Instant Love
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Instant Love is an album by Cheryl Lynn
, released in 1982 on Columbia Records. Luther Vandross
produced the album and also performed a duet with Lynn on "If This World Were Mine", a cover of the original recording by Marvin Gaye
and Tammi Terrell
. The arrangements were by Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
and Nat Adderley, Jr.
Cheryl Lynn
Lynda Cheryl Smith , known better by her professional name Cheryl Lynn, is a female African-American disco, R&B and soul singer known best for her 1978 disco song, "Got to Be Real".-Early career:...
, released in 1982 on Columbia Records. Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
produced the album and also performed a duet with Lynn on "If This World Were Mine", a cover of the original recording by Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
and Tammi Terrell
Tammi Terrell
Thomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...
. The arrangements were by Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
and Nat Adderley, Jr.
Nat Adderley, Jr.
Nat Adderley, Jr. is an American pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist who spent much of his music career arranging for Luther Vandross. The scion of a famed jazz family, his father Nat Adderley was a composer and jazz cornet and trumpet player, while his uncle Cannonball Adderley ...
Track listing
- "Instant Love" - 5:12
- "Sleep Walkin'" - 6:27
- "Day After Day" - 4:36
- "Look Before You Leap" - 4:04
- "Say You'll Be Mine" - 5:07
- "I Just Wanna Be Your Fantasy" - 4:04
- "Believe in Me" - 3:24
- "If This World Were MineIf This World Were Mine"If This World Were Mine" is a 1967 song by soul music duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell from their album United. Written solely by Gaye, it was one of the few songs they recorded without Ashford & Simpson writing or producing...
" (with Luther VandrossLuther VandrossLuther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...
) - 5:27
Singles
"If This World Were Mine," a duet with Luther Vandross, and the album's title track were released as singles.- "Instant Love" #105
- "If This World Were Mine" # 101