Yes We Can Can: The Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings

~ Release by The Pointer Sisters (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Yes We Can Can
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
cover recording of:
Yes We Can Can
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
6:03
2Wang Dang Doodle
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
cover recording of:
Wang Dang Doodle
lyricist:
Willie Dixon (in 1960-06)
composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Hoochie Coochie Music
3:57
3Fairytale
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
edit of:
Fairytale by The Pointer Sisters
recording of:
Fairytale
writer:
Anita Pointer and Bonnie Pointer
publisher:
Polo Grounds Music and Sony/ATV Melody
3:03
4Going Down Slowly
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
lead vocals:
Ruth Pointer
cover recording of:
Goin’ Down
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
7:53
5How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
lead vocals:
Anita Pointer
recording of:
How Long (Betcha’ Got a Chick on the Side)
writer:
Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer and David Rubinson
7:23
6You Gotta Believe
producer:
Norman Whitfield
recording of:
You Gotta Believe
lyricist and composer:
Norman Whitfield
2:52
7Cloudburst
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
cover recording of:
Cloudburst
lyricist:
Jon Hendricks
composer:
Jimmy Harris and Leroy Kirkland
publisher:
Eastwick Music Co., Hendricks Music Inc. and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
3:11
8Jada
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
recording of:
Jada
writer:
Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter), Bruce Good (of The Good Brothers), Anita Pointer, June Pointer and Ruth Pointer
publisher:
Polo Grounds Music, Sony/ATV Melody and When Words Collide Music
4:41
9Black Coffee
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
cover recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
6:08
10Steam Heat
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
medley including a recording of:
Bangin’ on the Pipes
lyricist:
Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter)
composer:
Bruce Good (of The Good Brothers)
cover recording of:
Steam Heat
lyricist:
Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
J & J Ross Co. and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd.
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
medley including a cover recording of:
Steam Heat
lyricist:
Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
J & J Ross Co. and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd.
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
5:41
11Salt Peanuts
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
recording of:
Salt Peanuts (Pointer Sisters version, with lyrics)
lyricist:
Jeffrey Cohen (70s/80s US funk/soul producer/songwriter) and Bruce Good (of The Good Brothers)
composer:
Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie
adaptation of:
Salt Peanuts
5:11
12Having a Party
additional engineer:
Tim Kramer (engineer)
engineer:
Fred Catero and David Rubinson
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
conductor:
Sonny Burke (soul/jazz/funk keyboardist)
orchestrator:
Sonny Burke (soul/jazz/funk keyboardist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Thumb Records, Inc.
cover recording of:
Having a Party
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
4:35
13Love in Them There Hills
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
cover recording of:
Love in Them There Hills
writer:
Roland Chambers, Kenneth Gamble (songwriter for Philadelphia International) and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Mijac Double Diamond Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
8:32
14Don’t It Drive You Crazy
additional engineer:
Tim Kramer (engineer)
engineer:
Fred Catero and David Rubinson
producer:
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
conductor:
Sonny Burke (soul/jazz/funk keyboardist)
orchestrator:
Sonny Burke (soul/jazz/funk keyboardist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blue Thumb Records, Inc.
recording of:
Don’t It Drive You Crazy
writer:
Theodore H.A. Ashford
publisher:
Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing
6:18