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Success (The Weather Girls album)

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Released
  
January 22, 1983

Length
  
32:21

Artist
  
The Weather Girls

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
June-August, 1982

Backatcha (as The Two Tons)(1980)
  
Success(1983)

Release date
  
22 January 1983

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Success(1983)
  
Big Girls Don't Cry(1985)

Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Electronic dance music

Producers
  
Paul Jabara, Jerry Solomon

Disco albums
  
Paul Jabara & Friends, White Witch, Mary Wilson, The Devil in Me, Go West

The weather girls success album sleeve


Success is a 1983 studio album originally released by American singing duo The Weather Girls. The album includes the group's biggest hit, "It's Raining Men", which peaked at #1 on the U.S. Dance chart, #46 on the U.S. Pop chart, & #34 on the U.S. R&B chart.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Success" – 6:10 (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara)
  2. "Hungry For Love" – 4:57 (Paul Jabara)
  3. "Dear Santa (Bring Me A Man This Christmas)" – 6:29 (Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer)
  4. "Hope" – 4:05 (Bob Esty, Paul Jabara)
  5. "It's Raining Men" – 5:26 (Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer)
  6. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" – 5:14 (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Production

  • Produced By Paul Jabara & Jerry Solomon
  • Executive Producer: Charles Koppelman
  • Engineers: Jerr Solomon, Randy Tominaga
  • Assistant Engineers: John Davenport, Peter Hefter, Nicky Kalliongis
  • Mixing: Randy Tominaga
  • Mastering: Jose Rodriguez
  • Photography - Francesco Scavullo

    • Personnel

    The Weather Girls
  • Izora Armstead, Martha Wash - lead Vocals
    • Additional personnel
  • Chris Parker, Carlos Vega, Buddy Williams - drums
  • Neil Jason, Leland Sklar - bass
  • Ray Chew, Paul Delph, Bob Esty, Greg Mathieson, Leon Pendarvis, Paul Shaffer, Ed Walsh - keyboards, synthesizer, piano
  • Michael Landau, Jeff Mironov, David Spinozza, Georg Wadenius - guitar
  • Patti Austin, Peggi Blu, Carmine, Granito Brothers, Diva Gray, Lani Groves, Yvonne Lewis, Ullanda McCullough, Stephanie Spruill, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Deniece Williams, Zenobia - backing vocals
  • Vocals arranged by Paul Jabara
  • Rhythm arrangements: Ray Chew
  • Horns arranged by Ray Chew & Harold Wheeler
  • Strings arranged by Harold Wheeler

    • Songs

    1Success6:11
    2Hungry for Love4:58
    3Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)6:31

    References

    Success (The Weather Girls album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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