A Letter to Myself

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Released March 1973 A Letter to Myself (1973) Chi-Lites (1973) Release date March 1973 Label Brunswick Records		Length 46:23 Artist The Chi-Lites Producer Eugene Record

Genres Soul music, Rhythm and blues The Chi-Lites albums A Lonely Man, (For God's Sake) Give More Po, Give It Away, I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like, Greatest Hits

Write a letter to myself the chi lites

A Letter to Myself is the fifth studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1973 on the Brunswick label.

History

The first single released from the album was "We Need Order" and the song peaked at #13 on the R&B chart and #61 on Billboard Hot 100. The title track was released as the second single and peaked at #3 on the R&B chart and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was the third of four consecutive Chi-Lites albums to make the R&B top 5 (reaching #4), but has only a moderate critical reputation, with none of the tracks being considered as strong as the highlights on (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People or A Lonely Man.

Personnel

Eugene Record, Marshall Thompson, Robert "Squirrel" Lester, Creadel "Red" Jones – vocals

Thomas (Tom Tom) Washington – piano

Arthur Hoyle, Raymond Orr, Murray Watson – trumpets

Murray Watson, Raymond Orr – flugelhorn

Cliff Davis – baritone saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone

Gene Barge – alto saxophone

Frank Robinson – tenor saxophone, flute

William A. Adkins – tenor saxophone, piccolo

Morris Ellis – trombone, bass trombone

Ethel Merker, Julia M. Studebaker – French horn

Bobby Christian, Floyd Morris – marimba, tympani, orchestra bells

Floyd Morris – cello

Sol Bobrov, Elliot Golab, Edward Green, Gerasim Warutian, Frank Borgognone, Roger Moulton, Johnny Frigo – violins

Carl Fruh, Roger Malitz, Emil Mittermann – viola

Eugene Record – electric bass, organ, electric guitar

William Robinson – electric bass

Rufus Reid – upright bass

Cy Touff – harmonica

Danny Reid – electric guitar

Ron Steele – acoustic guitar

Quinton Joseph – drums

Production

Eugene Record – producer

Thomas (Tom Tom) Washington – arranger, conductor, associate producer

Bruce Swedien – audio engineer, associate producer

Quinton Joseph – associate producer, director

Willie Henderson – director

William Sanders – arranger

Charts

Singles

Songs

1A Letter to Myself5:38
2Too Late to Turn Back Now4:34
3Just Two Teenage Kids6:06

References

A Letter to Myself Wikipedia

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