Billy Davis Jr. "Let Me Have A Dream" (1982) -Smooth Soul / Gospel-

Label : Savoy Records

 Side A

01 - Saved Saved (J.P. Schofield)

02 - I'm Blessed (James Cleveland & Charles May)

03 - Ordinary People (Danniebelle Hall)

04 - Never Let Go His Hand (C. Bradley)

05 - Confusion (M. McQueen & B. Williams)

Side B

01 - Steal Away (Clay Drayton)

02 - Praise To The Lord (Jerry Peters)

03 - Love Of God (Leroy Crume)

04 - Let Me Have A Dream (Harlan Rogers)

Producer : Rev. James Cleveland

Co-Producer : Billy Davis Jr.

Engineer : Randy Tominaga

String Arrangements : Jerry Peters

Background Singers : The Southern California Community Choir

Keyboards : Rev. James Cleveland, Jon Springer, Gail Deadrick, Jerry Peters, Darryl Hardy (Organ)

Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr., Fred Jenkins

Bass : Bruce Carter, James Jamerson Jr.

Vocals : Marilyn McCoo, Rev. James Cleveland

"Steal Away" with James Cleveland

"Praise To The Lord" with Marilyn McCoo

The 5th Dimension "Individually & Collectively" (1972) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Leave A Little Room (Michael Randall)

02 - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All (Tony Macaulay)

03 - All Kinds Of People (Hal David & Burt Bacharach)

04 - Sky & Sea (From The Musical 'Joy') (J Alf)

05 - Tomorrow Belongs To The Children (Bob Gundry)

06 - Turn Around To Me (Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser)

Side 2

01 - If I Could Reach You (Randy McNeill)

02 - Half Moon (John & Johanna Hall)

03 - Band Of Gold (Bob Musel & Jack Taylor)

04 - Border Song (Bernie Taupin & Eleton John)

05 - Black Patch (Laura Nyro)

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Vocal Arrangement on "All Kinds Of People" by John Myles

Our thanks to these talented musicians :

Hal Blaine : Drums

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Piano, Organ, Electric Piano

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Gary Illingworth : Electric Piano, Organ

Michael Omartian : Piano, Electric Piano

Isaiah Jones Jr. : Piano on "Border Song"

John Myles : Piano on "All Kinds Of People"

Dennis Budimir : Guitar

Fred Tackett : Guitar

Mike Anthony : Guitar

Zavier : Guitar

Larry Bunker : Congas & Mallets

The Bill Holman Brass & The Sid Sharp Strings

Production Co-ordination : Pam Vale

Engineered by Bones Howe, utilizing the 16-track facilities of Wally Heider Recording

Engineering Assistants : Ed Barton & John Golden

Disc Mastering by Bob MacLeod Jr. ; Artisan Audio, Hollywood, Calif.

Side 1

01 - Leave A Little Room

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano : Larry Knechtel

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

02 - (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

03 - All Kinds Of People

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged & Conducted by John Myles

04 - Sky & Sea (From The Musical 'Joy')

Piano : Jimmy Rowles

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

05 - Tomorrow Belongs To The Children

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

06 - Turn Around To Me

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Side 2

01 - If I Could Reach You

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Piano : Larry Knechtel

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

02 - Half Moon

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Guitar Solo : Dennis Budimir

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

03 - Band Of Gold

Vocal Solo : Ron Townson

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - Border Song

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano : Isaiah Jones Jr.

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

05 - Black Patch

Vocals Solos in order of appearance : Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue Gordon, Billy Davis Jr., Ron Townson & Lamonte McLemore

Tenor Sax Solo : Bill Perkins

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bill Holman & Bob Alcivar

The 5th Dimension "Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes" (1971) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Time And Love (Laura Nyro)

02 - Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes (Dorothea Joyce)

03 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)? (Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Vernon Bullock)

04 - Guess Who (Jesse & JoAnn Belvin)

05 - Viva Tirado (Gerald Wilson & Norman Jimbel)

Side 2

01 - Light Sings (Will Holt & Gary W. Friedman)

02 - The Rainmaker (Harry Nilsson & Bill Martin)

03 - He's A Runner (Laura Nyro)

04 - The Singer (Elliot Willensky & Lamonte McLemore)

05 - Every Night (Paul McCartney)

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Thanks once again to our great Musicians for their creative contributions on these recordings :

