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Tavares

Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel

1976 · via 50 Cent

Tavares’ 1976 recording of “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” is the earliest release on file. Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Worlds Apart (released 1993), Tower of Power (released 2009) and Disco Kings (released 2008), among 183 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 50 Cent’s “Many Men (Wish Death)” (2010) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis wrote "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" for Tavares back in 1976, and their names still ride on the credits of "Many Men." Play the Tavares side and listen for what 50 built his song on.

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Credited writers: Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1976.

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50 Cent’s “Many Men (Wish Death)” (2010) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

183 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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