Review

Released on Curtom Records

Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963. The labels name was a combination of Mayfields first name and Thomas' surname...

 in 1975, Hutson illuminates the fickleness and unpredictable nature of the music business. Leroy Hutson

Leroy Hutson

Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....

 seemed to have it all going for him; he replaced Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...

 in The Impressions, then branched out solo, was a friend of Donny Hathaway

Donny Hathaway

Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...

 (who also worked for Mayfield at the time), and was given carte blanche to produced hits -- with the help of others -- for himself. The biorhythms must have been out of whack, because it never really happened for the talented guy. This is a fine effort with bouncy tunes, stirring ballads, and crack productions -- yet the masses never heard it. Best bets: All. But special mention to "Lucky Fellow," "All Because of You," and "So Much Love."

~ Andrew Hamilton, Allmusic

Track listing

1. "All Because of You"
2. "I Bless the Day"
3. "It's Different"
4. "Cool Out "
5. "Lucky Fellow"
6. "Can't Stay Away"
7. "So Much Love"

Personnel

• Leroy Hutson
  Leroy Hutson
  Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of the R&B band, which came to fame vocal group, The Impressions....
  
   - Vocals, Piano, Fender Rhodes Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Piano Bass
• Phil Upchurch - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
• Donnell Hagan - Drums, Percussion, Clavinet
• Craig McMullen, Stephen Harris - Guitar
• Joseph Scott - Bass
• Ronald Coleman - Keyboards
• Master Henry Gibson- Congas
• Jerry Wilson - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Bill McFarland - Trombone
• Michael Harris - Trumpet
• Aaron Dodd - Tuba
• Beverly McLin, Kitty Haywood Singers - Backing Vocals

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...
1975	Hutson Hutson (album) -Review:Released on Curtom Records in 1975, Hutson illuminates the fickleness and unpredictable nature of the music business. Leroy Hutson seemed to have it all going for him; he replaced Curtis Mayfield in The Impressions, then branched out solo, was a friend of Donny Hathaway , and was given...	—	46

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
1975	"All Because Of You"	—	31	—
	"Can’t Stay Away"	—	66	—

External links

• Leroy Hutson-Hutson at Discogs