1977 The Whispers – Open Up Your Love
Open Up Your Love is an album by The Whispers. Released in 1977, this album reached number 23 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart. This was their last album on Don Cornelius’s Soul Train Records before transitioning over to manager Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records.
The single “I’m Gonna Make You My Wife” was featured in the motion picture Waiting to Exhale, but did not appear on the soundtrack.
Tracks
1 Make It With You (David Gates) 4:59
2 Chocolate Girl (Wayne Bell) 3:36
3 Love Is A Dream (Wayne Bell) 4:41
4 Open Up Your Love (Wayne Bell) 4:42
5 I Fell In Love Last Night (At The Disco) (Malcolm Anthony) 4:21
6 You Are Number One (Malcolm Anthony) 3:52
7 You Never Miss Your Water (‘Til Your Well Runs Dry) (Don Cornelius) 3:30
8 I’m Gonna Make You My Wife (Wayne Bell) 4:54
Biography
Musicians
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Bass | Alphonso Johnson |
Drums | Ed Greene |
Drums | James Gadson |
Guitar | Dean Parks |
Guitar | Lee Ritenour |
Guitar | David T. Walker |
Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
Guitar | Wah Wah Watson |
Keyboards | Joe Sample |
Keyboards | Reginald Burke |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Background Vocals | Marcus Hutson |
Background Vocals | Leaveil Degree |
Background Vocals | Walter Scott |
Background Vocals | Nicholas Caldwell |
Background Vocals | Wallace Scott |
Other Musicians
1 Make It With You
Vocals | Wallace Scott |
2 Chocolate Girl
Vocals | Walter Scott |
3 Love Is A Dream
Vocals | Wallace Scott |
4 Open Up Your Love
Vocals | Wallace Scott |
6 You Are Number One
Vocals | Walter Scott |
7 You Never Miss Your Water (‘Til Your Well Runs Dry)
Vocals | Walter Scott |
8 I’m Gonna Make You My Wife
Sax | Terry Harrington |
Vocals | Wallace Scott |
Liner Notes
Producer – Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius, The Whispers
Producer (Executive) – Dick Griffey, Don Cornelius
Arranged By (Background Vocal) – Nicholas Caldwell
Arranged By (Rhythm) – Gene Page, Jerry Peters
Arranged By (Horns, Strings) – Bruce Miller, Gene Page
Engineer (Mix) – Steve Hodge
Engineer (Recording) – Mic Litz, Peter Granet, Steve Hirsch, Steve Maslow
Design (Album) – Gribbitt!, Tim Bryant
Photography – Ron Slenzak
Mixed At Westlake Audio
Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Sound Factory
Phonographic Copyright RCA Records
Phonographic Copyright Cornelius-Griffey Entertainment Co
Copyright RCA Records
Copyright Soul Train Recording Co