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Do What You Want, Be What You Are

The Dramatics / Shake It Well: The Best of The Dramatics 1974-1980

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The Dramatics

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Shake It Well: The Best of The Dramatics 1974-1980

Release date

January 1, 1976

Duration

7:30

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R&B/Soul

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MCA Records

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Bigger Than Both of Us is the fifth studio album by American pop rock duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. The album was released in August 1976, by RCA Records and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The album included the first of their six #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "Rich Girl" as well as the singles "Back Together Again" and "Do What You Want, Be What You Are". Hall & Oates released a song titled "Bigger Than Both of Us" on their Beauty on a Back Street album one year later. "Do What You Want, Be What You Are" was covered by The Dramatics in 1979.

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