1976 Melissa Manchester – Help Is On The Way
Help Is on the Way is the fifth solo album by Melissa Manchester, released in 1976.
Tracks
1 Talkin’ To Myself (Melissa Manchester) 04:23
2 Be Somebody (Vini Poncia; John Vastano; Melissa Manchester) 03:38
3 A Fool In Love (Frankie Miller) 03:04
4 Headlines (Melissa Manchester) 04:36
5 Help Is On The Way (Melissa Manchester; Carole Bayer Sager) 04:08
6 Monkey See, Monkey Do (Michael Franks) 03:15
7 Dirty Work (Donald Fagen; Walter Becker) 03:09
8 So’s My Old Man (Melissa Manchester) 04:20
9 There’s More Where That Came From (Melissa Manchester; Carole Bayer Sager) 04:00
10 Singing From My Soul (Melissa Manchester; Adrienne Anderson) 01:34
Biography
Musicians
| Electric Piano | Melissa Manchester |
| Piano | Melissa Manchester |
| Vocals | Melissa Manchester |
Other Musicians
1 Talkin’ To Myself
| Bass | Cooker Lo Presti |
| Piano | Stanley Schwartz |
2 Be Somebody
| Drums | Kirk Bruner |
| Guitar | David Wolfert |
| Sitar | David Wolfert |
| Keyboards | James Newton Howard |
| Bells | Stanley Schwartz |
| Bells | Kirk Bruner |
| Background Vocals | Brie Howard |
| Background Vocals | Joe Esposito |
| Background Vocals | Steve Nelson |
| Background Vocals | Vini Poncia |
3 A Fool In Love
| Bass | Cooker Lo Presti |
| Drums | Kirk Bruner |
| Electric Piano | Johnny Vastano |
| Horns | Andy Mackintosh |
| Horns | Doug Wintz |
| Horns | Richard Felts |
| Horns | Tom Saviano |
| Sax | Stanley Schwartz |
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Background Vocals | Kirk Bruner |
| Background Vocals | Cooker Lo Presti |
| Background Vocals | Johnny Vastano |
| Background Vocals | Lenny Castro |
4 Headlines
| Clavinet | Stanley Schwartz |
| Electric Piano | Stanley Schwartz |
| Piano | Stanley Schwartz |
| Organ | Stanley Schwartz |
| Horns | Rich Felts |
| Horns | Tom Saviano |
| Trombone | Kirk Bruner |
5 Help Is On The Way
| Background Vocals | Betty Jones |
| Background Vocals | Brenda Gooch |
| Background Vocals | Charity McCrary |
| Background Vocals | Jan Jones |
| Background Vocals | Linda McCrary |
| Background Vocals | Sundray Tucker |
| Background Vocals | Theresa Hendricks |
6 Monkey See, Monkey Do
| Horns | Andy Mackintosh |
| Horns | Richard Felts |
| Horns | Tom Saviano |
| Horns | Doug Wintz |
| Sax | Stanley Schwartz |
7 Dirty Work
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Background Vocals | Kirk Bruner |
| Background Vocals | Lenny Castro |
8 So’s My Old Man
| Horns | William Peterson |
| Horns | Dick Hyde |
| Horns | Dick Nash |
| Horns | Lew McCreary |
| Horns | Steve Madaio |
| Vibraphone | Gary Coleman |
9 There’s More Where That Came From
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Background Vocals | Kirk Bruner |
| Background Vocals | Lenny Castro |
10 Singing From My Soul
| Harpsichord | Stanley Schwartz |
Liner Notes
Producer – Vini Poncia
Arranged By (Horns) – David Wolfert (Track 3)
Arranged By (Horns) – Tom Saviano (Track 6)
Arranged By (Strings) – James Newton Howard (Tracks 2, 5, 7, 9)
Conductor – Steve Cagan (Tracks 8, 10)
Engineer – Bob Schaper
Engineer (Assistant) – Linda Tyler
Mastered By – Ron Hitchcock
Orchestrated By – Steve Cagan (Tracks 8, 10)
Design – Nancy Greenberg, Robert Heimall
Photography – Reid Miles
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Phonographic Copyright Arista Records Inc
Copyright Arista Records Inc