So Full Of Love
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So Full Of Love is an 1978 album by the The O'Jays
. The album contains the #1 R&B hit "Use ta Be My Girl
".This album was awarded RIAA Platinum Certification for sales of 1,000,000 copies sold. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22O%Jays%22&format=Album&go=Search&perPage=25
The O'Jays
The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005...
. The album contains the #1 R&B hit "Use ta Be My Girl
Use ta Be My Girl
"Use ta Be My Girl" was a hit song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
".This album was awarded RIAA Platinum Certification for sales of 1,000,000 copies sold. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22O%Jays%22&format=Album&go=Search&perPage=25
Reception
Side one
- "Sing My Heart Out" - 4:25
- "Use Ta Be My GirlUse ta Be My Girl"Use ta Be My Girl" was a hit song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays. Released from their hit 1978 album, So Full of Love, it became a huge crossover hit. The song spent five weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart. It also peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
" - 4:02 - "Cry Together" - 5:36
- "This Time BabyThis Time Baby"This Time Baby" is a 1979 disco single by Jackie Moore, a cover of a song by The O'Jays of their 1978 album So Full of Love. The single was number one on the U.S. disco chart for one week in August 1979. It also reached the top 30 on the soul singles chart...
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) - 4:43
Side two
- "Brandy" (Joseph B. Jefferson, Charles B. Simmons) - 4:14
- "Take Me to the Stars" (Larry Hancock, Al Boyd) - 4:13
- "Help (Somebody Please)" (Eddie Levert, Robert Dukes) - 4:58
- "Strokety Sroke" (Bunny SiglerBunny SiglerWalter "Bunny" Sigler is a pop and R&B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s. He is nicknamed "Mr...
) - 4:24
Personnel
- Kenneth Gamble - producer, songwriter
- Dennis Harris - guitar
- Bobby EliBobby EliBobby 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 - Roland Chambers - guitar
- Bunny SiglerBunny SiglerWalter "Bunny" Sigler is a pop and R&B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s. He is nicknamed "Mr...
- guitar, keyboards, piano, producer - Norman HarrisNorman HarrisNorman Harris was an American guitarist, producer, arranger and songwriter associated with Philly soul. He was a founding member of MFSB and one-third of the production trio of Baker-Harris-Young...
- Arranger, guitar - Ron BakerRonnie BakerRonnie Baker was a famous record producer, bassist, arranger and songwriter. He participated on many Gamble and Huff recordings and was one-third of the production team of Baker-Harris-Young. He was one of The Trammps, who had a #5 UK/#35 US hit with Hold Back The Night....
- bass guitar - Eddie LevertEddie LevertEdward "Eddie" Levert is an American singer, and is the lead vocalist of the soul/funk/R&B vocal group, The O'Jays.Levert was born in Bessemer, Alabama, but was raised in Canton, Ohio. While attending high school, he met buddies Walter Williams, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, and William Powell...
- vocals, songwriter - Sammy Strain - vocals
- Walter Williams - vocals
- Lenny Pakula - keyboards
- Leon Huff - keyboards, producer, piano, songwriter
- Earl YoungEarl Young (drummer)Earl Young is a Philadelphia-based drummer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s as part of the Philly Soul sound. Young is best known as the founder and leader of The Trammps who had a hit record with "Disco Inferno". Young, along with Ronnie Baker and Norman Harris, was the owner of the...
- drums - Don Renaldo - conductor, horn, strings
- Thom BellThom BellThomas 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, Strings, Producer, Songwriter - Larry Washington - bongos, percussion
- Vincent Montana, Jr. - percussion, vibraphone
- Tony Sellari - art direction
- Bobby Martin - arranger
Charts
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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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1978 | So Full Of Love So Full Of Love So Full Of Love is an 1978 album by the The O'Jays. The album contains the #1 R&B hit "Use ta Be My Girl".This album was awarded RIAA Platinum Certification for sales of 1,000,000 copies sold... |
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Singles
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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,... |
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1978 | "Brandy (I Really Miss You)" | 79 | 21 | — |
"Use Ta Be My Girl" | 4 | 1 | — | |