Man’s Best Friend is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor‘s sixth album, and fifth original album, released in 1980.
Livingston Taylor (born November 21, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He attended the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. He is the brother of singer-songwriter James Taylor and a faculty member at Berklee College of Music.
In the 1980s Taylor released his second album on the Epic label, Man’s Best Friend. The album contained the songs: “First Time Love,” and “Pajamas” (sometimes known as “I’ve Got My Pajamas On”), which was later adapted into a book for children written by Taylor and his wife, Maggie. Taylor hosted a nationally syndicated television show, This Week’s Music, and began teaching performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Tracks
1 Ready Set Go (Jeff Baxter, Livingston Taylor, David Wolfert) 3:15
2 Dance With Me (John Hall, Joanna Hall) 3:19
3 First Time Love (Pat Alger, Peter Kaminsky) 2:45
4 Sunshine Girl (John Manchester, Livingston Taylor) 3:50
5 You Don’t Have To Choose (Jeff Baxter, Livingston Taylor) 3:30
6 Dancing In The Street (William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter) 3:27
7 Out Of This World (Maggie Taylor, Livingston Taylor) 2:36
8 Face Like Dog (John Manchester, Livingston Taylor) 4:05
9 Pajamas (Maggie Taylor, Livingston Taylor) 1:57
10 Marie (Randy Newman) 2:22
Musicians
1 Ready Set Go
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Ed Greene |
| Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Carta Thomas |
2 Dance With Me
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Drums | Russ Kunkel |
| Guitar | Larry Carlton |
| Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
| Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
| Sax | Gary Foster |
| Percussion | Victor Feldman |
| Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
| Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
| Background Vocals | Don Henley |
3 First Time Love
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Drums | Russ Kunkel |
| Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
| Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
| Percussion | Victor Feldman |
| Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
| Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
4 Sunshine Girl
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
| Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
| Background Vocals | Mark Volman |
| Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
5 You Don’t Have To Choose
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Ed Greene |
| Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
| Synthesizer | Jeff Baxter |
6 Dancing In The Street
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Ed Greene |
| Guitar | Steve Cropper |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
| Organ | Jeff Baxter |
| Sax | James Mitchell |
| Sax | Andrew Love |
| Sax | Lewis Collins Jr |
| Trombone | Jack Hale |
| Trumpet | Ben Cauley |
| Vocals | Carla Thomas |
7 Out Of This World
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Drums | Russ Kunkel |
| Acoustic Guitar | Livingston Taylor |
| Keyboards | Victor Feldman |
| Percussion | Victor Feldman |
| Background Vocals | Tom Kelly |
| Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
8 Face Like Dog
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
| Percussion | Victor Feldman |
9 Pajamas
| Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
| Drums | Rick Shlosser |
| Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
| Keyboards | Jai Winding |
10 Marie
| Orchestration | Jimmie Haskell |
Liner Notes
Producer – Jeff Baxter, John Boylan
Man’s Best Friend is singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor‘s sixth album, and fifth original album, released in 1980.