20/05/2023

Diana Ross "The Boss" (1979) -Disco / Pop Soul-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - No One Gets The Prize (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - I Ain't Been Licked (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - All For One (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - The Boss* (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

Side Two

01 - Once In The Morning** (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - It's My House* (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
03 - Sparkle** (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
04 - I'm In The World** (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)


Produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson for Hopsack & Silk Productions, Inc.
All Rhythm Arrangements, Vocal Arrangements & Songs by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Horn & String Arrangements by Rob Mounsey, *John Davis & **Paul Riser

Musicians 
Piano : Valerie Simpson
Fender Rhodes, Clavinet & Rhythm Arrangements : Ray Chew
Guitars : Eric Gale
Bass : Anthony Jackson, Francisco Centeno
Drums : John Sussewell
Percussion : Sammy Figueroa, Errol Bennett
Saxophone Solo : Michael Brecker

Background vocals : Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Ullanda McCullough, Raymond Simpson

Mixing & Mastering : James Simpson
Chief Recording & Mixing Engineer : Mike Hutchinson
Assistant Engineers : John Potoker, Matthew Weiner
Recording & Mixing Studio : Sigma Sound Studio, New York
Studio Coordinator : Barbara Tiesi
Strings Recorded by Harvey Hoffman at Celebration Studio, New York
Mastering : Stewart Romain at Columbia Recording Studio, New York
Vocal Engineer : Jay Mark