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Paul Jabara and Friends

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Released
  
1983

Length
  
34:15

Release date
  
1983

Label
  
Sony Music

Recorded
  
1983

Artist
  
Paul Jabara

Producer
  
Paul Jabara

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Genres
  
Disco, Soul music, Pop music

Similar
  
Paul Jabara albums, Soul music albums

Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls, written and produced by Jabara in late 1982. The album was reissued on March 13, 1993

Contents

Paul Jabara & Friends was released in 1983 on the CBS Records label, with guest vocalists including The Weather Girls and Leata Galloway. It also features vocals of a 16-year-old relatively unknown R&B singer named Whitney Houston, though the album was released when she was 19 years old.

The tracks "It's Raining Men" and "Hope" were both included on the Weather Girls' 1983 debut album Success and the album also featured a song co-written by Diana Ross and Paul Jabara ("Ladies Hot Line").

Track listing

Side one

1."Bad Habits" - 3:15 2."Ladies Hot Line" - 4:40 3."Hurricane Joe" [featuring Leata Galloway] - 4:58 4."It's Raining Men" [featuring The Weather Girls] - 5:27

Side two

1."Eternal Love" [featuring Whitney Houston] - 6:29 2."What's Become of Love" [featuring Leata Galloway] - 4:10 3."Hope" [featuring The Weather Girls] - 5:16

Credits

  • Drums - Buddy Williams (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7), Carlos Vega (track 4), Keith Forsey (track 3)
  • Bass [Fender] - Marcus Miller (tracks 1, 2, 6)
  • Bass - Lee Sklar (track 4), Les Hurdle (track 3), Neil Jason (tracks 5, 7)
  • Keyboards - Bob Esty (track 4), Greg Mathieson (track 3), Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Paul Shaffer (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7)
  • Guitar - David Spinozza, George Waldenius (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7), Marty Walsh (track 3), Michael Landau (track 4)
  • Synthesizer - Bob Esty, Paul Delph (track 4), Paul Shaffer (tracks 3, 5, 7)
  • Mastered by - Jack Alderman, Ray Janos
  • Mixed by - Jerry Soloman
  • Executive producer - Charles Koppelman
  • Produced - Jerry Soloman, Paul Jabara
  • Recorded by - Jerry Soloman
  • References

    Paul Jabara & Friends Wikipedia