Hal Blaine : Rhythm Section Leader; Drums & Percussion

Joe Osborn : Bass

Max Bennett : Bass ("Every Night" & "The Singer")

Larry Knechtel : Organ, Piano, Tack Piano

Gary Illingworth : Piano, RMI 'Monster', Organ

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Zavier : 12-String Acoustic Guitar

Dennis Budimir : Electric Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Banjo

Mike Anthony : Electric Guitar

Mike Deasy : Electric Guitar

Fred Tackett : Electric Guitar

Catherine Gotthoffer : Harp

Larry Bunker : Conga Drums, Percussion

Victor Feldman, Jack Arnold : Mallets

Ollie Mitchell, Ray Triscari, Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley : Trumpets

Tom Scott, Jim Horn, Lanny Morgan, Pete Christlieb : Flutes & Saxes

Bob Edmonsen, Lew McCreary : Trombones

The Sid Sharp String Section

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Production Assistants : Shelley Gordon W. Morgan, Jill Sheridan, Judy Burgstein, Pam Vales

Studio Production Assistant : John Golden

Engineered by Bones Howe in the 16-track facilities of Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood with the co-operation assistance of John Golden, Rik Pekkonen & Larry Cox

The Mastering of all our Bell Singles & Album is handled exlusively by Bob MacLeod Jr. ; Artisan Audio, Hollywood, California

Side 1

01 - Time And Love

Vocal Solos : Marilyn McCoo, Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

02 - Love's Lines, Angles And Rhymes

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

03 - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)?

Vocal Duet : Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - Guess Who

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

05 - Viva Tirado

Arranged by Gerald Wilson, Bob Alcivar & Bones Howe

Side 2

01 - Light Sings

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

02 - The Rainmaker

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Laughter : Ron Townson

Arranged by Bones Howe, Bob Alcivar & Gary Illingworth

03 - He's A Runner

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

04 - The Singer

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr. 

Arranged by Rene DeKnight, Gary Illingworth & Bones Howe

05 - Every Night

Vocal Duet : Billy Davis Jr. & Marilyn McCoo

Tenor Sax Solo : Tom Scott

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Jim Horn & Bones Howe

The 5th Dimension "Portrait" (1970) -Pop Soul-

Label : Bell Records

 Side 1

01 - Puppet Man (Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield)

02 - One Less Bell To Answer (Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

03 - Feelin' Alright? (Dave Mason)

04 - This Is Your Life (Jimmy Webb)

05 - A Love Like Ours (Lamonte McLemore & Bob Alcivar)

Side 2

01 - Save The Country (Laura Nyro)

02 - Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come People Gotta Be Free / Dimension 5ive (Julius Johnsen & Rene De Knight) / (Sam Cooke) / (Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati)

The 5th Dimension : Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue Gordon, Ron Townson, Marilyn McCoo Davis, Lamonte McLemore

Production & Sound by Bones Howe

Arranged by Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman & Bones Howe

Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar

Hal Blaine : Drums & Percussion

Joe Osborn : Bass

Larry Knechtel : Organ, Piano, Tack Piano

Jimmy Rowles : Piano

Gary Illingworth : RMI Electric Piano

Dennis Budimir : Rhythm Guitar

Tommy Tedesco : Rhythm Guitar

Mike Deasy : Electric Guitar

Mike Anthony : Electric Guitar

Fred Tackett : Finger-pickin' Guitar

Larry Bunker : Conga Drum, Percussion, Mallets

Gary Coleman : Percussion & Mallets

Engineered by Bones Howes in the new 16-Track facilities of Wally Heider Recording in Hollywood with the co-operation & assistance of Johnny Golden, Rik Pekkonen & Larry Cox

Mastering by Liberty Studios, Hollywood

Production Assistants : Jill Sheridan, Ann McClelland, Shelly Gordon

Side 1

01 - Puppet Man

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02 - One Less Bell To Answer

Vocal Solo : Marilyn McCoo Davis

03 - Feelin' Alright?

Vocal Solo : Billy Davis Jr.

Piano Solo : Larry Knechtel

04 - This Is Your Life

Vocal Solo : Florence LaRue Gordon

05 - A Love Like Ours

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Side 2

01 - Save The Country

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02 - Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come People Gotta Be Free / Dimension 5ive

Vocal Solos : Billy Davis Jr.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis "The Two Of Us" (1977) -Soul / Smooth Soul-

Label : ABC Records

 Side A

01 - Look What You've Done To My Heart (John Footman, Terri McFaddin & Frank Wilson)

02 - Wonderful (Homer Banks & Carl Hampton)

03 - My Reason To Be Is You (John Footman & J Wieder)

04 - My Very Special Darling (Art Posey & Josef Powell)

Side B

01 - Nightsong (Robert Alcivar)

02 - The Times (Art Posey & Josef Powell)

03 - The Two Of Us (Stephen O'Hara)

04 - In My Lifetime (Billy Davis Jr.)

