Welcome Home (Carole King album)
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Welcome Home is an album by American
singer-songwriter Carole King
, released in 1978.
Production notes
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singer-songwriter Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
, released in 1978.
Track listing
All songs by Carole King unless otherwise noted.- "Main Street Saturday Night"
- "Sunbird" (King, Rick Evers)
- "Venusian Diamond" (Carole King, Rick Evers, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Robb Galloway, Miguel Rivera, Richard Hardy, Michael Wooten)
- "Changes"
- "Morning Sun"
- "Disco Tech" (King,Hallman, McEntee, Galloway, Rivera, Wooten, Hardy)
- "Wings of Love" (King, Evers)
- "Ride the Music"
- "Everybody's Got the Spirit"
- "Welcome Home"
Personnel
- Carole King - vocals, background vocals, string arrangements
- Robert McEntee - guitar, background vocals
- Mark Hallman - guitars, background vocals
- Rob Galloway - bass, background vocals
- Michael Wooten - drums
- Miguel Rivera - congas, percussion
- Richard Hardy - flute, saxophone, clarinet, vocals
- George Bohanon - trombone, horn arrangement
- Dick "Slyde" Hyde - trombone
- Ernie WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
- saxophone - Nolan Andrew Smith, Jr - trumpet, fluegelhorn
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- trumpet, fluegelhorn - Charles Veal, Jr. - concertmaster, violin
- Israel Baker - violin
- Frank Foster - violin
- William H. Henderson - violin
- Marcia Van Dyke - violin
- Dorothy Wade - violin
- John Wittenberg - violin
- Kenneth Yerke - violin
- Rollice Dale - viola
- Denyse Buffum - viola
- Dennis Karmazyn - cello
- Ronald Cooper - cello
- The Trio on "Changes" was played by Charles Veal, Rollice Dale, Dennis Karmazyn
- Bob Harrington - hammer dulcimer
- Anne Golia - tamboura
- Georgia Kelly - harp
- Rick Evers - cowbell
- Carole King, Mark Hallman, Robert McEntee, Richard Hardy, Stephanie Spruill, Alexandra Brown, Ann White - choir
Production notes
- Produced by Carole King and Norm Kinney
- Engineered by Norm Kinney, Linda Tyler and Steve Katz
- Roy Reynolds – photography
- Roy Kohara and Roy Reynolds – art direction
Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Billboard Pop albums | 104 |