Gorilla is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter James Taylor. Released on May 1, 1975, it was more successful than Walking Man, his previous release, with two hits: “Mexico” and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)”, which rose to the top five on the Billboard charts. This would be his second-to-last […]
New Arrangement is an album by Jackie DeShannon, released by Columbia Records in 1975. It contains the first recording of “Bette Davis Eyes”, written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974 and covered by Kim Carnes on the album Mistaken Identity (1981). Another song, “Boat to Sail,” that features Brian Wilson and then-wife Marilyn […]
Merciless is the seventh studio album by American R&B singer Stephanie Mills. It was released in 1983 and Stephanie’s second release on Casablanca Records. The album features two Billboard R&B hits “Pilot Error”, a cover version of Prince’s “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?”, and “My Body” written by singer Luther Vandross. Merciless received […]
Season released in 1978 is the first album by Grimaldi/Zeiher, a duet comprised of French singer/composer Bernard Grimaldi and French guitarist Bernard Zeiher. It was also released as a self-titled album. Tracks 1 Season (Bernard Grimaldi ) 4:24 2 Trop De Mots (Bernard Grimaldi ) 4:00 3 Sinbad (Bernard Grimaldi ) 3:05 4 Le Silence […]
Living Together is the second and final album from Fire & Rain. It was released in 1975 (20th Century Records) Tracks 1 Living Together (S Davis, L Crane) 2:49 2 Devoted To You (Boudleaux Bryant) 2:55 3 Us (Burt Bacharach, Bobby Russell) 3:15 4 Don’t Throw It All Away (Gary Benson, David Mindel) 3:20 5 […]
Toni Brown released her first solo album, Good For You, Too, on MCA Records in Canada in 1973; it was released in the US in the following year along with a 7″ single, “Big Trout River”. She continued collaborating with Garthwaite as well as released a second solo album, Toni Brown (1979) on Fantasy Records […]
Woman Of The World is an album by Sylvia Smith released in 1975. Tracks 1 Original Midnight Mama (Mark Creamer) 3:492 Did I Give Up Too Much Too Soon (Cloteal Cleveland) 3:083 Don’t Mistreat My Babies (Jimmy Lewis) 2:514 Shape Your Arms Like A Cradle (And Rock Me) (Cloteal Cleveland, Larry Maxwell, Sylvia Smith) […]
Jack Magnet is the fourth solo album by Jakob Magnusson. It was released in 1981. Tracks 1 Meet Me After Midnight (Jakob Magnusson; Steve George) 03:03 2 Movies (Jakob Magnusson) 03:48 3 From Now On (Jakob Magnusson; Bob Burchman; Jay Graydon; Richard Page; Steve George) 03:31 4 Old Jack Magnet (Jakob Magnusson; John Lang) 04:03 […]
Motion is the sixth album by Allen Toussaint, released in 1978, Allen Toussaint (January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer, who was an influential figure in New Orleans R&B from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as “one of popular music’s great backroom […]
“Take Me Home” is a song by American singer Cher from her 1979 fifteenth studio album of the same name. A disco song, it was conceived after Cher was recommended to venture into said genre, after the commercial failure of her previous albums. The lyrics center around the request of a woman to be taken […]