Atlantic Starr is the self-titled debut album by R&B/funk band Atlantic Starr

Atlantic Starr

Atlantic Starr was a 1980s R&B band. Among their biggest hits were "Always" and "Secret Lovers."- History :The group was started in 1976 in White Plains, New York by trumpeter Duke Jones , drummer Porter Carroll Jr., bassist Clifford Archer, percussionist and flautist Joseph Phillips, and three...

. Produced by Bobby Eli

Bobby Eli

Bobby Eli is a Grammy Award winning musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia, USA. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio group MFSB.-Biography:...

, founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio group MFSB

MFSB

MFSB was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O’Jays, the Stylistics, the...

. The nine-piece band had an impressive showing on the Billboard R&B charts with "Stand Up", "Keep It Comin'", "(I'll Never Miss) The Love I Never Had" and "With Your Love I Come Alive".

Tracklisting

• All Songs Written By Bobby Eli & Jeff Prusan (Copyright
  Copyright
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   Friday's Child Music-BMI
  Broadcast Music Incorporated
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  ) & arranged by Bobby Eli, except where noted.

1. "Stand Up"(Wayne I Lewis; Copyright Almo Music/Newban Music/Audio Music; Arranged By Bobby Eli & Atlantic Starr) 4:29
2. "Keep It Comin'" 4:35
3. "Visions" 3:32
4. "Being In Love With You Is So Much Fun" (W. Lewis; Copyright Almo Music/Newban Music/Audio Music; Arranged By Atlantic Starr & Bobby Eli) 3:57
5. "(I'll Never Miss) The Love I Never Had" 3:55
6. "Gimme Your Lovin'" 4:57 (Arranged By Altantic Starr & Bobby Eli)
7. "With Your Love I Come Alive" 4:16
8. "We Got It Together" 3:53
9. "Don't Abuse My Love" (W. Lewis, Sharon Bryant, Porter Carroll; Copyright Almo Music/Newban Music/Audio Music; Arranged By Atlantic Starr & Bobby Eli) 2:56
10. "Where There's Smoke There's Fire" 4:23

Atlantic Starr

• David Lewis
  David Lewis (singer)
  David Lewis was the lead singer/guitarist for the 1980s R&B supergroup Atlantic Starr. He left the band and return to his Seventh Day Adventist roots. R&B/Pop sensation "Atlantic Starr's" David Lewis along with his wife Marian, a , are the co-founders of True Light Ministries, a Christian based...
  
   - Guitars, Lead & Backing Vocal
• Wayne Lewis - Keyboards, Synthesizers, Lead & Backing Vocal
• Jonathan Lewis: Trombone, Percussion
• Sharon Bryant
  Sharon Bryant
  Sharon Bryant is an American R&B singer. She began her career as the lead singer of the R&B group Atlantic Starr in 1976.Bryant sang lead on songs such as "When Love Calls" and "Circles"...
  
   - Lead & Backing Vocal, Percussion
• Porter Carroll, Jr. - Drums, Lead & Backing Vocal
• Joseph Phillips - Percussion, Congas, Flute
• Alto Saxophone – Koran Daniels
• Clifford Archer - Bass
• Damon Rentie - Saxophone, Flute
• William Sudderth III - Trumpet
• Don Renaldo And The Philly Strings - Strings

Additional musicians

• Bobby Eli
  Bobby Eli
  Bobby Eli is a Grammy Award winning musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia, USA. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio group MFSB.-Biography:...
  
  : Sitar, Electric Guitars, Percussion
• Steve Mallory: Saxophone

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
1978	Atlantic Starr Atlantic Starr (album) Atlantic Starr is the self-titled debut album by R&B/funk band Atlantic Starr. Produced by Bobby Eli, founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio group MFSB...	67	21

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Dance
1978	"Stand Up"	—	16	26

External links

• Atlantic Starr-Atlantic Starr at Discogs