Tony Orlando "Livin' For The Music" (1980) -Soft Rock-

Label : Casablanca Record And Filmworks

 Side 1

01 - Bye Bye Love (Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant)
02 - Pullin' Together (Neil Sheppard & Richard Berg)
03 - Fire And Rain (James Taylor)
04 - Livin' For The Music (Lee Shapiro & Jim Zimmerman)

Side 2

01 - (The Voices Of) San Pedro's Children (Jim Peterik)
02 - When Keepin' Up Starts Gettin' You Down (Neil Sheppard & Richard Berg)
03 - California Woman On My Mind (Trade Martin)
04 - She Always Knew (Neil Sheppard & Richard Berg)
05 - Shower The People (James Taylor)


Produced by Hank Medress & Dave Appell for Medress & Appell Productions, Inc.
Mixed by Hank Medress, Dave Appell & Wayne Tarnowski
Engineer : Wayne Tarnowski
Assistant Engineer : Stewart Whitmore
Recorded at Sound Lad Studios, Hollywood
Additional Recording at Western 1, Hollywood
Mixed at Sound Lab Studios, Hollywood
Mastered at Masterdisc, New York

Musicians :
Keyboards : Jaï Winding & Reg Powell
Guitars : Thom Rotella, David Wolfert & Dean Parks
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Scott Edwards
Percussion : Lenny Castro
Guitar Solo on "Fire And Rain" : Thom Rotella
Tenor Sax Solo on "Pullin' Together" : Gary Herbig
All musicians, including Strings & Horns Contracted by Frank DeCaro

Arrangements :
All Songs Arranged by Dave Appell except :
"California Woman On My Mind", Horns by Tom Saviano
"Bye Bye Love", Rhythm / Horns : Reg Powell
Strings : Dave Appell
"Pullin' Together", Arranged by Dave Appell & Hank Medress

Vocal Backgrounds :
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters & Oren Waters
Background Singers on "(The Voices Of) San Pedro's Children" : Arnold McCuller, Jon Joyce & Sharon Redd
Young Voices : Denise Maynelli, Anna All, Stacey O'Brien, Gloria O'Brien, Donna DeLory, Jennifer Larsen & Betty Joyce

Tony Orlando & Dawn "To Be With You" (1976) -Pop Rock-

Label : Elektra Records

 Side One

01 - Cupid (Sam Cooke)

02 - To Be With You (Nick Jimenez & William Manuel Torres)

03 - Caress Me Pretty Music (Alan O'Day)

04 - Selfish One (Dave Appell & Sandy Linzer)

05 - Happy Man (Peter Cetera)

Side Two

01 - Midnight Love Affair (Estelle Levitt, Pierre Groscolas & Michel Jourdan)

02 - Talk To Me (J. Ian McLean)

03 - You're All I Need To Get By (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)

04 - (You're) Growin' On Me (Dave Appell & Sandy Linzer)

05 - When The Party's Over (Janis Ian)

Produced by Hank Medress & Dave Appell for Medress & Appell Productions, Inc.

Mixing : Hank Medress, Dave Appell & Billy Radice

Engineer : Billy Radice - Broadway Recording Studios, N.Y.C. ; Hit Factory, N.Y.C.

Vocal Engineer : Peter Granet - Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood

Mastering : Bob Ludwig - Sterling Sound

Contractor : New York Strings & Horns - Artie Kaplan

Copyist : Sam Casale

Side One

01 - Cupid

Introduction & Eding 'My Funny Valentine'

Rhythm Arranged by Dave Appell & Hank Medress

Strings & Horns Arranged by Dave Appell

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt, Richard Davis

Keyboards : Pat Rebillot, Leon Pendarvis

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Jeff Mironov

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : Mike Mainieri

Tenor Sax Solo : Buddy Savitt

New York Strings & Horns

02 - To Be With You

Arranged by Dave Appell

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Pat Rebillot, Leon Pendarvis

Guitar : Jeff Mironov

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : Mike Mainieri

Alto Sax Solo : Arnie Lawrence

New York Strings & Horns

03 - Caress Me Pretty Music

Arranged by Dave Appell

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Richard Davis

Keyboards : Pat Rebillot, Leon Pendarvis

Guitar : Jerry Friedman

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : Mike Mainieri

New York Horns

04 - Selfish One

Rhythm Arranged by Dave Appell

Strings & Horns Arranged by Warren Schatz

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Frank Owens

Guitars : Jerry Friedman

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

Tenor Sax Solo : George Young

Trumpet Solo : Marvin Stamm

New York Strings & Horns

05 - Happy Man

Arranged by Dave Appell

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Frank Owens, Pat Rebillot

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Jeff Mironov

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

Harp : Gene Bianco

Tenor Sax Solo : George Young

New York Strings & Horns

Side Two

01 - Midnight Love Affair

Rhythm Arranged by Dave Appell

Strings & Horns Arranged by Warren Schatz

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Warren Bernhardt, Jon Stroll

