Smooth R&B

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1EasyCommodores4:19
2After the Love Has GoneEarth, Wind & Fire4:25
3If You Don’t Know Me by NowHarold Melvin & The Blue Notes3:27
4Here and NowLuther Vandross5:25
5One Hundred WaysJames Ingram & Quincy Jones4:00
6Baby Come to Me
Regina Belle4:14
7Dreamin’
producer:
Donald Robinson
arranger:
Donald Robinson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
Dreamin’
writer:
Lisa Montgomery and Geneva Paschal
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Vanessa Williams5:30
8SuddenlyBilly Ocean3:53
9Shake You Down
executive producer:
Charles Koppelman
producer:
Gregory Abbott
bass:
T.M. Stevens
guitar:
Marlon Graves
membranophone and lead vocals:
Gregory Abbott
background vocals:
Gregory Abbott and Aida Foreman
arranger:
Gregory Abbott
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1986)
produced for:
The Entertainment Music Company
recording of:
I Got the Feelin' (It's Over)
lyricist and composer:
Gregory Abbott
publisher:
Alli Bee Music (in 1987), Charles Family Music (in 1987) and Grabbitt Music (in 1987)
Gregory Abbott4:06
10Shining StarThe Manhattans3:50
11Ain’t No Sunshine
recording engineer:
Bill Halverson (in 1971) and Bill Lazarus (in 1971)
producer:
Booker T. Jones
mixer:
John Golden
acoustic guitar:
Stephen Stills (in 1971)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (in 1971)
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (in 1971)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers (in 1971)
strings arranger:
Booker T. Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Inc. (in 1971) and Columbia Records (in 1972)
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 179), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 280) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 309)
recording of:
Ain’t No Sunshine (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
EMI Music, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. and EMI Songs Ltd.
Bill Withers2:06
12Always and ForeverHeatwave3:40
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#TitleArtistLength
1Love ZoneBilly Ocean4:15
2Sing a Song
producer:
Charles Stepney and Maurice White
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (in 1975)
samples from:
Gratitude by Earth, Wind & Fire (in 1975)
recording of:
Sing a Song
writer:
Al McKay and Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire3:27
3Your Secret LoveLuther Vandross4:03
4Wake Up Everybody
producer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (in 1975)
partial recording of:
Wake Up Everybody
writer:
Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes3:40
5I Got the Feelin' (It's Over)
recording of:
I Got the Feelin' (It's Over)
lyricist and composer:
Gregory Abbott
publisher:
Alli Bee Music (in 1987), Charles Family Music (in 1987) and Grabbitt Music (in 1987)
Gregory Abbott4:05