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EVERYBODY'S DANCIN'（1978）
1. EVERYBODY'S DANCIN' - 8:02 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
2. DANCIN' SHOES - 3:54 (Charles Jay-Kool & The Gang)
3. BIG CHIEF FUNKUM - 4:50 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
4. I LIKE MUSIC - 3:37 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
5. YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY
- 3:36 (Robert Bell-Deborah Bell-Kool & The Gang)
6. AT THE PARTY - 3:30 (Ronald Bell-Kool & The Gang)
7. STAY AWHILE - 4:43 (George Brown-Cynthia Huggins-Kool & The Gang)
8. IT'S ALL YOU NEED - 3:13 (Charles Jay-Kool & The Gang)
9. PEACE TO THE UNIVERSE - 0:33 (Charles Jay-Kool & The Gang)
BONUS TRACKS
10. I LIKE MUSIC (Single Version)
11. IT'S ALL YOU NEED (Single Version)
12. EVERYBODY'S DANCIN' (Single Version)
All Selections BMI
Piblished by Delightful Music LTD. and Gang Music LTD.
PRODUCERS: Robert Bell, Dennis Thomas
Produced by K & G Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ronald Bell, Charles Jay, George Brown
RECORDED AT: Ridge Sound Studio, Philadelphia Pa.
MIXED AT: Media Sound N.Y. N.Y.
ENGINEERS: Harvey Goldberg, Terry Rosiello, Nils Salminen
Chuck O' Brrien & Ramona Janquitto
GROUP:
George Brown - Drums,Vocals, Percussion
Dennis Thomas (D.T.) - Alto Sax
Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan) - Tenor Sax, Piano, Vocals, Bass Percussion
Robert Bell (Muhammad Bayyan) - Bass, Vocal
Kevin Bell (Amir Bayyan) - Drums, Bass, Guitar, Clarinet, Vaocals, Percussion
Robert "Spike" Mickens - Trumpet
Charles Jay - Guitar, Bass
Claydes Smith - Percussion
Clifford Adams - Trombone, Vocals
Royal Jackson (Royal Bayyan) - Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Lassiter - Piano, Rhodes Piano, Vocals, Keyboards
FEMALE VOCALS
"SOMETHING SWEET"
Cynthia Huggins - Lead Vocals
Joan Motley
Diane Cameron
HORN ARRANGEMENTS
Ronald Bell (Khalis Bayyan) on "At The Party", "Everybody's Dancin'",
"I Like Music", "Big Cheif Funkum",
Charles Jay, Ronald Bell on "Dancin' Shoes"
Robert Bell, Ronald Bell on "You Deserve A Break Today"
Strings arranged and conducted by John E. Blake, Jr.
also Horn arrangements on "It's All You Need" and "Stay Awhile"
Featuring the "String Reunion"
Violins - Melenie Baker, Diane Barnett, Valerie Collymore, Gayle Dixon,
Carl Ecter, Patricia Gott, Melvin Roundtree, Booker Rowe
Violas - Renard Edwards, Sharon Ray
Cellos - Patricia (Arua) Dixon, Clarissa Howell
Trumpets - Rocco Bene, Evan Solot
Trombones - Steve Turre, Clifford Adams
French Horns - Gene Stanley, George Barnett
Alto Sax - Julian Presley on "You Deserve A Break Today", "Dancin' Shoes"
Reggie E. Sutton on "Big Cheif Funkum"
Trumpets - Micheal Ray, Lemur Harper on "You Deserve A Break Today"
Alto Flute - Leslie Burrs
Dennis Thomas - Percussion
Kevin Lassiter - Percussion
Robert "Kool" Bell - Percussion
Rick Askew - Percussion
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CREATOR
Adil Bayyan, Stone Michael, Rick Askew
Sam Alston (Road Manager), Dave Pastore (Equipment Designer)
Donal Boyce-Bobby Sims-Arnold Henry
and the Staff of De-Lite Records
Charls Jay appears through the coutesy of Royal Society Music
ART DIRECTION:
Horace Fernandez
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY:
Richard Aaron
Photographed at New York, New York Disco
Released on 1978, De-Lite DSR-9509
