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Released
  
October 29, 1976

Length
  
45:08

Release date
  
29 October 1976

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

Recorded
  
1972–1976

Artist
  
The Doobie Brothers

Producer
  
Ted Templeman

Genres
  
Rock music, Pop music

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Best of the Doobies(1976)
  
Livin' on the Fault Line(1977)

Similar
  
The Doobie Brothers albums, Rock music albums

Best of The Doobies is the first greatest hits album by The Doobie Brothers. The album has material from Toulouse Street through Takin' It to the Streets, and is also a diamond record. The album was first released by Warner Bros. Records in November 1976 and has been re-released numerous times.

Contents

Track listing

Side One

  1. "China Grove" (Tom Johnston) – 3:14
  2. "Long Train Runnin'" (Johnston) – 3:23
  3. "Takin' It to the Streets" (Michael McDonald) – 3:36
  4. "Listen to the Music" (Johnston) – 3:49
  5. "Black Water" (Patrick Simmons) – 4:14
  6. "Rockin' Down the Highway" (Johnston) – 3:19

Side Two

  1. "Jesus Is Just Alright" (Arthur Reid Reynolds) – 4:30
  2. "It Keeps You Runnin'" (McDonald) – 4:20
  3. "South City Midnight Lady" (Simmons) – 5:27
  4. "Take Me in Your Arms" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 3:39
  5. "Without You" (John Hartman, Michael Hossack, Johnston, Tiran Porter, Simmons) – 4:58

Personnel

Per

  • Tom Johnston – vocals/guitar on all except "Takin' It to the Streets" and "It Keeps You Runnin'", harmonica on "Long Train Runnin'"
  • Michael McDonald – vocals and keyboards on "Takin' It to the Streets" and "It Keeps You Runnin'"
  • Patrick Simmons – guitar and vocals on "Black Water" and "South City Midnight Lady", "Jesus Is Just Alright"
  • Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, steel guitar, slide guitar
  • Tiran Porter – bass guitar, vocals
  • Michael Hossack – drums
  • John Hartman - drums
  • Keith Knudsen - drums on "Take Me In Your Arms"

    • Charts

    In 1977 Best of the Doobies made #5 on the Billboard 200.

    Songs

    1China Grove3:16
    2Long Train Runnin'3:28
    3Takin' It to the Streets3:41

    References

    Best of The Doobies Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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