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Al Gorgoni

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

New York Strings & Horns

02 - Talk To Me

Rhythm Arranged by Dave Appell

Strings Arranged by Joe Renzetti

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Frank Owens

Guitars : Al Gorgoni, David Spinozza

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

Recorder : George Marge

New York Strings

03 - You're All I Need To Get By

Arranged by Dave Appell & Hank Medress

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Bob Babbitt

Keyboards : Frank Owens, Stan Schwartz

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Al Gorgoni

Pedal Steel Guitar : Eric Weissberg

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

Harp : Gene Bianco

Tenor Sax Solo : George Young

New York Strings & Horns

04 - (You're) Growin' On Me

Arranged by Dave Appell

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Tony Levin

Keyboards : Frank Owens, Stan Schwartz

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Bob Mann

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

New York Strings & Horns

05 - When The Party's Over

Arranged by Dave Appell & Hank Medress

Drums : Allan Schwartzberg

Bass : Don Payne

Keyboards : Frank Owens

Guitars : Jerry Friedman, Al Gorgoni

Conga : Carlos Martin

Vibes : George Devens

Mandolin : Eric Weissberg

Electric Violin : Robin Batteau

Soprano Sax Solo : George Young

New York Strings & Horns

Tony Orlando "I Got Rhythm" (1979) -Disco / Blue-Eyed Soul-

Label : Casablanca Record And FilmWorks

 Side 1

01 - Sweets For My Sweet (Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman)
02 - Medley
I Got Rhythm (George & Ira Gershwin)
Fascinating Rhythm (George & Ira Gershwin)
Moonlight (Jeff Kent, David Buskin, Hank Medress & Dave Appell)
03 - Bent On Keeping You (Denny Randell & Irwin Levine)

Side 2

01 - I Remember Yesterday (Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte)
02 - High Steppin' (Dave Appell, Fran Robins & Hank Medress)
03 - They're Playing Our Song (Carole Bayer Sager & Marvin Hamlisch)


Produced by Hank Medress & Dave Appell for Medress / Appell Productions, Inc
Engineer : Wayne Tarnowski
Assistant Engineer : Stewart Whitmore
Assitant Engineers at Caribou Ranch, Colorado : Gino Giogini, Greg Edwards
Recorded at Sound Labs, Hollywood, California ; Caribou Studios, Colorado & Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Mixed at Hit Factory, New York City, New York ; Sound Labs, Hollywood, California & Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, California
Mixed by Wayne Tarnowski, Hank Medress, Dave Appell

Musicians :
Keyboards : Jaï Winding, Jack Leslie
Guitars : David Wolfert, John Tropea, Thom Rotella, Carmen Caramanica
Drums : Ed Greene
Bass : Scott Edwards
Percussion : Bernardo Sippolito
L.A. Strings & Horns
Musical Contractor : Frank DeCaro

Arrangements :
"They're Playing Our Song" : Dave Appell
"I Got Rhythm" & "Fascinating Rhythm" : Dave Appell
"Moonlight" : Horns by Tom Saviano
"High Steppin'" : Dave Appell
"Bent On Keeping You" : Strings & Horns by Tom Saviano
"I Remember Yesterday" : Dave Appell
"Sweets For My Sweet" : Dave Appell, Hank Medress

Horn Solos on "Bent On Keeping You" - Trombone : Bill Watrous
On "Sweets For My Sweet" - Baritone Sax : David Luell

Background Vocalists, David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, Brenda Russell

Tony Orlando "Tony Orlando" (1978) -Blue-Eyed Soul-

Label : Elektra / Asylum Records

 Side One

01 - Don't Let Go (Jesse Stone)
02 - I Count The Tears (Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus)
03 - Save The Last Dance For Me (Mort Shuman & Doc Pomus)
04 - That Is Rock & Roll (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)
05 - You're So Fine (Lance Finney & Willie Schofield)

Side Two

01 - Let The Good Times Roll (Leonard Lee)
02 - A Lovers Question (Brook Benton & Jimmy Williams)
03 - Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke)
04 - Since I Met You Baby (Ivor Joe Hunter)
05 - Ya Ya (Clarence L. Lewis & Morris Levy)


Produced by Jerry Wexler & Barry Beckett
Engineered by Steve Mileton & Greg Hamm
Assistant Engineer : David Yates
Studio : Muscle Shoals Sound

Drums : Roger Hawkins
Bass : David Hood
Keyboards : Barry Beckett
Rhythm Guitar : Jimmy Johnson
Lead Guitar : Pete Carr
Horns : Muscle Shoals Horns on "You're So Fine", "That Is Rock & Roll", "Bring It On Home To Me", "Ya Ya" & "Let The Good Times Roll"
Horn Arrangements on Above Songs : Harrison Calloway
Percussion : Tom Roady - on Above Listed Songs
Tenor Sax Solos : Harvey Thompson
Baritone Sax Solo : Ronnie Eades
Strings & Horn Arrangements : Harold Wheeler for "Save The Last Dance For Me", "I Count The Tears" & "Don't Let Go"
Background vocals on Above Songs : Wanda McCullough, Lani Groves, Maretha Stewart
Additional Background vocals on "Save The Last Dance For Me", "I Count The Tears" & "A Lovers Question" : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters & Bobby Martin
Vocal Background Arrangement on "A Lovers Question" : Jerry Wheeler
Percussion for "Save The Last Dance For Me", "I Count The Tears" & "Don't Let Go" : Jimmy Maelen & Dave Carey
Alto Sax Obligato on "Since I Met You Baby" : George Young

Studio & Engineers for String, Horn, Vocal & Percussion sweetening on "Save The Last Dance For Me", "I Count The Tears", "You're So Fine", "Don't Let Go" & "Since I Met You Baby" : Media Sound, N.Y. ; Engineer : Alec Head, Assistants : Bill Stein & Michael Brauer
Duets on "Let The Good Times Roll" & "Bring It On Home To Me" : Etta James
Duets & Additional Vocal Backgrounds Recorded at Cherokee Studios, L.A.
Engineer : Joe Robb