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Being with You (album)

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Released
  
February 17, 1981

Artist
  
Smokey Robinson

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Length
  
32:38

Release date
  
17 February 1981

Genre
  
Soul music

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Recorded
  
November, 1980 -January, 1981 at Studio Sound Recorders (North Hollywood, California)

Producer
  
George Tobin in association with Mike Piccirillo

Being with You (1981)
  
Yes It's You Lady (1982)

Similar
  
Warm Thoughts, Smokey's Family Robinson, Yes It's You Lady, Deep in My Soul, Essar

Being with You is a 1981 album by American singer Smokey Robinson. It is one of the few Smokey Robinson solo albums that have been released in the CD format. It features the million-selling, Gold-certified single title track "Being with You", which hit #1 on the Cash Box Top 100. It just missed the #1 Pop position in Billboard, peaking at #2, making it Robinson's highest-charting solo hit after leaving The Miracles. It was also #1 for five consecutive weeks on the R&B Chart and for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Smokey's first wife, fellow Miracles member Claudette Robinson, contributed background vocals to this album. This album has been Certified Gold by the RIAA. [1]. It eventually sold over 900,000 copies in the United States.

Smokey robinson and mary j blige being with you


Track listing

All tracks composed by Smokey Robinson; except where indicated

  1. "Being with You"
  2. "Food For Thought"
  3. "If You Wanna Make Love (Come 'Round Here)"
  4. "Who's Sad" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
  5. "Can't Fight Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo)
  6. "You Are Forever"
  7. "As You Do" (Peter Kingsbery)
  8. "I Hear The Children Singing" (Forest Hairston)

Personnel

  • Lead Vocals - Smokey Robinson (All tracks)
  • Art Direction - Johnny Lee
  • Artwork Design - Ginny Livingston
  • Backing Vocals - Claudette Robinson, Ivory Davis, Julia Waters Tillman, Maxine Waters Willard, Patricia Henley, Robert John, Smokey Robinson
  • Bass - Scott Edwards (tracks 1-6, 8), Robert "Pops" Popwell (7)
  • Drums - Ed Greene (tracks 1-6, 8), James Gadson (7), Scotty Harris (7)
  • Engineer - Howard Lee Wolen (tracks 1-6, 8), Michael Lizzio (7)
  • Keyboards - Bill Cuomo (tracks 1-6, 8), Mike Piccirillo (additional- 2), Ronnie Rancifer (7), Reginald "Sonny" Burke (7)
  • Mastering - John Lemay
  • Photography - Gary Heery
  • Producer - George Tobin (Tracks 1-6, 8)
  • Associate Producer - Mike Piccirillo for George Tobin Productions, Inc. (Tracks 1-6, 8)
  • Producer - Smokey Robinson and Michael Lizzio (Track 7)

    • Songs

    1Being With You4:01
    2Food For Thought4:09
    3If You Wanna Make Love3:30

    References

    Being with You (album) Wikipedia
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