Spark Of Love was his fourth solo album by Lenny Williams. His 1978 hit song “Cause I Love You” was sampled by Havoc of Mobb Deep for the track “Nothing Like Home”, and by Kanye West for the songs “Overnight Celebrity” by Twista and “I Got A Love” by Jin. The track was sampled a […]
Magic Windows is the thirty-second album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, released on September 29, 1981 on Columbia. Personnel involved in this album, besides Herbie himself, include among others: Wah-Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., Sylvester, Paulinho da Costa, Adrian Belew. (see below for more) Amongst the other synthesizers employed on this album, an Alpha Syntauri […]
Close Encounters is the fourth album by Gene Page, released 1978. Tracks 1 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (John Williams) 4:23 2 Theme From Star Trek (Alexander Courage) 3:23 3 CE3K (John Williams) 0:14 4 Moonglow And Love Theme (Goerge Duning, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills, Will Hudson) 5:07 5 Dancin’ In The Sky (Gene […]
Down To Love Town is the eighth studio album from The Originals, released in 1977 (Motown) Tracks 1 Hurry Up And Wait (Edotha Croom, Janie Bradford, Freddie Gorman) 5:192 Down To Love Town (Don Daniels, Kathy Wakefield, Michael Sutton) 5:523 You Are A Blessing To Me (Brenda Sutton, Michael Sutton) 6:004 Six Million Dollar Man […]
High on Sunshine is the 12th album by The 5th Dimension. It was released in 1978 by Motown Records. The 5th Dimension is an American popular music vocal group, whose repertoire includes pop, R&B, soul, jazz, light opera and Broadway—the melange was coined as “Champagne Soul.” Originally known as The Versatiles and formed in late […]
Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on August 10, 1979 by Epic Records following Jackson’s critically well-received film performance in the The Wiz. While working on that project, Jackson and Quincy Jones had become friends, and Jones agreed to work with Jackson on his […]
Driftin’ is the third album by the Alessi Brothers, released in 1978 Tracks 1 Dancing In The Halls Of Love (Billy Alessi, Bobby Alessi) 3:43 2 Driftin’ (Billy Alessi, Bobby Alessi) 3:14 3 Believer (Billy Alessi, Bobby Alessi) 3:29 4 Rainbows Go On Forever (Billy Alessi, Bobby Alessi) 3:28 5 Space (Billy Alessi, Bobby Alessi) […]
The Way I Am is the fourteenth studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1981. The album was arranged by Bob Esty, David Blumberg, Arthur G. Wright, Marty Paich, Gene Page and Billy Preston. Tracks 1 Hope (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara) 5:18 2 Good Life Boogie (Billy Preston) 4:16 3 Keep On Truckin’ (Frank Wilson, […]
Magic Man is an album by trumpeter Herb Alpert, it was released in 1981 (A&M) and reached #61 in the US Album Charts. Tracks 1 Magic Man (Herb Alpert, Wah Wah Watson, Michael Stokes) 5:34 2 Manhattan Melody (Herb Alpert, Michael Stokes, Michel Colombier) 5:42 3 I Get It From You (John Lang, Richard Page, […]
Hits! is a compilation album by Boz Scaggs, first released in 1980. It focuses primarily on material released in 1976 and 1980. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA. William Royce “Boz” Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1960s as a guitarist […]