Rock On is the name of the second album by Raydio

Raydio

Raydio was an American funk and R&B vocal group formed in 1977, by Ray Parker Jr., with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael.-Career:...

, led by guitarist/songwriter/producer Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...

Reception

Like the debut, it features eight tracks, most of which were written by the guitarist. It reached a peak of number 45 on the charts and featured two singles; one of them being "You Can't Change That

You Can't Change That

"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number three on the R&B chart....

", which was another top ten pop hit, peaking at number 9. The other single, "More Than One Way to Love a Woman", failed to chart on pop, but did make number 25 on R&B.

Track listing

All Songs Written By Ray Parker, Jr.

Ray Parker, Jr.

Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...

, except where noted.

1. "What You Waitin' For"
2. "Hot Stuff"
3. "You Can't Change That
   You Can't Change That
   "You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number three on the R&B chart....
   
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4. "Rock On"
5. "More Than One Way to Love a Woman"
6. "When You're in Need of Love"
7. "Going Thru School and Love"
8. "Honey I'm a Star"

Raydio

• Arnell Carmichael – vocals
• Ray Parker, Jr.
  Ray Parker, Jr.
  Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...
  
   – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizers

Additional Personnel

• Jack Ashford
  Jack Ashford
  Jack Ashford , known to his friends as Jashford, is an African-American musician, widely known as the percussionist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. Ashford is most famous for playing the tambourine on hundreds of Motown recordings...
  
   – percussion
• Norma Jean Bell, Horatio Gordon– saxophone
• Ollie E. Brown
  Ollie E. Brown
  Ollie E. Brown is an American drummer, percussionist and record producer. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Brown was also half of the American dance-pop duo Ollie & Jerry, which had a Top 10 hit with "Breakin'.....
  
   – drums, percussion, vocals
• Charles Fearing – guitars
• Ken Peterson – trumpet, vocals
• Sylvester Rivers – piano
• Larry Tolbert – drums, percussion
• Cheryl Brown, Darren Carmichael, Valorie Jones, Francis Pearlman – additional 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...
1979	Rock On Rock On (Raydio album) Rock On is the name of the second album by Raydio, led by guitarist/songwriter/producer Ray Parker Jr.-Reception:Like the debut, it features eight tracks, most of which were written by the guitarist. It reached a peak of number 45 on the charts and featured two singles; one of them being "You...	45	4

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
1979	"More Than One Way To Love A Woman"	—	25	—
	"You Can't Change That"	9	3	—

External links

• Raydio-Rock On at Discogs