07/10/2023

Melissa Manchester "You Gotta Love The Life" (2015) -Soft Rock-



Label : Long Run Entertainment, LLC.


États-Unis 01 - You Gotta Love The Life (Melissa Manchester & Sharon Vaughn)
02 - Feelin' For You (Melissa Manchester & & Sara Niemetz)
03 - Be My Baby (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich)
04 - Big Light (Melissa Manchester & John Proulx)
05 - Other End Of The Phone (Hal David & Melissa Manchester)
06 - You Are My Heart (Melissa Manchester)
07 - Let's Face The Music And Dance / From This Moment On (Irving Berlin & Cole Porter)
08 - Claudia (Steve Cagan)
09 - Your Love Is Where I Live (Melissa Manchester & Tom Snow)
10 - No There There (Melissa Manchester & Paul Reiser)
11 - Open My Heart To Your Love (Melissa Manchester & Michael Hunter Ochs)
12 - The Other One (Melissa Manchester)
13 - I Know Who I Am (Melissa Manchester, Joanna Cotten & Greg Barnhill)
14 - Something Wonderful (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II)


Conceived & Created by Melissa Manchester
Produced by Melissa Manchester & Terry Wollman


01 - You Gotta Love The Life

Vocal : Melissa Manchester
Piano : John Proulx
B3 Organ : Steve Welch
Guitar : Pete Hume
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion Lenny Castro
Trumpet, Flugelhorn : Lee Thornburg
Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax : Tom Evans
Trombone : Steve Baxter
Background vocals : Vangie Gunn, Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester
Horn Arrangement : Lee Thornburg, Terry Wollman
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

02 - Feelin' For You

Feat. Keb' Mo
Vocal Melissa Manchester
Guitar : Keb' Mo
Organ : Dwan Hill
Bass : Loren Clark
Drums : Marcus Finnie
Background vocals Al Jarreau
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester
Additional Engineer : Casey Wasner - Stu Stu Studio

03 - Be My Baby

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano, Synth Harp : Stephan Oberhoff
Acoustic & High String Guitar : Terry Wollman
Bass : Steve Wilkinson
Percussion : John Lewis
Background vocals : Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester
Arrangement : Melissa Manchester, Stephan Oberhoff

04 - Big Light

Feat. Al Jarreau
Vocal : Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester
Piano : John Proulx
Fender Rhodes : Steve Welch
Electric, Acoustic, High String & Lap Steel Guitar : Terry Wollman
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

05 - Other End Of The Phone

Feat. Dionne Warwick, Joe Sample
Vocal : Melissa Manchester, Dionne Warwick
Piano, Fender Rhodes : Joe Sample
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson
Arrangement : Joe Sample
Additional Engineer : Andy Bradley - Sugar Hill Studio ; Steve Sykes - JR's Studio

06 - You Are My Heart

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano : Melissa Manchester, Steve Welch
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Percussion : Lenny Castro, Melissa Manchester, Terry Wollman
Background vocals : Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

07 - Let's Face The Music And Dance / From This Moment On

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano, Guitar : Stephan Oberhoff
Synthesizer : Steve Welch
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Violin : Antonio Pontarelli
Arrangement : Melissa Manchester, Stephan Oberhoff

08 - Claudia

Feat. Dave Koz
Vocal Melissa Manchester
Saxophone : Dave Koz
Piano : Stephan Oberhoff
Bass, Eight String Guitar : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Arrangement : Melissa Manchester
Additional Engineer : Peter Kelsey - Jan Stevens Studio

09 - Your Love Is Where I Live

Feat. Stevie Wonder
Vocal Melissa Manchester
Harmonica : Stevie Wonder
Piano : John Proulx
Fender Rhodes, Synthesizer : Steve Welch
Acoustic, Nylon & High String Guitar : Terry Wollman
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Melissa Manchester
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

10 - No There There

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano : Melissa Manchester
Fender Rhodes : Steve Welch
Guitar Peter Hume
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Garrison Holder, Melissa Manchester, Terry Wollman
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

11 - Open My Heart To Your Love

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano : Melissa Manchester
Synthesizer, Accordion : Stephan Oberhoff
Synthesizer : Steve Welch
Mandolin, Mando Guitar : Terry Wollman
Bass : Steve Wilkinson
Drums : John Lewis
Background vocals : Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester, Melanie Taylor
Arrangement : Terry Wollman
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

12 - The Other One

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano : Melissa Manchester
Guitar : Stephan Oberhoff
Bass : Steve Wilkinson
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro

13 - I Know Who I Am

Vocal Melissa Manchester
Piano : Stephan Oberhoff
B3 Organ : Steve Welch
Guitar : Peter Hume
Bass : Steve Wilkinson
Drums : John Lewis
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Background vocals : Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester, Melanie Taylor, The Citrus Singers
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester

14 - Something Wonderful

Vocal : Melissa Manchester
Background vocals : Susan Holder, Melissa Manchester
Vocal Arrangement : Melissa Manchester, Terry Wollman