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Released
  
June 1976

Length
  
33:22

Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976)
  
Disco Bill (1977)

Release date
  
June 1976

Genre
  
Comedy

Recorded
  
1976

Label
  
Capitol/EMI Records

Artist
  
Bill Cosby

Producer
  
Stu Gardner

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Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) is a musical comedy album by Bill Cosby.

Contents

Background

For nine years, Cosby released at least an album a year since 1964. After a three-year hiatus, this was his first comedy album since 1973's Fat Albert, and he wouldn't return to a full-fledged stand-up album again until My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?

This is also his first album on Capitol Records. In this, his sixth musical album release (counting the 1971 instrumental jazz/funk album Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band and its 1972 sequel; otherwise it is the fourth under his own name), he parodies various rhythm and blues artists including James Brown and Barry White. The songs were written with producer/keyboardist Stu Gardner.

The first single, "Yes, Yes, Yes", became one of Cosby's biggest charted hits after "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)", reaching number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 on the Billboard rhythm and blues singles chart. The song spoofed Barry White's deep-voiced spoken word monologues. "Ben" was sampled by Jurassic 5 on their 2002 song "After School Special".

Track listing

  1. "Yes, Yes, Yes" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:21
  2. "Chick on The Side" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:20
  3. "Shift Down" – (Cosby/Gardner/Lansbury) – 4:07
  4. "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 6:00
  5. "Do It to Me" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:22
  6. "Ben" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:22
  7. "You're Driving Me Crazy" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:59
  8. "Garbage Truck Lady" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 2:38
  9. "Luv Is" – (Cosby/Gardner) – 3:13
  10. "What to do with life" - (Cosby/Gardner) - 2:58

Personnel

  • Ollie E. Brown, Nate Neblett – Drums
  • Bill Cosby – Vocals
  • Tony Drake – Guitar
  • Larry Farrow – Keyboards
  • Stu Gardner – Piano
  • Al Hall, Jr. – Trombone
  • Fred Jackson, Jr. – Saxophone
  • Melvin Moore – Trumpet
  • Nate Neblett – Drums
  • Ray Parker, Jr. – Bass, Guitar
  • Doug Richardson – Flute, Saxophone
  • David Sheilds – Bass
  • Wah Wah Watson – Guitar
  • Songs

    1Yes - Yes - Yes3:21
    2Chick on the Side3:20
    3Shift Down4:07

    References

    Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days Wikipedia