You’ve Got It Bad Girl is a 1973 album by the American jazz musician/producer Quincy Jones.
The title track is a song written by Yvonne Wright and was originally released on Stevie Wonder’s 1972 album Talking Book. Here Jones himself is performing the lead vocals. The album features another Stevie Wonder song: “Superstition”, featuring vocals from Bill Withers, Billy Preston and Wonder himself, billed as ‘Three Beautiful Brothers’
Also included are an instrumental interpretation of the Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City”; and “Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)”, which was used for the opening and closing credits themes for the NBC situation comedy Sanford and Son.
The final track on the album, “Chump Change”, was first used as the main theme to 1972’s The New Bill Cosby Show on CBS, where Jones’s orchestra provided music. The CBS game show Now You See It used “Chump Change” as its main theme as well, both in 1974 and on its revival in 1989. It is also used as the main theme to the Dutch radio programme Langs de lijn, as well as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation´s programme Ukeslutt.
Tracks
1 Summer In The City (John Sebastian; Mark Sebastian; Steve Boone) 04:06
2 Eyes Of Love (Bob Russell; Quincy Jones) 03:31
3 Daydreaming / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Aretha Franklin; Ewan MacColl) 07:15
4 Love Theme From “The Getaway” (Quincy Jones) 02:37
5 You’ve Got It Bad Girl (Yvonne Wright) 05:49
6 Superstition (Stevie Wonder) 04:32
7 Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie; Gil Fuller) 08:42
8 Sanford & Son Theme NBC-TV (Quincy Jones) 03:08
9 Chump Change (Bill Cosby; Quincy Jones) 03:21
Musicians
Bass | Carol Kaye |
Bass | Chuck Rainey |
Bass | Ray Brown |
Drums | Grady Tate |
Keyboards | Bob James |
Keyboards | Dave Grusin |
Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
Percussion | Milt Holland |
Other Musicians
1 Summer In The City
Electric Piano | Dave Grusin |
Organ | Eddie Louiss |
Vocals | Valerie Simpson |
2 Eyes Of Love
Harmonica | Toots Thielemans |
3 Daydreaming / First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Flute | Hubert Laws |
Sax | Phil Woods |
Vocals | Valerie Simpson |
Vocals | Quincy Jones |
4 Love Theme From “The Getaway”
Harmonica | Toots Thielemans |
5 You’ve Got It Bad Girl
Guitar | Dennis Budimir |
Electric Piano | George Duke |
Vocals | Quincy Jones |
6 Superstition
Sax | Phil Woods |
Trumpet | Cat Anderson |
Vocals | Three Beautiful Brothers |
Vocals | Quincy Jones |
7 Manteca
Guitar | Dennis Budimir |
Electric Piano | Bob James |
Sax | Jerome Richardson |
Trumpet | Cat Anderson |
8 Sanford & Son Theme NBC-TV
Harmonica | Tommy Morgan |
Sax | Ernie Watts |
9 Chump Change
Liner Notes
Producer – Quincy Jones, Ray Brown
Arranged By – Quincy Jones
Conductor – Quincy Jones
Engineer – Gary Ladinsky, John Henning
Mixed By – Phil Schier, Quincy Jones, Ray Brown
Art Direction – Roland Young
Recorded At A&M Studios
Recorded At Sun West Studios
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Burbank Studios
Recorded At A&R Studios
Phonographic Copyright The Verve Music Group
Copyright The Verve Music Group