The California Raisins "Sing The Hit Songs" (1987) -Rhythm & Blues / Pop Soul-

Label : Priority Records

 1

01 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong)
02 - Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
03 - Stand By Me (Ben E. King, Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber)
04 - You Can't Hurry Love* (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland)
05 - Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Burden & Elvis Presley)

2

01 - La Bamba* (Ritchie Valens)
02 - Respect (Otis Redding)
03 - When A Man Loves A Woman (Calvin Lewis & Andrew Wright)
04 - Sweet, Delicious & Marvelous (Ross Vannelli & Ed Grenga)
05 - Mony, Mony* (Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry & Tommy James)


Produced by Ross Vannelli
Arranged by Ed Grenga & Ross Vannelli
Lead Vocals by Buddy Miles
Except* by Ellis Hall

Backgrounds : Howard Smith, Leslie Smith & Howard McCrary

Musicians :
Ed Grenga : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Pat Kelley : Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Dave Marotta : Bass Guitar
David Stefanelli : Drums & Percussion
David Woodford : Saxophone & Additional Horn Arrangements on "Sweet, Delicious & Marvelous"
Recorded & Digitally Mixed at Studio 99

The California Raisins ‎"Meet The Raisins!" (1988) -Rhythm & Blues / Pop Soul-

Label : Atlantic Recording Corporation

 Side One

01 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours (Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway & Syreeta Wright)
02 - Shotgun (Autry Dewalt)
03 - Green Onions (Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg, Al Jackson & Booker T. Jones)
04 - Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Eddie Holland & Norman Whitfield)
05 - At The Hop (John Medora, Arthur Singer & David White)
06 - Get A Job (Richard Lewis, Earl Beal, R. Richards & William Horton)

Side Two

01 - Cool Jerk (Donald Storball)
02 - Tears On My Pillow (Al Lewis & Sylvester Bradford)
03 - Tutti Frutti (Richard Penniman, Dorothy La Bostrie & Joe Lubin)
04 - Papa Oom Mow Mow (John Harris, Turner Wilson Jr., Carl White & Al Frazier)
05 - Sh-Boom (James Edwards, James Keyes, Floyd McRae & Carl Feaster)
06 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield)


Produced by John Smith & Rick Waritz for BedRock Entertainment Group, Inc.
Associate Producer : Jeff Lorber
Executive Producers : Ahmet Ertegun, Doug Morris, Will Winton & Toby Emmerich
Mixed by Alan Meyerson
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering

"Meet The Raisins!" was produced in CLAYMATION by Will Vinton Productions, Inc.

Music From The CBS-TV Special "Meet The Raisins!"
Executive Producer : Will Vinton
Producer : David Altschul
Director : Barry Bruce
Story by : Barry Bruce, Mark Gustafson & Craig Bartlett
Screenplay by Arthur Sellers

Lead vocals :
Karreem : "Shotgun", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Cool Jerk", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" & "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
Jon Koonce : "Tutti Frutti" & "Sh-Boom"
Andy Stokes : "At The Hop"
Linda Hornbuckle : "Tears On My Pillow"
Michael Brummel : "Papa Oom Mow Mow"

Backing vocals :
The Bull Brothers (Dan Pettis, Dale Jones, Lon Jones, Michael Brummel, Jeff Woodcock & Craig Abrahamson)
Los Girls (Valerie Day, Linda Hornbuckle & Tracy Clay)
The Street Corner Singers (Anita Knauls, Steve Stevenson, Sunni Waters, Richard Chambers & Willie Sutton)

The Band :
John Smith : Guitars & Keyboards
Jeff Lorber : Keyboards
Brian David Willis : Drums
Steve Schaeffer : Drums on "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"
Valerie Day : Percussion
Tom Cheek : Tenor & Baritone Sax, Clarinet
Mark Davie : Tenor Sax
Jim Cheek : Trumpet
Lewis Livermore : Trumpet
Tom Hill : Trombone
Lajos Balog : Violin (Concertmaster)
Dolores D'Aigle Balog : Violin
Martha Warrington : Viola
India Jobelman : Cello

Recorded at Spectrum Studios, Falcon Studio (Portland, OR), JHL Studio, The Enterprise (Los Angeles)
Engineered by Mike Moore, Alan Meyerson, Jeff Lorber, Jeff Dennerline & Rick McMillan
Assistant : Joel Stoner