Hutson II
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Hutson II is the fifth solo album by Leroy Hutson
. Released November 1976 on Curtom Records
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album features a sweeping, make-you-feel-good opening tune; this time "Love the Feeling" warms you for a collage of soulful ballads, mid-tempo romps, and steppers. The best of the lot is "I Do, I Do (Want to Make Love to You)," a sensuous booty call reminiscent of Peabo Bryson
. Jonesing for a hit, some of the cuts come off cookie-cutter, but Hutson's singing shines throughout. "Blackberry Jam" and "Sofunkstication" are formulaic but pleasing funkers.
~ Andrew Hamilton, Allmusic
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....
. Released November 1976 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...
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Reception
Every Leroy HutsonLeroy 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....
album features a sweeping, make-you-feel-good opening tune; this time "Love the Feeling" warms you for a collage of soulful ballads, mid-tempo romps, and steppers. The best of the lot is "I Do, I Do (Want to Make Love to You)," a sensuous booty call reminiscent of Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
. Jonesing for a hit, some of the cuts come off cookie-cutter, but Hutson's singing shines throughout. "Blackberry Jam" and "Sofunkstication" are formulaic but pleasing funkers.
~ Andrew Hamilton, Allmusic
Track listing
All tracks written by Leroy HutsonLeroy 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....
- "Love the Feeling"
- "Situations"
- "I Do, I Do (Want to Make Love to You)"
- "I Think I'm Falling in Love"
- "Love to Hold You Close"
- "Flying High"
- "Blackberry Jam"
- "Sofunkstication"
- "Don't It Make You Feel Good"
Personnel
- Leroy HutsonLeroy HutsonLeroy 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....
- Lead Vocals, Clavinet, Synthesizer (Arp), Piano (Bass) - Phil Upchurch, Stephan Harris - Guitar
- Benny (Porky) Scott, Reggie Gillerson - Bass
- Aaron Jamal, Margie Stroud, Jim Hersen - Keyboards
- Cordell Carter, Donnelle Hagan, Donzelle Davis - Drums
- Master Henry Gibson- Congas
- Tony Carpenter - Bongos
- Bill McFarland - Trombone
- Michael Harris, Steve Hawkins - Trumpet
- Jerry Wilson - Tenor Saxophone
- Joel Brandon - Flute
- Alfonzo Surrett, Brenda Ford, Denise Heard, Joe D. Reaves, Mattie Butler, Valerie Sams - Backing Vocals
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
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| 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... |
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| 1977 | Hutson II Hutson II Hutson II is the fifth solo album by Leroy Hutson. Released November 1976 on Curtom Records.-Reception:Every Leroy Hutson album features a sweeping, make-you-feel-good opening tune; this time "Love the Feeling" warms you for a collage of soulful ballads, mid-tempo romps, and steppers... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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| 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 |
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| 1977 | "Blackberry Jam" | — | 82 | — |
| "I Do, I Do (Want to Make Love to You)" | — | 55 | — | |