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

Don Johnson "Let It Roll" (1989) -Pop Rock / AOR-

Label : Epic Records

 1

01 - Other People's Lives (Diane Warren)

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

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

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

05 - When You Only Loved Me (Jeff Daniels & Harold Allen)

2

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

02 - Lonely Too Long (Marty Robbins)

03 - Let It Roll (Don Johnson & Keith Diamond)

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

05 - Little One's Lullaby (Don Johnson & Keith Diamond)

Produced by Keith Diamond

Engineered by Acar Key

All Songs Arranged by Keith Diamond except for "A Better Place" & "What If It Takes All Night"

Strings Arranged by Leon Pendarvis

Strings & Horns Conducted by Leon Pendarvis

Strings : Jesse Levy, Frederick Zlotkin, Eugene Moya, Lewis Eley, Julian C. Barber, Harold Coletta, Alfred V. Brown, Jesse L. Levine, Harry Lookofsky, Charles Libove, Regis Iandiorio, Gerald Tarack, Max Ellen

Horns : George Young, Alex Foster, Joseph J. Sheply, Jeffrey Kievit

Contracting : Vicki Genfan, Doriane Elliott

Recorded at :

Right Track, Soundtrack Studios, Unique Recording, Skyline Studios - New York City

Lion Share, Cherokee Studios - Los Angeles

New River Studios - FT, Lauderdale

Audio Vision Recording Studio - Miami

Additional Engineering : Eddie Garcia, Bob Ross, Peter Robbins

Assistant Engineers : Debbie Cornish, George Karras, Laura Livingston, John McGlain

1

01 - Other People's Lives

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

02 - Tell It Like It Is

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

03 - Your Love Is Safe With Me

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

04 - A Better Place

Duet with Yuri

Drums : Terry Silverlight

Bass, Keyboards : Keith Diamond

Guitar : Paul Pesco

Fairlight : EBN

Background vocals : Don Johnson, Yuri

05 - When You Only Loved Me

Guitars : Jeff Daniels

Keyboards & Keyboard Solo : Keith Diamond

Cymbals : Acar Key

Horns Arranged by Leon Pendarvis

2

01 - Angel City

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

02 - Lonely Too Long

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

03 - Let It Roll

Drums : Terry Silverlight

Bass : Keith Diamond & Larry Russell

Guitars : Paul Pesco

Keyboards : Keith Diamond

Background vocals : Cindi Mizelle, Janice Dempsey, Laureen Kinhan, Louis Merlino

04 - What If It Takes All Night

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

05 - Little One's Lullaby

Guitars : Paul Pesco & Don Johnson

Keyboards : Keith Diamond

Don Johnson "Heart Beat" (1986) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Epic Records

 A

01 - Heartbeat (Eric Kaz & Wendy Waldman)

B

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

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Produced by Chas Sandford

A

01 - Heartbeat

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

B

01 - Can't Take Your Memory

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

Don Johnson "Heartache Away" (1986) -High Tech AOR-

Label : Epic Records

 A

01 - Heartache Away (Steve Cochran)

B

01 - Love Roulette (Don Johnson & Mark Leonard)

From the Album 'Heartbeat' (1986)

Produced by Chas Sandford

A

01 - Heartache Away

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

B

01 - Love Roulette

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford, Ron Wood, Dickey Betts
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Horns : Earl Gardner, Lenny Pickett
Guitar Solo : Stevie Ray Vaughan
Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Chas Sandford, Jamie Skylar

Harmony Vocal : Ron Wood

The Gregg Allman Band "I'm No Angel" (1987) -Southern Rock / AOR-

Label : Epic Records

 Side 1

01 - I'm No Angel (Tony Colton & Phil Palmer)

02 - Anything Goes (Gregg Allman)

03 - Evidence Of Love (Chris Farren & Steve Diamond)

04 - Yours For The Asking (Gregg Allman, Dan Toler & David Toler)

05 - Things That Might Have Been (Gregg Allman & Dan Toler)

Side 2

01 - Can't Keep Running (Michael Bolton & Martin Briley)

02 - Faces Without Names (Gregg Allman & Dan Toler)

03 - Lead Me On (Gregg Allman & Dan Toler)

04 - Don't Want You No More (Spencer Davis & Edward Hardin)

05 - It's Not My Cross To Bear (Gregg Allman)

The Gregg Allman Band is :

Gregg Allman : Hammond B-3 Organ, Acoustic Guitar & Lead vocals

Dan Toler : Guitars

David Toler : Drums

Tim Heding : Keyboards & Background vocals

Chaz Trippy : Percussion

Bruce Waibel : Bass Guitar & Background vocals

Produced & Engineered by Rodney Mills

Co-Engineer : Bud Snyder

Assistant Engineer : Lee Shapiro

Horn Arrangement on "Anything Goes" : Eric White

Horns on "Anything Goes" : The 4 MW Horns

Tenor Sax Solo on "Evidence Of Love" : Ed Calle

Co-Lead vocals on "Evidence Of Love" : Don Johnson

Recorded & Mixed at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida

Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig

Don Johnson "Heartbeat" (1986) -High Tech AOR / Pop Rock-

Label : Epic Records

 Side 1

01 - Heartbeat (Eric Kaz & Wendy Waldman)
02 - Voice On A Hotline (Kathy Wakefield & Bill LaBounty)
03 - The Last Sound Love Makes (Tony Sciuto, Sam Egorin & John Capek)
04 - Lost In Your Eyes (Tom Petty)
05 - Coco Don't (Peter Kaye & Nan O'Byrne)

Side 2

01 - Heartache Away (Steve Cochran)
02 - Love Roulette (Don Johnson & Mark Leonard)
03 - Star Tonight (Bob Seger)
04 - Gotta Get Away (Chas Sandford)
05 - Can't Take Your Memory (Don Johnson & Curly Smith)


Produced by Chas Sandford
Engineered by Gary McGachan
Second Engineer : Dave Axelbaum
Horn Arrangements by Lenny Pickett
Mixed by Gary McGachan & Chas Sandford
Digitally Recorded & Mixed at Criteria Recording Studios, North Miami, Florida
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen & Stuart Furusho at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California


Side 1

01 - Heartbeat

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

02 - Voice On A Hotline

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

03 - The Last Sound Love Makes

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

04 - Lost In Your Eyes

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

05 - Coco Don't

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

Side 2

01 - Heartache Away

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

02 - Love Roulette

Lead vocal : Don Johnson
Guitars : Chas Sandford, Ron Wood, Dickey Betts
Bass : Mark Leonard
Drums : Curly Smith
Horns : Earl Gardner, Lenny Pickett
Guitar Solo : Stevie Ray Vaughan
Background vocals : Bill Champlin, Tamara Champlin, Chas Sandford, Jamie Skylar

Harmony Vocal : Ron Wood

03 - Star Tonight

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

04 - Gotta Get Away

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

05 - Can't Take Your Memory

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