Soul Dancing
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Soul Dancing is the third album by singer-songwriter
, Taylor Dayne
. It was released in 1993 on Arista Records
. Soul Dancing peaked at #51 on The Billboard 200. Includes hit singles, "Send Me a Lover", "I'll Wait", "Say a Prayer", and her rendition of Barry White
's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love".
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962 before later adopting her current stage name. She is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, and dance artist. Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine...
. It was released in 1993 on Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
. Soul Dancing peaked at #51 on The Billboard 200. Includes hit singles, "Send Me a Lover", "I'll Wait", "Say a Prayer", and her rendition of Barry White
Barry White
Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love".
Track listing
- "I'll Wait" (T. Dayne, S. Pettibone, T. Shimkin) – 4:46
- "Send Me a LoverSend Me a Lover"Send Me a Lover" is a single performed by Taylor Dayne, written by Rick Hahn and George Thatcher, and released on September 6, 1993 from her Soul Dancing album . It peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 19 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.-Formats and track listings:U.S...
" (R. Hahn, G. Thatcher) – 4:29 - "Can't Get Enough of Your LoveCan't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" is a song written, recorded and produced by Barry White. Released as the first single from White's album Can't Get Enough in 1974, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and U.S. R&B chart and has since become one of White's signature tunes. It was his second...
" (B. White) – 4:28 - "Say a PrayerSay a Prayer"Say a Prayer" was the first single from dance-pop vocalist Taylor Dayne's Greatest Hits compilation album.-Single:Taylor did not record any new tracks for her Greatest Hits release...
" (T. Dayne, S. Pettibone, T. Shimkin) – 5:24 - "Dance with a Stranger" (M. S. Cawley) – 4:29
- "I Could Be Good for You" (D. WarrenDiane WarrenDiane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
) – 4:26 - "Soul Dancing" (T. Dayne, S. Pettibone, T. Shimkin) – 4:35
- "The Door to Your Heart" (duet w/ Keith WashingtonKeith WashingtonKeith Washington is an American R&B vocalist from Detroit, Michigan who scored a hit single in the United States in 1991 with "Kissing You," which was also used as background music for a General Hospital on ABC...
) (D. Warren) – 4:12 - "Someone Like You" (T. Dayne, L. Golden, T. FaragherTommy FaragherTommy Faragher is an American producer, composer, songwriter, singer, and arranger. He is originally from Redlands, California.-Performer:Tommy Faragher started his career as a singer and keyboardist with his family, who formed a group called The Faragher Brothers...
) – 3:51 - "Memories" (T. Dayne, L. Golden, T. Faragher) – 4:47
- "If You Were Mine" (T. Dayne, N. Michael Walden, J. Cohen) – 5:01
European bonus track
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" (T. Dayne, N. Michael Walden, J. Cohen) – 5:36
- released as a B-side to "Can't Get Enough of Your Love"
Musicians
- Taylor Dayne - lead vocals, background vocals (track 5, 10)
- Shep Pettibone - sequencing, keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 4, 7)
- Tony Shimkin - sequencing, keyboards, programming (tracks 1, 4, 7)
- David ColeDavid ColeDavid Cole may refer to:* David Cole , music producer* David D. Cole, American law professor* David R. Cole, senior lecturer at the University of Technology, Sydney* David Cole * David N. Cole, American music producer...
- keyboards (track 3) - Rich Tancredi - keyboards (tracks 5-6, 8-9)
- Tommy Faragher - keyboards (track 9-10)
- Louis "Kingpin" BiancainelloLouis BiancanielloLouis John Biancaniello is a songwriter, record producer, and musician.-Background:Louis' skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice "I Love Your Smile", Whitney Houston "I'm Every Woman" from the Grammy winning album The...
- keyboards, programming (tracks 11-12) - James Alfano - programming (track 3)
- Ricky Crespo - programming (track 3)
- Peter Schwartz - additional keyboards, programming (track 7)
- Neil StubenhausNeil StubenhausNeil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
- bass (track 2) - T.M. Stevens - bass (track 5-6)
- Michael LandauMichael LandauMichael Landau is a prolific session musician and guitarist who has played on a large number of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis...
- guitar (track 2) - Chuck LoebChuck LoebChuck Loeb is a guitarist who performs numerous styles of music, most notably jazz. Loeb's own solo projects have generally been commercially successful crossover jazz, which has "contemporary" or "smooth" jazz....
- guitar (track 3) - Al PitrelliAl PitrelliAl Pitrelli is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage.-Early career :...
- guitar (tracks 5-6) - Bob Cadway - guitar (tracks 8, 10)
- Vernon "Ice" Black - guitar (European track only)
- David FosterDavid FosterDavid Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
- acoustic piano (track 2) - 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...
- Hammond B3 organ (European track only) - Richie CannataRichie CannataRichie Cannata is an American music producer, multi-instrumentalist and studio owner. He is most notable for playing saxophone in the Billy Joel band alongside Doug Stegmeyer and Liberty DeVitto. After leaving the band in 1981, he opened Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York...
- saxophone (track 5) - Charlie DeChant - saxophone (track 6)
- Mark Russo - sax solo (track 11)
- Bashiri Johnson - percussion (track 3)
- Robert ClivillesRobert ClivillésRobert Clivillés is a record producer, songwriter, arranger, music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole...
- drums, percussion (track 3) - Joe FrancoJoey FrancoJoe Franco is an American drummer best known for his work with the band The Good Rats in the late 1970s and later as a replacement member of Twisted Sister.-Biography:...
- drums (tracks 5-6, 8, 10) - Babe Pace - hi hat (track 3)
- Narada Michael Walden - drums, programming (tracks 11, 12)
- Richie Jones - drum programming (track 9)
- Warren WiebeWarren WiebeWarren Wiebe was an American vocalist and session artist from San Diego.-History:After playing bass with several bands, Warren Wiebe was discovered by David Foster and Burt Bacharach in Los Angeles in 1987. He did the duet "Listen to Me" with Celine Dion for the movie of the same name...
- background vocals (track 2) - Audrey Wheeler - background vocals (track 3)
- Cindy Mizelle - background vocals (track 3)
- Paulette McWilliams - background vocals (track 3)
- Joe Lynn TurnerJoe Lynn TurnerJoe Lynn Turner , is an American rock singer, known for his works with Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Deep Purple. From the late 1990s, he continued to perform in a large number of solo albums and other studio projects...
- background vocals (tracks 5-6) - Tony HarnellTony HarnellAntony "Tony" Harnell is an American hard rock singer, best known for his work with the Norwegian hard rock band TNT....
- background vocals (track 5-6) - Joe Turano - background vocals (track 6)
- Karen Anderson - background vocals (track 7)
- Monique Sorel - background vocals (track 7)
- Eddie Stockley - background vocals (track 9)
- Kenny Bobien - background vocals (track 9)
- Lotti Golden - background vocals (track 10)
- Jeanie TracyJeanie TracyJeanie Tracy is a female African American R&B, Dance-pop, Hi-NRG and house singer-songwriter and actress, born in Houston, Texas and raised in Fresno, California.-Career:Growing up Tracy sang in a church choir in addition to studying opera and piano...
- background vocals (track 11) - Kitty Beethoven - background vocals (track 11)
- Nikita Germaine - background vocals (tracks 11-12)
- Skyler JettSkyler JettSkyler Jett is a singer who has worked with many top musicians, such as Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin. He also was briefly the lead singer in The Commodores, touring with them around the world. He is Grammy recognized for his performance with Celine Dion in "My Heart Will Go...
- background vocals (track 11) - Tony Lindsay - background vocals (tracks 11-12)
- Claytoven RichardsonClaytoven RichardsonClaytoven Richardson is an American singer, instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and author.-Biography:Born Clayton D. Richardson on May 23, 1956...
- background vocals (European track only) - Kimaya Seward - background vocals (European track only)
- Monty Seward - background vocals (European track only)
- Sandy Griffith - background vocals (European track only)
Production
- Shep Pettibone - engineer, mixing (track 1)
- Tony Shimkin - engineer, mixing (track 1)
- Humberto Gatica - engineer (track 2)
- Alex Rodriguez - engineer (track 2)
- Acar S. Key - engineer (track 3)
- P. Dennis Mitchell - engineer (track 4, 7)
- Guy RocheGuy RocheGuy Roche is a record producer and songwriter who is best known for the hit singles he has co-written/co-produced for Christina Aguilera, which include but are not limited to "What a Girl Wants", "I Turn to You", and "Come on Over Baby . He also co-wrote Brandy's Never Say Never single "Almost...
- engineer (track 6) - Goh Hotoda - engineer, mix engineer (track 7)
- Marc "Elvis" Reyburn - engineer (track 11-12)
- Claude Gaudette - arranger, mixing (track 2)
- Ric Wake - arranger (track 5-6, 8-10)
- Rich Tancredi - arranger (track 5-6, 8)
- Tommy Faragher - arranger (track 9-10)
- Bob RosaBob RosaBob Rosa is an American record producer that has worked with artists such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Espen Lind. One if his first recording projects was working on the track "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force in 1982....
- mix engineer (track 3) - Bonzai Jim Caruso - mix engineer (track 4)
- Bob Cadway - track and mix engineer (track 5-6, 8-10)
- David "Frazeman" Frazer - vocal recording and mixing (track 11-12)
- Felipe Elgueta - assistant engineer (track 2)
- Mario Luccy - assistant engineer (track 6)
- Jeff "G." Gray - assistant engineer (track 11-12)
- Dan Hetzel - additional engineer (track 5-6, 8-10)
- Rick Bieder - additional engineer (track 5-6, 8-10)
- Thomas R. Yezzi - additional engineer (track 6, 8)
- Matt Rohr - additional engineer (European track only)
- Ricky Crespo - programmer (track 3)
- Jame T. Alfano - programmer (track 3)
- Tony DeFranco - coordinator (track 2)
- David BarrattDavid BarrattBorn in London England Barratt worked in New York and composed music for TV and radio commercials for, amongst others, Michelin, BMW, Coke, LA Gear, Dr Pepper, Revlon, Verizon, Sony, Kodak, 7Up, Pepsi/Star Wars, USA Today, Bridgestone, Hasbro, and H&M....
- production coordinator (track 5-6, 8-10) - Greg Bannan - production coordinator (track 5-6, 8-10)
- Janice Lee - production coordinator (track 11-12)
- Cynthia Shiloh - production coordinator (track 11-12)
- Kevin Walden - production coordinator (track 11-12)
- Louis Biancaniello - associate producer (track 11)
- Clive DavisClive DavisClive Davis is an American record producer and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973 he was the President of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975...
- executive producer - Susan Mendola - art direction and design
- Randee St. Nicholas - photography (Visages Style, L.A.
- Stephen Earabino - styling (Visages Style, L.A.)
- Billy B. - make-up (Stephen Knoll Salon)
- Tony Lucha - hair (Vartoli Salon, N.Y.)
Singles
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (June 10, 1993) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000DIBU
- "Send Me a Lover" (September 6, 1993)
- "I'll Wait" (February 28, 1994) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008EOR1
- "Say a Prayer" (October 3, 1995) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000DEVK