It's Only Love (Rita Coolidge album)
Encyclopedia
It's Only Love is a 1975 album
by Rita Coolidge
and was released on the A&M Records
label.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
and was released on the A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
label.
Side one
- "Born To Love Me" (Bob Morrison) — 3:38
- "I Wanted It All" (Jackie De Shannon, John Bettis) — 3:05
- "Keep The Candle Burning" (Bennie Gallagher, Graham LyleGallagher and LyleGallagher and Lyle was the Scottish pairing of singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.-Career:They joined forces in 1959, initially as members of the local Largs based band, The Bluefrets. They began writing original material for the band and also wrote "Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead"...
) — 3:12 - "Don't Let Love Pass You By" (Donnie Fritts, Eddie HintonEddie HintonEddie Hinton was an American songwriter and session musician best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers...
) — 3:38 - "It's Only Love" (Morrison) — 3:25
Side two
- "Star" (Donna Weiss) — 3:26
- "Late Again" (Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonKristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
) — 4:10 - "My Rock and Roll Man" (Troy SealsTroy SealsTroy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
, Mentor WilliamsMentor WilliamsMentor Williams is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973. He is the brother of famed songwriter Paul Williams.-Background:...
, Eddie Setser) — 3:16 - "Mean To Me" (Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert) — 4:37
- "Am I Blue" (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) — 4:37
Personnel
- Mike UtleyMike UtleyMichael Utley is a former American football player. He is known for being paralyzed during an NFL game.-NFL career:...
: keyboards - Jerry McGee, Dean ParksDean ParksDean Parks is an American session guitarist and record producer from Ft. Worth, TX.-Albums:Dean was member of The North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher in 1970. Dean is best-known through his many contributions to albums by Steely Dan...
, Fred TackettFred TackettFred Tackett, an American native of Arkansas, is an accomplished songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known for his longevity as a member of the band Little Feat....
: guitars - Lee Sklar: bass
- Sammy CreasonSammy CreasonSammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....
: drums - Bobbye HallBobbye HallBobbye Jean Hall Porter is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 22 songs that reached the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100, six of those reaching #1.-Early career:...
: percussion - Al PerkinsAl PerkinsAl Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....
, Jr.: pedal steel guitar - Booker T. JonesBooker T. JonesBooker T. Jones is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. and the MGs. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for lifetime...
: organ on "Star"
- "Mean To Me" and "Am I Blue" performed by Barbara Carroll, piano; Chuck DomanicoChuck DomanicoCharles Louis Domanico , better known as Chuck Domanico, was an American jazz bassist, playing both acoustic and electric bass on the West Coast jazz scene.Domanico was born in Chicago...
, bass; Colin Bailey, drums
- Singers
- Venetta FieldsVenetta FieldsVenetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
, Clyde KingClyde KingClyde Edward King was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King, whose career in baseball spanned over 60 years, was perhaps best known for his longtime role as a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, late owner of the...
, Sherlie MatthewsSherlie MatthewsSherlie Matthews is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a backing vocalist for Pop, R&B and Rock groups from the mid 1960s to the present time.-Early life:...
, Brooks Hunniutt, Jennifer WarnesJennifer WarnesJennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra as...
, Petsye Powell, Rita Coolidge
- Orchestral Arrangements: David Campbell
- Horn Arrangements for "Keep The Candle Burning": Jim HornJim HornJim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio...
- Recorded and Mixed at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles
- Recording Engineers: John Haeny and Kent Nebergall
- Re-mix Engineer: Marty Lewis
- Mastering by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
- Art Direction: Roland Young
- Design: Junie Osaki
- Photography: Bob Jenkins
- Artist Management: Bert Block Management