1987 Diana Ross – Red Hot Rhythm & Blues

Diana Ross, Eric Gale, Greg Phillinganes, Luther Vandross, Nathan East, Paulinho Da Costa, Richard Tee, Steve Ferrone, Steve Gadd

Red Hot Rhythm and Blues is a 1987 studio album by the American singer Diana Ross released via EMI and RCA labels.

The album made the charts in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as reaching the top 20 in Sweden and Norway. It was Ross’s final album for RCA Records. It peaked at No. 73 on the “Billboard album chart in the US despite an Emmy nominated television special that was a ratings success. It sold around 125,000 copies in the USA.

The album included “Dirty Looks” (US R&B #12, UK #49) written by Richard Scher & Lotti Golden, and the ballad “It’s Hard for Me to Say”, produced by Luther Vandross. It also included cover versions of several R&B classics, including The Bobbettes’ “Mr. Lee” (UK #58), Jackie Ross’ “Selfish One,” Etta James’ “Tell Mama”, and The Drifters’ “There Goes My Baby”. A Shep Pettibone remix of “Shockwaves” was released as a single in the UK which peaked at #76.

Tracks

1 Dirty Looks (Lotti Golden, Richard Scher) 3:21
2 Stranger in Paradise (Amy Sky, John Capek) 3:58
3 Shine (Mick Hucknall) 3:32
4 Shockwaves (Bill Wray, Diana Ross, Mark Cawley) 3:48
5 Selfish One (Carl Smith, Wilfred McKinley) 3:23
6 Mr Lee (Emma Pought, Helen Gathers, Jannie Pought, Laura Webb, Reather Dixon) 3:06
7 Tell Mama (Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell) 3:38
8 There Goes My Baby (Benjamin Nelson, George Treadwell, Lover Patterson) 3:05
9 Summertime (Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson) 4:05
10 Cross My Heart (Hamish Stuart, Sharon Robinson) 4:10
11 It’s Hard for Me to Say (Luther Vandross, John Anderson) 4:42
12 Tell Me Again (Wintley Phipps) 3:13

Biography

Diana Ross

Musicians

Bass	Nathan East
Bass	Chuck Rainey
Bass	Francisco Centeno
Drums	Ivan Hampden
Drums	Steve Ferrone
Drums	Steve Gadd
Guitar	Eric Gale
Guitar	Jeff Mironov
Guitar	Steve Farris
Keyboards	Greg Phillinganes
Keyboards	John Capek
Keyboards	Joseph Joubert
Keyboards	Richard Tee
Synthesizer	Jason Miles
Synthesizer	Steve Goldstein
Percussion	Tommy Vig
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa
Percussion	Sammy Figueroa
Background Vocals	Benny Diggs
Background Vocals	Darryl Tookes
Background Vocals	Dennis Collins
Background Vocals	Jocelyn Brown
Background Vocals	Lani Groves
Background Vocals	Luther Vandross
Background Vocals	Maeretha Stewart
Vocals	Diana Ross

Liner Notes

Producer – Tom Dowd (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Producer – Luther Vandross (Track 11)
Producer (Executive) – Diana Ross
Arranged By – Albert Schoonmaker, Charles Samek, Joseph Joubert, Marc Katz, Paul Riser (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Arranged By – John Anderson (Track 11)
Engineer – Larry Alexander (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Engineer – Paul Brown, Bruce Wildstein (Track 11)
Engineer (Assistant) – Adrian Trujillo, Don Rodenbach, Nick Basich (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By – Ray Bardani (Track 11)

Photography – Herb Ritts

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Engineered At Encore Studios
Engineered At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Engineered At Westlake Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Mixed At Minot Sound
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