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The Player (First Choice album)

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Released
  
1974

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Philly Groove Records

Artist
  
First Choice

Producer
  
Norman Harris

Genre
  
Philadelphia soul

The Player (First Choice album) httpsimgdiscogscom8Xza7n4ELxExSWHdFciVxhGo

Recorded
  
Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Future Gold Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The Player (1974)
  
So Let Us Entertain You (1976)

Similar
  
Delusions, Armed and Extremely Dangerous, Breakaway, So Let Us Entertain You

First choice the player


The Player is the second studio album recorded by the American female vocal trio First Choice, released in 1974 on the Philly Groove label.

Contents

First choice the player


Chart history

The album features the title track, which peaked at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the Hot Soul Singles. Another single, "Guilty", had moderate success on the charts.

Personnel

  • Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, Herb Smith, Ronald L. Smith – guitars
  • Ronnie Baker, Barry Gibson – bass
  • Earl Young, Jerry Goldsmith – drums
  • Larry Washington – congas and bongos
  • Ron Kersey – piano and organ
  • Prime Cut – rhythm on "Guilty" and "All I Need Is Time"
  • Don Renaldo & the Sound of Philadelphia Strings (Albert Barone, Charles Apollonia, Angelo Petrella, Diane Barnett, Romeo Di Stefano, Rudy Malizia, Joe Donofrio, Christine Reeves) – strings
  • Davis Barnett, Angelo Petrella – violas
  • Romeo Di Stefano – cello
  • Rocco Bene, Robert Hartzell – horns and trumpets
  • Fred Linge, Richard Genovese, Edward Cascarella – bass trombones
  • Fred Joiner – tenor trombone
  • Leno Zachery – alto saxophone
  • Danny Williams – French horn

    • Charts

    Singles

    Songs

    1The Player3:53
    2Guilty3:38
    3You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth5:50

    References

    The Player (First Choice album) Wikipedia
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