1977 Average White Band & Ben E King – Benny And Us

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Benny & Us is an album by Average White Band & Ben E King, released in 1977 on Atlantic Recording Corporation.

Tracks

1  Get It Up For Love (Ned Doheny) 04:34
2  Fool For You Anyway (Mick Jones) 05:38
3  A Star In The Ghetto (Phillip Mitchell) 07:01
4  The Message (Average White Band; Ben E King) 05:17
5  What Is Soul (Ben E King; Bob Gallo) 04:34
6  Someday We’ll All Be Free (Donny Hathaway; Edward Howard) 05:14
7  Imagine (John Lennon) 04:57
8  Keepin’ It To Myself (Alan Gorrie) 04:28

Musicians

BassAlan Gorrie
DrumsSteve Ferrone
GuitarAlan Gorrie
GuitarHamish Stuart
GuitarOnnie McIntyre
KeyboardsMalcolm Duncan
KeyboardsRoger Ball
SaxRoger Ball
SaxMalcolm Duncan
PercussionSteve Ferrone
Background VocalsAlan Gorrie
Background VocalsHamish Stuart
VocalsBen E King

Other Musicians

1 Get It Up For Love

CongasNicky Marrero
PercussionNicky Marrero
Background VocalsLuther Vandross


2 Fool For You Anyway

Guitar (solo)Jim Mullen
SaxLew Del Gatto
SaxMichael Brecker
TromboneBarry Rogers
TrumpetRandy Brecker
TrumpetMarvin Stamm
Background VocalsLuther Vandross


3 A Star In The Ghetto

PercussionRay Barretto


4 The Message

Background VocalsLuther Vandross


5 What Is Soul

SaxLew Del Gatto
SaxMichael Brecker
TromboneBarry Rogers
TrumpetRandy Brecker
TrumpetMarvin Stamm
Background VocalsLuther Vandross


6 Someday We’ll All Be Free

Background VocalsLuther Vandross
Background VocalsDebra Gray
Background VocalsRobin Clark


7 Imagine

Background VocalsLuther Vandross
Background VocalsDebra Gray
Background VocalsRobin Clark


8 Keepin’ It To Myself

SaxLew Del Gatto
SaxMichael Brecker
TromboneBarry Rogers
TrumpetRandy Brecker
TrumpetMarvin Stamm
CongasNicky Marrero
PercussionNicky Marrero
Background VocalsLuther Vandross

Liner Notes

Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Greenberg
Producer (Assistant) – Average White Band
Arranged By [Horns] – Roger Ball (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 8)
Arranged By (Horns) – Arif Mardin (Track 3)
Arranged By (Strings) – Arif Mardin (Tracks 3, 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Cengiz Yaltkaya (Tracks 6, 7)
Engineer (Assistant) – Steve Klein, Tom Heid
Mastered By – Dennis King
Recorded By – Gene Paul (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8)
Recorded By – Bobby Warner (Tracks 4, 6)
Recorded By (Additional) – Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn

Art Direction, Artwork – Bob Defrin
Photography – Steinbicker/Houghton, David Gahr

Mastered At Atlantic Studios
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation