The Gap Band (1977 album)
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The Gap Band is the second album by The Gap Band in 1977 on Tattoo Records. This is not to be confused with the 1979 Mercury Records
self titled album.
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
self titled album.
Track listing
- "Out of the Blue (Can You Feel It)" (Charlie Wilson) 3:26
- "Stand up and Dance With Me" (Ronnie Wilson, Charlie Wilson) 4:15
- "Not Guilty" (Robert Wilson, Charlie Wilson) 4:18
- "God Is Watching You" (Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson) 5:05
- "Little Bit of Love" (Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rogers, Simon Kirke) 2:58
- "Hang on (To Yourself)" (Robert Wilson, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson) 3:18
- "Knuckle Head Funkin'" (Tommy Lokey, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson) 3:48
- "Thinking of You" (Tommy Lokey, Ronnie Wilson) 4:10
- "Silly Grin" (Robert Wilson, Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson) 4:28
Personnel
- Charles Wilson - Keyboards, Lead Vocals
- Robert Wilson - Bass, Vocals
- Ronnie Wilson - Trumpet, Electric Piano, Vocals
- James Macon - Guitar
- Tommy Lokey - Trumpet
- Chris Clayton - Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Vocals
- The Gap Band - Percussion, Backing Vocals
- Leon RussellLeon RussellClaude Russell Bridges , known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music....
- Piano - Chaka KhanChaka KhanChaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
, D.J. Rogers, Mary Russell, Johnny Lee Samuels - Backing Vocals - The Cornerstone Institutional Baptist and Southern Californian Community Choir - Choir
- Reverend James ClevelandJames ClevelandThe Reverend Dr. James Cleveland was a gospel singer, arranger, composer and, most significantly, the driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound, bringing the stylistic daring of hard gospel and jazz and pop music influences to arrangements for mass choirs...
- Choir Director - Les McCannLes McCannLes McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
- Keyboards - Jesse Ehrlich - Cello
- Jerry Jumonville - Alto Saxophone
- Gino Piserchio, Robert MargouleffRobert MargouleffRobert Margouleff is a Grammy Award winning American record producer, recording engineer, electronic music pioneer, audio expert, and film producer....
- Synthesizer