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"I Can't Stand Losing You" is a song written by The Ink Spots' lead tenor Bill Kenny while he was still in high school. In 1940, a few years after Kenny joined the group, they recorded the song for Decca Records, but it was not released until March 1943. The single was the group's second number-one on the Harlem Hit Parade, where it remained for seven non-consecutive weeks. The B-side was the song "I'll Never Make the Same Mistake Again". [1]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 275.