Old School, Volume 4

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1All Night Long
Invisible Man’s Band6:35
2Joystick
Dazz Band3:59
3Shame
recording of:
Shame
writer:
Reuben Cross and John H. Fitch, Jr.
publisher:
Dunbar Music, Inc. and Mills & Mills Music
Evelyn “Champagne” King3.56:34
4Brick House
producer:
James Anthony Carmichael
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1977)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 296)
recording of:
Brick House (original version)
lyricist:
William King (William Atwell King Jr. (member of Commodores)), Walter Orange and Lionel Richie
composer:
Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Lionel Richie and Milan Williams
publisher:
Brenda Richie Publishing, Cambrae Music, Daddy Married a Golddigger, Drop Five, Hanna Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., Libren Music, Old Fashion Publishing, Reservoir Media Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Commodores3.73:30
5Forget Me Nots
performer:
Patrice Rushen
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 86)
recording of:
Forget Me Nots
writer:
Terri McFaddin, Patrice Rushen and Freddie Washington (US session bassist)
publisher:
Baby Fingers Music, Freddie Dee Music, Global Musikverlag (Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG) and Yamina Music
Patrice Rushen3.654:39
6I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You
recording of:
I Want’a Do Something Freaky to You
lyricist and composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
publisher:
Jim-Edd Music
Leon Haywood3:47
7Make It Funky
producer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
lead vocals:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
partial recording of:
Make It Funky
lyricist and composer:
Charles Bobbitt and James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
James Brown33:16
8Sex-O-Matic
The Bar‐Kays5:21
9So Fine
Howard Johnson5:33
10Watching You
Slave3:16
11What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin’
producer:
Reggie Lucas and James Mtume (jazz/funk musician)
horn [Horns] arranger and strings arranger:
Wade Marcus
background vocals arranger:
Tawatha Agee
vocals arranger:
Reggie Lucas and James Mtume (jazz/funk musician)
recorded at:
Sigma Sound Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'
lyricist, writer and composer:
Reggie Lucas and James Mtume (jazz/funk musician)
publisher:
Famous Chappell (in 1989)
Stephanie Mills4:03
12Play That Funky Music
mixer:
Ken Hamann (engineer), Carl Maduri and Robert Parissi (Rob Parissi)
electric bass guitar and synthesizer:
Allen Wentz (Bass player for wild cherry)
electric guitar:
Bryan Bassett (guitarist for Wild Cherry, Molly Hatchet and Foghat) and Robert W. Parissi (Rob Parissi)
membranophone:
Ronald Beitle (drummer for Wild Cherry)
additional vocals:
Bryan Bassett (guitarist for Wild Cherry, Molly Hatchet and Foghat), Ronald Beitle (drummer for Wild Cherry) and Allen Wentz (Bass player for wild cherry)
lead vocals:
Robert W. Parissi (Rob Parissi)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1976, in 2002)
recording of:
Play That Funky Music (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Robert W. Parissi (Rob Parissi)
publisher:
Bema Music (publisher), RWP Music, Sweet City Records Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Wild Cherry45:00
13Word Up
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1986) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1986)
music videos:
Word Up! by Cameo (American soul-influenced funk group)
part of:
TV Cream: Real 100 Best Singles Ever (number: 70) and VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 81)
recording of:
Word Up!
writer:
Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
publisher:
All Seeing Eye Music, Better Days Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Cameo44:21
14Behind the Groove
recording of:
Behind the Groove
writer:
Richard James Rudolph (American composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer) and Teena Marie Brockhert
Teena Marie34:00

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Release group

part of:Old School (Thump Records) (number: 4) (order: 4)