Billboard Hot R&B Hits: 1980

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Shining Star
edit of:
Shining Star by The Manhattans (New Jersey vocal group, notable for “Kiss and Say Goodbye”)
recording of:
Shining Star
writer:
Leo Graham Jr. (producer / composer / lyricist) and Paul Richmond (producer - songwriter - bassist)
Manhattans3:50
2One in a Million You
recording of:
One in a Million You
lyricist and composer:
Sam Dees
Larry Graham4:13
3Don’t Say Goodnight (It’s Time for Love), Parts 1 & 2
recording of:
Don’t Say Goodnight (It’s Time for Love)
writer:
Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley and Chris Jasper
publisher:
Bovina Music Inc. and EMI April Music Inc.
The Isley Brothers5:49
4Special Lady
recording of:
Special Lady
composer:
Al Goodman (US 70s R&B singer/producer), Harry Ray and Lee Walter
publisher:
Dark Cloud Music Inc., H.A.B. Publ. Inc. and Just Us Four Music Company
Ray, Goodman & Brown3:43
5Backstrokin’
edit of:
Backstrokin' by Fatback Band (previously Fatback Band)
Fatback3:46
6Love T.K.O.
cover recording of:
Love T.K.O.
writer:
Eddie Gip Noble, Jr., Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Teddy Pendergrass5:00
7Landlord
recording of:
Landlord
writer:
Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:46
8Don’t Push It Don’t Force It
recording of:
Don't Push It, Don't Force It (Leon Haywood song)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Haywood (funk and soul singer, songwriter, record producer)
publisher:
Jim-Edd Music
Leon Haywood53:32
9Peanut Butter
performer:
Lenny White
Twennynine featuring Lenny White3:38
10Funkin’ For Jamaica
additional recording engineer, assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer:
Ollie Cotton
recording engineer and mixer:
Larry Rosen
synthesizer [Prophet polyphonic synthesizer] programming:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
engineer:
Richard Feldman
producer:
Dave Grusin (American pianist and score composer) and Larry Rosen
bass guitar [bass]:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Williams (drummer)
electric piano and synthesizer [Prophet polyphonic synthesizer]:
Bernard Wright
guitar:
Bobby Broom
handclaps:
Alvin Flythe, Jr., Mike Flythe, Bob Franceschini (Jazz saxophonist), Omar Hakim, Martha Rojas, Kevin Osborne (trombonist/backing vocalist) and Toni Smith
percussion:
Crusher Bennett
piano [acoustic piano]:
Dave Grusin (American pianist and score composer)
trumpet:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
other vocals [rappers]:
Alvin Flythe, Jr., Mike Flythe and Kevin Osborne (trombonist/backing vocalist)
vocals:
Toni Smith
arranger:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista/GRP Records, Inc. (in 1980)
produced for:
Grusin/Rosen Productions (production company underpinning the GRP record label)
recorded at and mixed at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Funkin’ for Jamaica (N.Y.)
lyricist:
Toni Smith
composer:
Tom Browne (US jazz trumpeter)
publisher:
Roaring Fork Music, Sony/ATV Melody, Thomas Browne Publishing, Inc. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Tom Browne44:41

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part of:Billboard Hot R&B Hits (number: 1980) (order: 1)
Wikidata:Q4911662 [info]