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<ol><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">According to the book </span><em style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">1000 UK #1 Hits</em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);"> by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh, at his father's funeral, a friend took David Gates aside and said, "Your dad was so proud of what you were doing." </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">David agreed by replying, "My success would have been so special to him as he was my greatest influence. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">So I decided to write and record Everything I Own about him. If you listen to the words, </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">'You sheltered me from harm, kept me warm, gave my life to me, set me free,' it says it all."</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">In 1974 the Jamaican singer Ken Boothe recorded a smooth reggae cover version that topped the UK chart. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Booth sang "</span><em style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Anything</em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);"> I Own" instead of "Everything" but retained the original title, making it one of the few UK #1s not to have the actual title in the lyric.</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Larry Knechtel played the part on the harpsichord during the chorus, and the kick drum was doubled to get a thicker sound. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Ken Boothe's producer Lloyd Charmers didn't want him to record this song. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">"He liked to be in charge and choose the songs," Boothe explained to </span><em style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">Mojo</em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);"> magazine. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 235, 212);">"But I needed one more to finish my album, and when I had been touring in Canada a friend had played me Andy Williams' version of 'Everything I Own' and said how I must record it."</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">David Gates originally wrote the song about the loss of his father, but Boothe turned it into a love song. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">"The studio owner said if it didn't get to #1 she'd sell the complex," he recalled. </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">"I was sat on my veranda smoking weed when the postman came with a telegraph telling me it was a breaker in the UK and would I sing on </span><em style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">Top of the Pops</em><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">? </span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><span style="color: rgb(103, 102, 102);">I was touring and couldn't make it the first time, so they made a film of someone else mining it in the shadows and everyone thought it was me."</span></li><li data-list="bullet"><span class="ql-ui" contenteditable="false"></span><br></li></ol><p><br></p>