21/01/2026
Letta Mbulu "Letta" (1978) -Pop Soul / Disco-
Label : A&M Records
01 - Open Up Your Heart (Caiphus Semenya & Arthur Adams)
02 - Buza (There's A Light At The End Of A Tunnel) (Letta Mbulu & Lamont Dozier)
03 - I Need You (Caiphus Semenya & Letta Mbulu)
04 - Baile Baneso (By-Lay Bah-Neh-Su) (Caiphus Semenya)
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01 - I Can Depend On You (Arthur Adams, Letta Mbulu & Caiphus Semenya)
02 - Hareje (Ha-Ree-Gee) (Caiphus Semenya)
03 - Mamani (Caiphus Semenya)
Produced by Herb Alpert, Stewart Levine & Caiphus Semenya
Rhythm & Background Vocals Arranged by Caiphus Semenya
Horns & Strings Arranged & Orchestrated by Paul Riser
String Contractor : McKinley T. Jackson
Horns on "Baile Baneso (By-Lay Bah-Neh-Su)", "I Need You" & "Hareje (Ha-Ree-Gee)" Arranged by Caiphus Semenya & Orchestrated by Donald Cooke
Recorded at A&M Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Recording & Remix Engineer : Don Hahn
Assistant Engineer : Derek duNann
Mastered at A&M Recording Studios by Bernie Grundman
Musicians :
Arthur Adams : Guitar
Mitch Holder : Guitar
Robert Popwell : Bass
Hotep Cecil Barnard : Electric & Acoustic Piano
James Gadson : Drums
Roger A. Bethelmy : Drums
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Lee Ritenour : Guitar on "I Need You" & "I Can Depend On You"
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer on "I Need You", "Baile Baneso (By-Lay Bah-Neh-Su)" & "Hareje (Ha-Ree-Gee)"
Horns :
Steve Madaio : Trumpet
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
Gary Grant : Trumpet
Lew McCreary : Trombone
Charles Loper : Trombone
George Bohannon : Trombone
Jim Horn : Sax
Herman Riley : Sax
Ernie Watts : Sax
Additional Horns :
Chuck Findley : Trumpet
Earle Dumler : Sax
William Green : Sax
Henry Sigismonti : French Horn
David A. Duke : French Horn
Arthur Maebe : French Horn
Vincent DeRosa : French Horn
Background vocals : The Waters - Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Luther Waters & Oren Waters - Letta Mbulu & Caiphus Semenya
Additional Vocals on "I Can Depend On You" by Caiphus Semenya