05 - Hard Road Down (Greg Poree)

Musicians

Shondu Akiem : Percussion

Frederick Lewis : Percussion

Robert Alcivar : Keyboards

Reginald Burke : Keyboards

Josef Powell : Keyboards

John Footman : Keyboards

Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer

Mitch Holder : Guitar

Ray Parker Jr. : Guitar

Melvin Ragin : Guitar

James Jamerson : Bass

James Jamerson Jr. : Bass

Nathan Watts : Bass

Ollie Brown : Drums

James Gadson : Drums

Horn Section

Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

Oliver Mitchell : Trumpet

Fred Jackson Jr. : Woodwinds

Bill Green : Woodwinds

Ernie Watts : Woodwinds

John Hutson : Woodwinds

Robert Payne : Trombone

George Bohannon : Trombone

Rhythm Arranged by Bruce Miller & Frank Wilson

String Arrangements : Bruce Miller ("The Two Of Us", "In My Lifetime")

Horn Arrangements : Bruce Miller ("The Times")

String Arrangements : Charles Veal Jr. ("My Reason To Be Is You")

String & Horn Arrangements : Dave Van de Pitte ("My Very Special Darling", "Wonderful")

Saxophone Solo : Ernie Watts ("Wonderful")

Horn Arrangement : Dave Van de Pitte ("Hard Road Down")

Synthesizer Programmed & Performed by Michael Boddicker

Concert Master : Charles Veal Jr.

Strings & Vocals Arranged by Robert Alcivar ("Nightsong")

Recorded & Mixed at Crystal Sound Recording Studio

Recording Engineer : Kevin Beamish

Assistant Recording Engineer : Anne Bolling

Mixing Engineers : Kevin Beamish, Frank Wilson

Mastering Engineer : Jeff Sanders

Background vocals : Hodges, James & Smith, Art Posey & Josef Powell

Produced & Arranged by Frank E. Wilson

A Spect-O-Lite Production

Marilyn McCoo "Solid Gold" (1983) -Westcoast Soul / Pop Soul-

Label : RCA Victor

 Side A

01 - Solid Gold (Alan Gordon)
02 - Every Breath You Take (Gordon Sumner)
03 - Understand Your Man (Alan Gordon & Laura Creamer)
04 - Always On My Mind (Wayne Carson Thompson, Mark James & Johnny Christopher)
05 - One On One (Daryl Hall)

Side B

01 - Heart Stop Beating In Time (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb)
02 - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (Michael Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss)
03 - I Believe In You & Me (David Wolfert & Sandy Linzer)
04 - Just Like You (Jeff Pescetto)
05 - Medley: Let's Dance / The Safety Dance (David Bowie) / (Ivan)


Produced by David Wolfert for The Entertainment Company
Executive Producer : Charles Koppelman
Engineered & Mixed by John Arrias
Arranged & Conducted by David Wolfert
Vocal Arrangements : Alan Gordon ("Understand Your Man" & "Solid Gold")
Concertmaster : Endre Granat  
Musical Contractor : Franck DeCaro
Copying : Doug Dana
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Engineer : Steve Hirsh
Mixed at The Hit Factory, N.Y.C.
Assistant Engineer : Peter Millius

Musicians :
Duet with Billy Davis Jr. on "I Believe In You & Me"
Drums : John 'JR' Robinson & Carlos Vega ("Medley: Let's Dance / The Safety Dance", "Always On My Mind" & "I'll Tumble 4 Ya")
Bass : Neil Stubenhaus
Guitars : Thom Rotella, Dann Huff ("Heart Stop Beating In Time") & David Wolfert
Piano & Electric Piano : Jaï Winding & Steve Tuben ("Just Like You")
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Synthesizers & Fairlight CMI : Ed Walsh
Synthesisers : David "Hawk" Wolinski
Saxophones : Dave Boruff
Guitar Solos : Michael Landau
Background vocals by "Magic" Denise DeCaro, Myrna Matthews & Marti McCall