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Be Thankful for What You Got (William DeVaughn album)

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Released
  
1974

Length
  
42:04

Release date
  
1974

Genre
  
Soul music

Recorded
  
1974

Artist
  
William DeVaughn

Label
  
Roxbury Records

Studio
  
Sigma Sound Studios Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Producer
  
Frank Fiorvanti (exec.) John Davis

Be Thankful for What You Got (1974)
  
Figures Can't Calculate (1980)

Be Thankful for What You Got is a studio album issued in 1974 by the soul singer William DeVaughn. It includes the best selling song also titled Be Thankful for What You Got.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by William DeVaughn, except where noted.

Personnel

  • William DeVaughn - vocals, songwriting
  • John Davis - organ, piano, sax, flute, synthesizer
  • Jerry Cohen - clavinet, piano
  • Norman Harris -guitar
  • Pal Rakes - guitar
  • Bobby Eli - guitar
  • Hugh McDonald - bass
  • Rusty Jackman - bass
  • Al Price - drums
  • Earl Young - drums
  • Larry Washington - percussion
  • Vince Montana - vibraphone
  • Don Renaldo - strings, horns
  • Nadine Felder - background vocals
  • Gwen Oliver - background vocals
  • Carl Paroulo - engineering, mixing
  • Doug Fern - engineering
  • Joe Tarsia -engineering, mixing
  • Wes Farrell - art direction
  • Richard Germinaro - illustration
  • Big Cigar - album design

    • Potential confusion

    DeVaughn's second album, originally released as Figures Can't Calculate, also includes the track "Be Thankful for What You Got" (in a different version); this second album was later reissued on CD by Unidisc as Be Thankful for What You Got and by Hot Productions as Be Thankful for What You've Got.

    Songs

    1Give the Little Man a Great Big Hand5:35
    2We Are His Children5:14
    3Blood Is Thicker Than Water7:19

    References

    Be Thankful for What You Got (William DeVaughn album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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