1978 Jean Terrell – I Had To Fall In Love

I Had To Fall In Love was the only solo album released by former Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell, released in 1978 on the A&M label. The album was completed five years after she left the Supremes and when it was finished, promotion was stopped completely because of Terrell’s strict religious beliefs that prevented her from promoting the album in a way that she did not favor. In 2006, an independent label re-released the album in CD format.

Tracks

1  Don’t Stop Reaching For The Top (Jeffrey Osborne; Jimmie Davis) 04:11
2  No One Like My Baby (Fred Bliffert) 03:48
3  Rising Cost Of Love (Bobby Martin; Zane Grey; Len Ron Hanks) 03:37
4  Change Up (Zane Grey; Len Ron Hanks) 05:01
5  How Can You (Live Without Love) (Zane Grey; Len Ron Hanks) 03:23
6  I Had To Fall In Love (Benny Gallagher; Graham Lyle) 04:25
7  That’s The Way Love Grows (Chris Rae; Frank McDonald; Gerry Shury) 04:18
8  You’ve Been So Good For Me (Zane Grey; Len Ron Hanks) 03:34
9  No Limit (Zane Grey; Len Ron Hanks) 03:16

Musicians

1 Don’t Stop Reaching For The Top

BassHenry Davis
DrumsMelvin Webb
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarJohn McGhee
KeyboardsBilly Osborne
KeyboardsJimmie Davis
PercussionJeffrey Osborne
VocalsJean Terrell


2 No One Like My Baby

BassHenry Davis
DrumsMelvin Webb
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarJohn McGhee
KeyboardsBilly Osborne
KeyboardsJimmie Davis
PercussionJeffrey Osborne
VocalsJean Terrell


3 Rising Cost Of Love

BassTony Newton
DrumsJames Gadson
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarWah Wah Watson
Fender RhodesSylvester Rivers
PianoLen Ron Hanks
PercussionEddie Brown
VocalsJean Terrell


4 Change Up

BassTony Newton
DrumsJames Gadson
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarWah Wah Watson
Fender RhodesSylvester Rivers
SaxFred Jackson
PercussionEddie Brown
Background VocalsClydie King
Background VocalsSherlie Matthews
Background VocalsVenetta Fields
VocalsJean Terrell


5 How Can You (Live Without Love)

BassTony Newton
DrumsJames Gadson
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarWah Wah Watson
Fender RhodesSylvester Rivers
PianoLen Ron Hanks
PercussionEddie Brown
Background VocalsClydie King
Background VocalsSherlie Matthews
Background VocalsVenetta Fields
VocalsJean Terrell


6 I Had To Fall In Love

BassDanny Whatley
DrumsScotty Harris
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarPaul Flaherty
KeyboardsLen Ron Hanks
VocalsJean Terrell


7 That’s The Way Love Grows

BassTony Newton
DrumsJames Gadson
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarWah Wah Watson
Fender RhodesSylvester Rivers
PianoLen Ron Hanks
PercussionEddie Brown
Background VocalsClydie King
Background VocalsSherlie Matthews
Background VocalsVenetta Fields
VocalsJean Terrell


8 You’ve Been So Good For Me

BassDanny Whatley
DrumsScotty Harris
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarPaul Flaherty
KeyboardsLen Ron Hanks
VocalsJean Terrell


9 No Limit

BassDanny Whatley
DrumsScotty Harris
GuitarBenorce Blackmon
GuitarPaul Flaherty
KeyboardsLen Ron Hanks
VocalsJean Terrell

Other Musicians

Horns – Maurice Spears

Liner Notes

Producer – Bobby Martin
Arranged By – Bobby Martin
Arranged By – Jimmie Davis (Track 1)
Concertmaster – Paul Shure
Engineer (Assistant) – Bob Higgins, Rick Clifford
Engineer (Second) – Douglas Graves
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Recorded By – Bob Hughes

Art Direction – Roland Young
Design – Junie Osaki
Photography – Norman Seeff

Mastered At A&M Studios
Recorded At Total Experience Studios
Mixed At Total Experience Studios
Phonographic Copyright A&M Records Inc
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