In July 1979, “Portrait” label released “Dream of a Child”, the third Burton Cummings studio album. It was recorded in 1979, at “Studio 55”, “Cherokee Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Burton Cummings.
Personnel:
- Burton Cummings – vocals, grand piano, piano, synthesizer, clavinet, percussion
- Randy Bachman – acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
- Trevor Veitch – acoustic guitar
- Dick Wagner – lead guitar
- Steve Cropper – guitar
- Jeff Baxter – electric guitar
- Norman MacPherson – electric guitar
- Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar
- Jimmy Phillips – organ
- Bill Payne – synthesizer
- Ian Gardiner – electric bass
- Jim Gordon – drums
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Rick Shlosser – drums
- Phyllis St. James – percussion
- Jim Horn – alto saxophone
- Plas Johnson – saxophone
- Becky Lopez, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields – backing vocals
- The Cherokee Studio All Stars – handclaps
- Steve Madaio – horns arrangements, horns conductor
- Bruce Robb – engineer
- Howard Steele – engineer, mixing
- Gabe Veltri, Larold Rebhurn, Tim Dennen – engineer assistant
- Alent Zelen – mastering
- Pacific Eye & Ear – design
- Alan Dockery – photography
- Jim Martin – production coordinator
Track listing:
All tracks by Burton Cummings, except where noted.
- Break It to Them Gently
- Hold On, I’m Coming – David Porter, Isaac Hayes
- I Will Play a Rhapsody
- Wait by the Water – Bobby Darin
- When a Man Loves a Woman – Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis
- Shinny Stockings – Frank Foster, Jon Hendricks
- Guns, Guns, Guns
- Takes a Fool to Love a Fool
- Meanin’ So Much
- It All Comes Together
- Roll with the Punches
- Dream of a Child – David Forman