Don Johnson "The Essential" (1997) -Pop Rock / High Tech AOR / AOR-

Label : Sony Music Media

 01 - Tell It Like It Is (Lee Diamond & George Davis)

02 - Voice On A Hotline (Kathy Wakefield & Bill LaBounty)

03 - Heartbeat (Eric Kaz & Wendy Waldman)

04 - Other People's Lives (Diane Warren)

05 - Heartache Away (Steve Cochran)

06 - What If It Takes All Night (Clyde Lieberman, Jeff Pescetto & Richard James Burgess)

07 - Can't Take Your Memory (Don Johnson & Curly Smith)

08 - Angel City (Don Johnson, Keith Diamond, Michael DesBarres & Dave Resnik)

09 - Star Tonight (Bob Seger)

10 - Lost In Your Eyes (Tom Petty)

11 - Coco Don't (Peter Kaye & Nan O'Byrne)

12 - Gotta Get Away (Chas Sandford)

13 - Your Love Is Safe With Me (Scott Cutler & Dennis Morgan)

14 - Lonely Too Long (Marty Robbins)

15 - The Last Sound Love Makes (Tony Sciuto, Sam Egorin & John Capek)

16 - A Better Place (John Capek, Mark Jordan & Amy Sky)

01 - Tell It Like It Is 

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : Terry Silverlight

Bass, Hammond B3 Organ, Acoustic Piano : Keith Diamond

Guitars : Ira Siegel & Paul Pesco

Horns :

Danny Wilensky : Sax

Chris Botti : Trumpet

Mike Davis : Trombone

Horn Solo : Danny Wilensky

Horns Arranged by Danny Wilensky

Background vocals : B.J. Nelson, Janice Dempsey, Cindi Mizelle, Audrey Wheeler

02 - Voice On A Hotline

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Keyboards : Charles Judge
Background vocals : Bill Champlin & Tamara Champlin

03 - Heartbeat

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Keyboards : Charles Judge
Background vocals : Bill Champlin & Tamara Champlin
Guitar Solo : Chas Sandford

04 - Other People's Lives 

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : Omar Hakim

Bass : Paul Pesco

Guitars : Ira Siegel

Keyboards : Keith Diamond

Background vocals : Joe Lynn Turner, Don Johnson, Michael Camacho, Curtis King, Tracy Amos

Additional Guitars : Kennan Keating

Guitar Solo : Ira Siegel

05 - Heartache Away

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Organ : Bill Champlin
Piano & Tambourine : Chas Sandford
Acoustic Guitar : Ron Wood
Guitar Solo : Stevie Ray Vaughan
Harmony Vocal : Bonnie Raitt

06 - What If It Takes All Night 

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : Omar Hakim

Bass : Wayne Braithwaite

Guitars : Paul Pesco

Keyboards : Mike Jewel & Keith Diamond

Fairlight : EBN & Keith Diamond

Fingersnaps & Percussion : Keith Diamond

Acoustic Guitar Solo : Paul Pesco

Background vocals : Barbra Streisand, Debbie Cole, Audrey Wheeler, Jill Del'Abate, Janice Dempsey, Yogi Lee

Horns Arranged by Leon Pendarvis

07 - Can't Take Your Memory

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Keyboards : Charles Judge
Bass : Mark Leonard

08 - Angel City 

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : John Keane

Bass : Carl James & Keith Diamond

Guitars : Dave Resnik, Steve Jones & Ira Siegel

Keyboards : Keith Diamond & Ron Schwartz

Percussion : Bashiri Johnson

Solo Saxes : Danny Wilensky

Solo Tumpet : Chris Botti

Trumpet : Ken Smith

Horns Arranged by Danny Wilensky

Background vocals : Chrissy Faith, Yogi Lee, Janice Dempsey, Don Johnson, Rock Wilk, Tracy Amos

Additional Party People : Melanie Griffith, Anna Newbourne, Don J. Keith D., Mike Sobeck, Kenny Calman

09 - Star Tonight

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Solo : Willie Nelson
Harmonica : Mickey Raphael
Harmony Vocal : Willie Nelson

10 - Lost In Your Eyes

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Keyboards : Charles Judge
Harmony Vocal : Bonnie Raitt

11 - Coco Don't

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Horns : Earl Gardner, Lenny Pickett
Keyboards : Bill Champlin
Sax Solo : Lenny Pickett
Background vocals : Michael Des Barres, Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Chas Sandford

12 - Gotta Get Away

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Keyboards : Charles Judge

13 - Your Love Is Safe With Me 

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : John Keane

Bass : John Pierce

Guitars : Dave Resnik, Ira Segel, Steve Jones, Bruce Kulick & Paul Pesco

Keyboards : Ron Schwartz & Keith Diamond

Background vocals : Liz Constantine, N'dea Davenport, Laura Creamer, Jimm Del'Abate, Yogi Lee, Chrissy Faith

Guitar Solo : Paul Pesco

Additional Solo Guitars : Paul Pesco

14 - Lonely Too Long

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Drums : John Keane

Bass : Carl James

Guitars : Dave Resnik, Ira Siegel, Paul Pesco & Steve Jones

Keyboards : Ron Schwartz & Keith Diamond

Background vocals : Janice Dempsey, Chrissy Faith, Lauren Kinhan

15 - The Last Sound Love Makes

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Keyboards : Charles Judge
Guitar Solo : Dweezil Zappa
Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Chas Sandford

16 - A Better Place

From the Album 'Let It Roll' (1989)

Duet with Yuri

Drums : Terry Silverlight

Bass, Keyboards : Keith Diamond

Guitar : Paul Pesco

Fairlight : EBN

Background vocals : Don Johnson, Yuri