Cross My Heart is a single by Lee Ritenour from the Rit2 album. It was released in 1982 and peaked at #69 in the Billboard 100. Musicians Bass Nathan East Drums JR Robinson Guitar Lee Ritenour Keyboards Lee Ritenour Synthesizer Michael Boddicker Percussion Paulinho Da Costa Vocals Eric Tagg Vocals Bill Champlin Produced By […]
“That’s What Friends Are For” is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift, but it is better known for the 1985 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder. This recording, […]
Camouflage is the tenth studio album by funk band Rufus (billed as Rufus with Chaka Khan), released on the MCA Records label in 1981. Camouflage peaked at #15 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart and stalled at #98 on Pop. The album includes the singles “Sharing the Love” (US R&B 8, US Pop #91) and “Better […]
Larry Carlton released in 1978, also known as the Room 335 album, was recorded at Larry Carlton’s Room 335 Studio in Hollywood, CA. Tracks 1 Room 335 (Larry Carlton) 5:40 2 Where Did You Come From (William Smith, Eric Mercury) 3:33 3 Nite Crawler (Larry Carlton) 5:23 4 Point It Up (Larry Carlton) 4:59 5 […]
The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and sang the original version of the song “No More “I Love You’s””, covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In July […]
Keep Your Eye on Me is a pop/R&B/dance album by Herb Alpert, released in 1987. It contains two hit singles, “Diamonds” and “Making Love in the Rain” (both featuring lead and background vocals by Janet Jackson and Lisa Keith). These Billboard Top 40 hits, along with the title track and “Pillow” (featuring co-lead vocals by […]
Arthur is a 1981 American comedy film written and directed by Steve Gordon. The film stars Dudley Moore as the eponymous Arthur Bach, a drunken New York City millionaire who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress, but ends up falling for a common working-class girl from Queens. It was […]
Significant Gains is the first solo album by Greg Phillinganes, released in 1981. While the album itself was not very successful, the song “Baby, I Do Love You” was a minor R&B hit. Tracks 1 Girl Talk (Bobby Troup, Neal Hefti, Ben Sidran) 4:29 2 Baby I Do Love You (Allee Willis, Greg Phillinganes, Richard […]
Live From The Coconut Grove is an album by Lee Ritenour, released in 1990 and remastered/re-released (DVD) in 2000. Tracks 1 Night Rhythms (Lee Ritenour) 2 Harlequin (Ivan Lins, Victor Martins) 3 Malibu (Lee Ritenour, Phil Perry) 4 Up-Town (Lee Ritenour) 5 Preta Porte De Tafeta (Joao Bosco, Aldir […]
I’m So Proud is the 7th album by Deniece Williams, released in 1983 Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1950) is an American singer–songwriter and record producer. Williams is known for hits such as “Free” (1976), “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” (1978), “Silly” (1981), “It’s Gonna Take a Miracle” (1982), “Let’s Hear […]