The Smooth Album

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Lovely Day
producer:
Clarence McDonald and Bill Withers
bass guitar:
Jerry Knight (in 1977)
drums (drum set) and shakers:
Russell Kunkel (session drummer) (in 1977)
guitar:
Ray Parker (in 1977)
keyboard:
Clarence McDonald (in 1977)
percussion:
Ralph MacDonald (in 1977)
lead vocals:
Bill Withers (in 1977)
arranger:
Clarence McDonald
concertmaster:
Charles Veal (violinist, conductor and arranger) (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Ltd. (UK record company, subsidiary of CBS United Kingdom Ltd.) (in 1977), CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977) and Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 402)
recording of:
Lovely Day (in 1977)
writer:
Skip Scarborough and Bill Withers
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Golden Withers Music, Plaid Flowers Music, Sweet Cookie Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), 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)
Bill Withers4.5?:??
2Midnight Train to Georgia
recording of:
Midnight Train to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
Gladys Knight and The Pips?:??
3So Amazing
Luther Vandross?:??
4Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
Nina Simone?:??
5Lovin’ You
Minnie Riperton?:??
6If You Don’t Know Me by Now
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes?:??
7Me and Mrs Jones
Billy Paul?:??
8Summertime
Lou Rawls?:??
9Tenderly
Nat King Cole?:??
10I’ve Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?:??
11Midnight Blue
Kenny Burrell?:??
12The More I See You
Sarah Vaughan?:??
13Embraceable You
Chet Baker?:??
14I’m Old Fashioned
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1957-09-15)
producer:
Alfred Lion
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1957-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1957-09-15)
piano:
Kenny Drew (on 1957-09-15)
tenor saxophone:
John Coltrane (on 1957-09-15)
trombone:
Curtis Fuller (on 1957-09-15)
trumpet:
Lee Morgan (jazz trumpeter / composer) (on 1957-09-15)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1957-09-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
I’m Old Fashioned (from “You Were Never Lovelier”) (on 1957-09-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1942)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1942)
publisher:
T.B. Harms Co., The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
John Coltrane?:??
15Canteloop
Us3?:??
16Saxuality
Candy Dulfer?:??
17I Get Lifted
George McCrae?:??
18Keep On Movin’
Soul II Soul?:??