Bill Summers And Summers Heat "Straight To The Bank" (1978) -Funk Soul / Disco-

Label : Prestige Records

 Side 1

01 - Woo Me Baby (Summer Heat)
02 - Your Love (Bill Summers & George Spencer)
03 - Love, Not My Life (Ayers & George Spencer)
04 - Olado (Bill Summers)
05 - Straight To The Bank (Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Bill Summers, Freddie Washington & Leo Miller)

Side 2

01 - Creepy Crawlers / Landing And Visit (Summer Heat)
02 - It's On My Mind (Ray Obiedo & Leo Miller)
03 - El Barrio (Bill Summers, Ray Obiedo & Jackson)
04 - All I Want (Freddie Washington & Leo Miller)
05 - Creepy Crawlers / Exit (Summer Heat)


Bill Summers : Percussion, Flute ("Your Love), Lead & Background vocals ("Olado" & "Creepy Crawlers / Landing And Visit"), Background vocals ("Straight To The Bank")

Summer Heat :
Leo Miller : Lead vocals, Background vocals ("Straight To The Bank")
Virgina Ayers : Lead vocals, Background vocals ("Love, Not My Life"& "Straight To The Bank")
Ray Obiedo : Guitars (Solo on "Woo Me Baby" & "El Barrio")
Freddie Washington : Bass
Darryl Munyungo Jackson : Timbales, Drums & Backfground vocals ("Creepy Crawlers / Exit")
George Spencer : Music Coordinator

Plus :
John Barnes : Keyboards (Solo on "Creepy Crawlers / Exit")
Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler : Drums (except on "Creepy Crawlers / Exit", "El Barrio", "Olado"), Vocals ("Creepy Crawlers / Exit")
Dick 'Slyde' Hyde, George Bohannon, Benny Powell : Trombones
Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Jerry Hey : Trumpets, Flugelhorns
Bill Green, Ernie Watts : Reeds
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet Solo ("El Barrio")
Ernie Watts : Alto Sax, Soprano Sax & Flute Solos ("All I Want", "It's On My Mind", "Your Love")
Pattie Brooks, Maxine Anderson, Josie James, Pettsye Powell : Background vocals

Strings Arranged by John Barnes ; Horns by Reggie Andrews ("All I Want", "Woo Me Baby", "Straight To The Bank", "Olado"), Willie Mullings ("El Barrio"), Charles Mims (Other Selections)
Rhythm Arranged by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Bill Summers & Summer Heat ; Background Vocals by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler, Virgina Ayers & Summers Heat, Percussion by Bill Summers
Synthesizer Programming by Bob Robitaille

Produced by Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler in Association with Bill Summers
Engineer : Phil Kaffel
Assistants : Danny Kopelson, Steve Williams
Mastering : John Golden
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley ; Wally Heider Studio 3, Hollywood & Sunset Sound, Hollywood
Mixed at Fantasy
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank
Executive Producer : Orrin Keepnews
Production Assistants : Sylvia Ellis, James Calhoun, George Spencer