I'm in Love (Evelyn King album)
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I'm in Love is an album by Evelyn King
. The album includes the hit singles "I'm in Love
" (a #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play
charts), "If You Want My Lovin'
" (a #43 on the UK charts) and "Don't Hide Our Love," (a #28 on the R&B charts). The album failed to chart on the UK charts. Other hits include the quiet storm ballad "The Best Is Yet To Come." The album contained one of Evelyn's most successful hit singles, "I'm In Love
." That song did not earn a Gold certification. Since the success of the classic dance-floor crossover hit "Shame
," I'm in Love yielded 3 successful singles. The Kashif-produced album features classic dance-floor hits including the title track and "If You Want My Lovin'". This album is Evelyn's comeback album preceding 1982's Get Loose
featuring the successful chart single "Love Come Down
."
Evelyn King (singer)
Evelyn "Champagne" King is an American R&B, disco and post-disco singer. Some of her best-known songs are "Shame", "Love Come Down," and "I'm in Love."-Biography:...
. The album includes the hit singles "I'm in Love
I'm in Love (Evelyn King song)
"I'm in Love" is a 1981 single by singer Evelyn King. The single was a hit on three different music charts in the United States, hitting number one on both the R&B and dance charts and number forty on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was the first of two chart entries by King to reach...
" (a #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
charts), "If You Want My Lovin'
If You Want My Lovin'
"If You Want My Lovin" is a funk/boogie song released in 1981 by Evelyn King that appears on the album I'm in Love. Single version of "If You Want My Lovin'" is the follow-up to her charting single "I'm in Love," but less successful. The b-side is "Long Time Waiting On You," a non-album track...
" (a #43 on the UK charts) and "Don't Hide Our Love," (a #28 on the R&B charts). The album failed to chart on the UK charts. Other hits include the quiet storm ballad "The Best Is Yet To Come." The album contained one of Evelyn's most successful hit singles, "I'm In Love
I'm in Love (Evelyn King song)
"I'm in Love" is a 1981 single by singer Evelyn King. The single was a hit on three different music charts in the United States, hitting number one on both the R&B and dance charts and number forty on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was the first of two chart entries by King to reach...
." That song did not earn a Gold certification. Since the success of the classic dance-floor crossover hit "Shame
Shame (Evelyn King song)
"Shame" is a 1978 hit single recorded by American singer Evelyn "Champagne" King. It reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, number eight on the U.S. Disco Chart, and number seven on the U.S. R&B Chart, earning a Gold certification by the RIAA that same year...
," I'm in Love yielded 3 successful singles. The Kashif-produced album features classic dance-floor hits including the title track and "If You Want My Lovin'". This album is Evelyn's comeback album preceding 1982's Get Loose
Get Loose (Evelyn King album)
-Reception:Released in 1982 it contained three R&B charting singles: Love Come Down at number one, Betcha She Don't Love You at number two and Get Loose at number sixty one....
featuring the successful chart single "Love Come Down
Love Come Down
"Love Come Down" is a hit single by Evelyn "Champagne" King. It was produced by Morrie Brown and written by Kashif. "Love Come Down" was the first single culled from her multi-platinum, number-one R&B album, Get Loose . In the U.S., it reached number one on the R&B and dance charts and number...
."
Track listing
- "I'm in LoveI'm in Love (Evelyn King song)"I'm in Love" is a 1981 single by singer Evelyn King. The single was a hit on three different music charts in the United States, hitting number one on both the R&B and dance charts and number forty on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was the first of two chart entries by King to reach...
" (Kashif) 5:01 - "If You Want My Lovin'If You Want My Lovin'"If You Want My Lovin" is a funk/boogie song released in 1981 by Evelyn King that appears on the album I'm in Love. Single version of "If You Want My Lovin'" is the follow-up to her charting single "I'm in Love," but less successful. The b-side is "Long Time Waiting On You," a non-album track...
" (Brown) 4:18 - "Don't Hide Our Love" (Moore) 5:22
- "What Are You Waiting For?" 4:08
- "Spirit of the Dancer" 4:50
- "The Other Side of Love" 4:24
- "I Can't Take It" 4:06
- "The Best Is Yet to Come" 5:12
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Albums 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... |
Hip Hop Albums | ||
| 1981 | I'm in Love | 28 | 6 |
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 |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1981 | "I'm in Love I'm in Love (Evelyn King song) "I'm in Love" is a 1981 single by singer Evelyn King. The single was a hit on three different music charts in the United States, hitting number one on both the R&B and dance charts and number forty on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. It was the first of two chart entries by King to reach... " |
40 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| "If You Want My Lovin' If You Want My Lovin' "If You Want My Lovin" is a funk/boogie song released in 1981 by Evelyn King that appears on the album I'm in Love. Single version of "If You Want My Lovin'" is the follow-up to her charting single "I'm in Love," but less successful. The b-side is "Long Time Waiting On You," a non-album track... " |
- | - | - | 43 | |
| "Don't Hide Our Love" | - | 28 | - | - |
Personnel
- PercussionLatin PercussionLatin Percussion, also known as LP, is a brand of percussion instruments, specializing in ethnic instruments engineered and manufactured to withstand the rigors of use in a drum kit, orchestral percussion section, and similar applications...
- Bashiri Johnson - Backing vocals - B.J Nelson
- Lyrics, music byLyricsLyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
- Kashif Saleem - HornsHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
, stringsStrings (music)A string is the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. Strings are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may vibrate freely, but controllably. Strings may be "plain"...
- Ralph Schuckett - GuitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Ira Siegel - Drums - Steve Walker
- French horn - Robert Gloff
- Mixed byAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
, recorded by – "Magic Hands", Steve Goldman (If You Want My Lovin'If You Want My Lovin'"If You Want My Lovin" is a funk/boogie song released in 1981 by Evelyn King that appears on the album I'm in Love. Single version of "If You Want My Lovin'" is the follow-up to her charting single "I'm in Love," but less successful. The b-side is "Long Time Waiting On You," a non-album track...
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