On September 6, 1977, “Arista” label released “Singin’…” the sixth Melissa Manchester album. It was recorded in 1977, at “A&R Studios”, “Sound Labs” in Hollywood, and was produced by Vini Poncia.
Personnel:
- Melissa Manchester – lead vocals
- Jeff Mironov – guitar
- David Spinozza– guitar
- Sid McGinnis– guitar
- Don Grolnick– keyboards
- James Newton Howard– Oberheim synthesizer, string arrangements
- Will Lee– bass guitar
- Tony Levin– bass guitar
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Lenny Castro– percussion
- Tom Saviano – woodwind arrangements, flute, horn arrangements, tenor saxophone
- Mike Carnahan – flute
- Leo Potts – flute
- Andy Macintosh – baritone saxophone
- Stanley Schwartz – tenor saxophone
- George Bohanon– trombone
- Richard Felts – trumpet, flugelhorn solo
- Sid Sharp – concertmaster
- Vini Poncia– backing vocals
- Claudia Cagan – backing vocals
- Wendy Haas – backing vocals
- Brie Howard – backing vocals
- Gail Kantor – backing vocals
- The Faragher Brothers– backing vocals
- Bob Schaper – engineer
- Tom Bush – second engineer
- Galen Senogles – mixing
- Ron Hitchcock – mastering
- Kay Steele – cover coordinator
- John Kosh – art direction, desiign
- David Alexander – photography
- Anne Streer – production coordinator
Track listing:
- Sad Eyes – David Spinozza
- I Wanna Be Where You Are – Arthur Ross, Leon Ware
- A Love Of Your Own – Ned Doheny
- No One’s Ever Seen This Side Of Me – Melissa Manchester
- You Make It Easy – James Taylor
- Stand – Melissa Manchester
- My Love Is All I Know – Wendy Waldman
- Time – Robert Marshall, John Miles
- Let Me Serenade You – John Finley
- The Warmth Of The Sun – Brian Wilson
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