20/10/2022

Cissy Houston "Step Aside For A Lady" (1980) -Disco / Smooth Soul-



Label : CBS, Inc.


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Break It To Me Gently* (Doug James & Doug Frank)
02 - You're The Fire (Victor Davis & Philip Vear)
03 - It Doesn't Only Happen At Night (Cissy Houston, Michael Zager & Alvin Fields)
04 - Just One Man* (Alvin Fields, Rhetta Hughes & Doug Frank)

Side 2

01 - Step Aside For A Lady* (Michael Zager & Alvin Fields)
02 - What I Miss (Cissy Houston & Michael Zager)
03 - Gonna Take The Easy Way Out (Cissy Houston, Michael Zager, Alvin Fields, Eltesa Weathersby & Doug Frank)


Produced, Arranged & Conducted by Michael Zager for Love-Zager Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer : Jerry Love
'A Product Of Love'
Production Coordinator : Deidre O'Hara for Love-Zager Productions, Inc.
Vocal Arrangements : Cissy Houston
Rhythm Tracks Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York
Engineer : Rick Rowe
Assistants : Darroll Gustamachio, Jason Corsaro
Background Vocals Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York
Engineer : Darroll Gustamachio
Assistant : Jason Corsaro
All Lead Vocals Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, New York
Except (*) Recorded at Mediasound, New York
Engineer : Michael Barbiero
Assistant : Lincoln Clapp
Strings & Horns Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, New York
Engineer : Tim Geelan
Assistants : Lou Brosnan, Lou Schlossberg
Entire Album Mixed at Mediasound, New York by Michael Barbiero
Assistants : Jean-Marc Chusid, Craig Winterson, Lincoln Clapp
Mastered at A&M Recording Studios by Stuart Alan Love
Engineer : Bob Carbone

MUSICIANS (Rhythm)
"You're The Fire", "Step Aside For A Lady", "What I Miss" & "Break It To Me Gently"
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums
Francisco Centeno : Bass
Jeff Mironov : Guitar
Rob Mounsey : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Rubens Bassini : Percussion

MUSICIANS (Rhythm)
"It Doesn't Only Happen At Night", "Gonna Take The Easy Way Out" & "Just One Man"
Allan Schwartzberg : Drums
Will Lee : Bass
Steve Love : Guitar
Rob Mounsey : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Rubens Bassini : Percussion

On All The Above Songs :
STRINGS
The Alfred V. Brown String Section
HORNS 
Ronnie Cuber : Saxophone
John Gatchell : Trumpet
Gerald Chamberlain : Trombone
Jerry Niewood : Reeds
BACKGROUND VOCALISTS 
Luther Vandross, Jocelyn Brown, Eltesa Weathersby, Cissy Houston