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The Two of Us (Yarbrough and Peoples album)

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Released
  
1980

The Two of Us (1980)
  
Heartbeats (1983)

Release date
  
1980

Length
  
42:11

Artist
  
Yarbrough & Peoples

Label
  
Mercury Records

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Recorded
  
1980 at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

Producer
  
Lonnie Simmons Jonah Ellis Malvin Dino Vice

Genres
  
Funk, Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Boogie

Similar
  
Gap Band IV, Cicero Park, Thriller, Blacks and Blues, Pacific Fire

Yarbrough peoples don t stop the music 1980 vinyl full track lp the two of us


The Two of Us is the debut album by the R&B duo Yarbrough & Peoples, released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by LA based producer Lonnie Simmons, who would go on to form Total Experience Records the following year, and veteran songwriter Jonah Ellis.

Contents

Reception

The Two of Us contained the couple's biggest hit, "Don't Stop the Music", which went to #1 on the R&B charts, #26 on the dance charts, and #19 on the pop charts. The album peaked at #1 on the R&B Charts and #16 on the pop charts.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Stop the Music" 7:49 (Alisa Peoples, Lonnie Simmons, Jonah Ellis)
  2. "Crazy" 3:54 (Peoples, Calvin Yarbrough)
  3. "Third Degree" 4:54 (Ellis)
  4. "Easy Tonight" 3:38 (Ellis)
  5. "Want You Back Again" 4:15 (Vice, Yarbrough, Peoples)
  6. "Come to Me" 4:36 (Yarbrough, Peoples, Simmons)
  7. "You're My Song" 4:58 (Ellis, Simmons)
  8. "Two of Us" 4:15 (Yarbrough, Peoples)
  9. "I Believe I'm Falling in Love" 3:52 (Ellis)

Personnel

  • Cavin Yarbrough & Alisa Peoples - Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals
  • Robert "Goodie" Whitfield, Temple McKinney - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  • Dionne "Flea" Oliver, Michael McKinney - Bass
  • Victor "Widetrack" Hill - Bass, Backing Vocals
  • Michael Wycoff, Patrick Moten - Keyboards
  • J.P. "Sugarfoot" Moffett, Melvin Webb, Raymond Calhoun - Drums
  • Butch Bonner, Jimmy Macon, Wes Blackman, Jonah Ellis - Guitar
  • Loftin "Boots" Gray, Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
  • Benjamin Wright, Malvin "Dino" Vice - Horn & String Arrangements
  • Jim Gilstrap, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Pat Peterson - Backing Vocals

    • Production

  • Produced By Lonnie Simmons & Jonah Ellis for Total Experience Productions, except "Want You Back Again" & "Come To Me"; produced by Lonnie Simmons & Malvin "Dino" Vice
  • Horn and String Arrangements by Benjamin Wright and Malvin Dino Vice
  • Recording & Mix Engineers: Steve McMillan, Michael Evans & Jack Rouben, except "Crazy" & "Third Degree"; mixed by Rick Gianatos & Bob Stone
  • Remixes by Michael Evans & Steve McMillan
  • Mastered by Bob Carbone
  • All Songs Copyright Blackwell Publishing

    • Songs

    1Don't Stop The Music7:51
    2Crazy3:54
    3Third Degree4:54

    References

    The Two of Us (Yarbrough & Peoples album) Wikipedia
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