It's Only Love (Rita Coolidge album)
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It's Only Love is a 1975 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...

 and was released on the A&M Records
A&M Records
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 label.

Side one

  1. "Born To Love Me" (Bob Morrison) — 3:38
  2. "I Wanted It All" (Jackie De Shannon, John Bettis) — 3:05
  3. "Keep The Candle Burning" (Bennie Gallagher, Graham Lyle
    Gallagher and Lyle
    Gallagher and Lyle was the Scottish pairing of singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.-Career:They joined forces in 1959, initially as members of the local Largs based band, The Bluefrets. They began writing original material for the band and also wrote "Mr Heartbreak's Here Instead"...

    ) — 3:12
  4. "Don't Let Love Pass You By" (Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton
    Eddie Hinton
    Eddie Hinton was an American songwriter and session musician best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers...

    ) — 3:38
  5. "It's Only Love" (Morrison) — 3:25

Side two

  1. "Star" (Donna Weiss) — 3:26
  2. "Late Again" (Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
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    ) — 4:10
  3. "My Rock and Roll Man" (Troy Seals
    Troy Seals
    Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...

    , Mentor Williams
    Mentor Williams
    Mentor Williams is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a middle-of-the-road playlist classic performed by Dobie Gray in 1973. He is the brother of famed songwriter Paul Williams.-Background:...

    , Eddie Setser) — 3:16
  4. "Mean To Me" (Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert) — 4:37
  5. "Am I Blue" (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) — 4:37

Personnel

  • Mike Utley
    Mike Utley
    Michael Utley is a former American football player. He is known for being paralyzed during an NFL game.-NFL career:...

    : keyboards
  • Jerry McGee, Dean Parks
    Dean Parks
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    , Fred Tackett
    Fred Tackett
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    : guitars
  • Lee Sklar: bass
  • Sammy Creason
    Sammy Creason
    Sammy Creason was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan among others....

    : drums
  • Bobbye Hall
    Bobbye Hall
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    : percussion
  • Al Perkins
    Al Perkins
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    , Jr.: pedal steel guitar
  • Booker T. Jones
    Booker T. Jones
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    : organ on "Star"

"Mean To Me" and "Am I Blue" performed by Barbara Carroll, piano; Chuck Domanico
Chuck Domanico
Charles Louis Domanico , better known as Chuck Domanico, was an American jazz bassist, playing both acoustic and electric bass on the West Coast jazz scene.Domanico was born in Chicago...

, bass; Colin Bailey, drums

Singers
Venetta Fields
Venetta Fields
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, Clyde King
Clyde King
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, Sherlie Matthews
Sherlie Matthews
Sherlie Matthews is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a backing vocalist for Pop, R&B and Rock groups from the mid 1960s to the present time.-Early life:...

, Brooks Hunniutt, Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
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, Petsye Powell, Rita Coolidge

Orchestral Arrangements: David Campbell
Horn Arrangements for "Keep The Candle Burning": Jim Horn
Jim Horn
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Recorded and Mixed at Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles
Recording Engineers: John Haeny and Kent Nebergall
Re-mix Engineer: Marty Lewis
Mastering by Doug Sax at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles
Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: Junie Osaki
Photography: Bob Jenkins
Artist Management: Bert Block Management
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