Don't Take Away the Music

"Don't Take Away the Music"
Single by Tavares
B-side	"Guiding Star"
Released	October, 1976
Format	45 RPM
Recorded	1976
Genre	Pop
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	St. Lewis-Perren-Yarlan
Tavares singles chronology
"Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (1976) "Don't Take Away the Music" (1976) "Whodunit" (1977)

"Don't Take Away the Music" is a hit song by R&B/disco group Tavares, released in the fall of 1976. It peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and in the UK peaked at number four.^[1] Along with the track "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel", the song spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Canadian RPM	48
Ireland	7
Netherlands	5
UK	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34
U.S. Dance/Disco	1
U.S. R&B	14
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	40

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 254.