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In the Heart

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Released
  
November 21, 1983

Label
  
De-Lite

Length
  
34:55

In the Heart (1983)
  
Emergency (1984)

Genre
  
R&B, urban, post-disco, adult contemporary, rock

Producer
  
Jim Bonnefond, Ronald Bell, Kool & the Gang

In the Heart is the fifteenth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released on November 21, 1983. The album became a hit and brought a return to the Billboard charts for the band. The hit love song, "Joanna", soared to number two on the charts in the U.S. and UK, and hit number one on the U.S. R&B chart. "Straight Ahead" was a top twenty hit in the UK, while "Tonight" did the same in the U.S.

Personnel

  • Bass – Robert "Kool" Bell
  • Drums – George Brown
  • Guitar – Charles Smith
  • Tenor saxophone; OB-X synthesizer; backing vocals – Ronald "Khalis" Bell
  • Lead and backing vocals – James "J.T." Taylor
  • Trombone; backing vocals – Clifford Adams
  • Keyboards; alto saxophone; Memory Moog, Mini Moog, and OB-X synthesizers, backing vocals – Curtis "Fitz" Williams
  • Alto saxophone – Dennis "D.T." Thomas
  • Trumpet – Michael Ray, Robert "Spike" Mickens

    • References

    In the Heart Wikipedia
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