1977 Rita Coolidge – Anytime… Anywhere

Bobbye Hall, Dean Parks, Leland Sklar, Mike Baird, Rita Coolidge

Anytime…Anywhere is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of Boz Scaggs’ “We’re All Alone” (#7), a cover of The Temptations’ “The Way You Do The Things You Do” (#20), and the album’s biggest hit, “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher” (#2), a remake of Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”.

Tracks

1 (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (Paul Smith; Gary Jackson; Raynard Miner; Billy Davis) 4:01
2 The Way You Do The Things You Do (Smokey Robinson; Robert Rogers) 3:37
3 We’re All Alone (Boz Scaggs) 3:40
4 I Feel The Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders) (Glen Clark) 2:51
5 I Don’t Want To Talk About It (Danny Whitten) 3:46
6 Words (Barry Gibb; Robin Gibb; Maurice Gibb) 3:25
7 Good Times (Sam Cooke) 2:45
8 Who’s To Bless And Who’s To Blame (Kris Kristofferson) 3:39
9 Southern Lady (Michael Hazlewood) 3:32
10 The Hungry Years (Neil Sedaka; Howard Greenfield) 4:22

Biography

Rita Coolidge

Musicians

Bass	Leland Sklar
Drums	Mike Baird
Drums	Sammy Creason
Guitar	Dean Parks
Guitar	Jerry McGee
Pedal Steel Guitar	Al Perkins
Keyboards	Mike Utley
Piano	Mike Utley
Synthesizer	Mike Utley
Harp	Gayle Levant
Percussion	Bobbye Hall
Background Vocals	Booker T Jones
Background Vocals	Clydie King
Background Vocals	Danny Timms
Background Vocals	Kim Carnes
Background Vocals	Sherlie Matthews
Background Vocals	Venetta Fields
Vocals	Rita Coolidge

Liner Notes

Producer – David Anderle
Engineer – Kent Nebergall, Marty Lewis, Warren Dewey
Mastered By – Mike Reese

Art Direction – Roland Young
Design – Chuck Beeson
Photography – Dick Zimmerman

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Sunset Sound
Recorded At Sunset Sound
Recorded At A&M Studios
Recorded At Studio 55, LA
Phonographic Copyright A&M Records Inc