| Leaving Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Independents |
| Album: | The First Time We Met |
| B-Side: | I Love You, Yes I Do |
| Released: | January 1973 |
| Recorded: | 1972 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 3:20 |
| Label: | Wand |
| Producer: | Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy |
| Prev Title: | I Just Want to Be There |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Baby I've Been Missing You |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Leaving Me" is a 1973 crossover single by The Independents. The single was their biggest on the R&B chart, hitting #1 for one week. The single, which peaked at number twenty-one, was the only Top 40 hit for the group.[1] It became a gold record. "Leaving Me" was written and produced by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy.[2]
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. The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Bronson . Fred . Adam White (author). Fred Bronson . 1993 . Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York . 117.