My Melody (Deniece Williams album)
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My Melody is a 1981 album by Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams
June Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...

 released on Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

. The album went to number 13 on the Black Album Chart and My Melody also featured the singles Silly and What Two Can Do which peaked at number 11 and 17 on the Black Singles charts respectively. My Melody has been certified gold in the United States by the RIAA.

Original Release


Charts

Album – Billboard
Year Chart Position Country
1981 Black Albums 13 US
1981 Pop Albums 74 US

Singles – Billboard
Year Single Chart Position
1981 "It's Your Conscience" Black Singles 45 US
1981 "Silly" Pop Singles 53 US
1981 "Silly" Black Singles 11 US
1981 "What Two Can Do" Black Singles 17 US


Musicians

  • Bob Babbitt
    Bob Babbitt
    Bob Babbitt is an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966–1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. Also in 1968-1970, with Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith...

     - Bass
  • Thom Bell
    Thom Bell
    Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...

     - Keyboards, Background Vocals
  • Charles Collins - Drums
  • 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:...

     - Guitar
  • Carl Helm - Background Vocals
  • George Merrill - Keyboards, Background Vocals
  • Bill Neale - Guitar
  • Don Renaldo - Strings, Horn
  • Ed Shea - Percussion
  • Arthur Stoppe - Engineer
  • Larry Washington - Percussion
  • Deniece Williams
    Deniece Williams
    June Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s...

     - Vocals

Production

  • Thom Bell
    Thom Bell
    Thomas Randolph "Thom" Bell is an American songwriter and producer, best known as one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music in the 1970s. He moved to Philadelphia as a child.-Biography:...

    - Arranger, Conductor, Producer
  • Jim Gallagher - Engineer
  • Joe Gastwirt - Remastering
  • Don Murray - Engineer, Mixing
  • Mike Reese - Mastering
  • Arthur Stoppe - Engineer
  • Deniece Williams - Producer
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