1977 The Emotions – Rejoice
Rejoice is an album by American vocal group The Emotions issued in June 1977 by Columbia Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart and No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. Rejoice has also been certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Tracks
1 Best Of My Love (Maurice White; Al McKay) 03:41
2 A Feeling Is (Sheila Hutchinson Whitt) 03:35
3 A Long Way To Go (Barry Mann; Cynthia Weill) 03:48
4 Key To My Heart (Robert Wright; Verdine White) 05:21
5 Love’s What’s Happenin’ (Sheila Hutchinson Whitt) 03:18
6 How’d I Know That Love Would Slip Away (Clarence McDonald; Deniece Williams; Lani Groves) 04:41
7 Don’t Ask My Neighbors (Skip Scarborough) 04:27
8 Blessed (Maurice White; Jerry Peters) 04:37
9 Rejoice (Keith Henderson; LaFayette Evans; Wanda Hutchinson) 05:23
Biography
Musicians
1 Best Of My Love
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Guitar | Al McKay |
| Synthesizer | Larry Dunn |
2 A Feeling Is
| Bass | David Shields |
| Drums | James Gadson |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
3 A Long Way To Go
| Bass | David Shields |
| Drums | James Gadson |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
4 Key To My Heart
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Guitar | Al McKay |
| Synthesizer | Larry Dunn |
5 Love’s What’s Happenin’
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Guitar | Al McKay |
| Synthesizer | Larry Dunn |
6 How’d I Know That Love Would Slip Away
| Bass | David Shields |
| Drums | James Gadson |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
7 Don’t Ask My Neighbors
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Drums | Maurice White |
| Guitar | Al McKay |
| Electric Piano | Skip Scarborough |
8 Blessed
| Bass | Verdine White |
| Drums | Fred White |
| Drums | Maurice White |
| Guitar | Al McKay |
| Electric Piano | Jerry Peters |
9 Rejoice
| Bass | David Shields |
| Drums | James Gadson |
| Guitar | Marlo Henderson |
Other Musicians
| Flute | Don Myrick |
| French Horn | Alan Robinson |
| French Horn | Marilyn Robinson |
| French Horn | Richard Perissi |
| French Horn | Sidney Muldrow |
| French Horn | Vince DeRosa |
| Sax | Don Myrick |
| Trombone | George Bohanon |
| Trombone | George Thatcher |
| Trombone | Lew McCreary |
| Trombone | Louis Satterfield |
| Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
| Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
| Trumpet | Steve Madaio |
| Harp | Dorothy Ashby |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Strings
Cello – Dennis Karmazyn, Ray Kelley, Selene Hurford
Viola – Denyse Buffum, Paul Polivnick, Rollice Dale
Violin – Arnold Belnick, Betty LaMagna, Dorothy Wade, Israel Baker, Janice Gower, Robert Sushel
Liner Notes
Co-producer – Clarence McDonald
Arranged By – Tom Tom 84
Concertmaster – Charles Veal
Engineer – George Massenburg
Engineer (Assistant) – Fran Tate, Jack Rouben, Mark Linett
Remix – George Massenburg
Recorded At Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Recorded At Hollywood Sound Recorders
Recorded At Sunset Sound
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