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Keni Burke (album)

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Released
  
16 August 1977

Length
  
34:49

Producer
  
Keni Burke

Genre
  
Soul

Label
  
Dark Horse

Recorded
  
1977 at Sound Factory West, Los Angeles, CA; Total Experience Studios, Los Angeles, CA

Keni Burke is the debut solo album by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. Released in 1977, on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label. "Shuffle" and "Day", were released as singles in the US, with "From Me to You" and "Keep On Singing" as B-sides, respectively. The sleeve states: "Special thanks to George Harrison and Dennis Morgan for making this album possible."

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Keep on Singing" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke) – 4:40
  2. "You Are All Mine" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke)– 3:02
  3. "Day" (Keni Burke) – 2:48
  4. "It's the Last Time" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke)– 4:06
  5. "Shuffle" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke) – 3:39
Side two
  1. "Give All You Can Give" (Keni Burke, Ronnie Vann) – 4:00
  2. "Tell Me That You Love Me" (Keni Burke, Ronnie Vann) – 4:03
  3. "Something New (Like a Sweet Melody)" (Keni Burke, Ronnie Vann) – 4:23
  4. "From Me to You" (Keni Burke) – 4:08

Personnel

  • Keni Burke - vocals, bass, Fender Rhodes, guitar, Mini Moog, backing vocals
  • Johnny McGhee, John McLain - guitar
  • Ronnie Vann - rhythm guitar
  • Don Farrell, Jim Studer, Dean Gant, Sonny Burke - keyboards
  • Alvin Taylor, Teddy Sparks - drums
  • Mayuto Correa, James "Alibe" Sledge, Babatunde Olatunji - percussion
  • Ernest J. Watts, George R. Bohanon, Oscar Brashear - horns
  • Dan Askey Burke, Ivory Stone, Ricky Williams - backing vocals
  • Strings and horns arranged by Keni Burke and Gil Askey

    • References

    Keni Burke (album) Wikipedia
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