Limmie & Family Cookin’

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Limmie & Family Cookin'

Limmie & Family Cookin’ was an American family soul and pop group from Canton, Ohio. They released one single on Scepter Records, then signed with Avco Embassy, where they released three singles which hit the UK Singles Chart in 1973–74: “You Can Do Magic” (UK No. 3), “Dreamboat” (UK No. 31), and “A Walkin’ Miracle” (UK No. 6). The last of them was a cover version of a song by The Essex. Despite their success in the United Kingdom, they dented the US charts only once, with “You Can Do Magic” (No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 42 on the Billboard R&B chart).

 

“You Can Do Magic” was the biggest of three hit singles Limmie & Family Cookin’ had in the UK charts in the 1970s. In 1997, the track was covered by Mike Stock under the name The Mojams, for an investigation on ITV programme The Cook Report into chart rigging. Fronted by Edwina Currie’s daughter Debbie (then a trainee journalist for the production company Central Television), the single, credited to The Mojams featuring Debbie Currie, was released by Gotham Records and peaked at number 86 in the UK singles chart