendy Saddington, Bobby Bright and, in the role of Ernie, The Who’s Keith Moon in Melbourne and Ian “Molly” Meldrum in Sydney.
Also in 1973, Linda won the TV Week King of Pop award for “Best New Female Artist”.
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) was first released by Gladys Knight and The Pips four months before Linda’s version.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_George_(Australian_singer)
Lyrics:
It′s sad to think we’re not gonna make it
And it′s getting to the point where we just can’t fake it
‘Cause for some ungodly reason we just won′t let it die
Because neither one of us wants to be the first to say
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