Let Me Be Good to You is a 1979 album by American

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 R&B singer Lou Rawls

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, released on the Philadelphia International Records

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 label. Production credits are split between Gamble & Huff, Thom Bell

Thom Bell

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, Dexter Wansel

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Dexter Gilman Wansel is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. Wansel led the musical group, Yellow Sunshine...

 and Jack Faith. Although full performance credits are not given on the album, it is known that new PIR signings The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls

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 contributed to backing vocals. The album's lead single "Let Me Be Good to You" made #11 on the R&B chart

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, while the album itself peaked at #13 R&B

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 and #49 pop

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.

Track listing

1. "Time Will Take Care of Everything" (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) – 4:36
2. "What's the Matter with the World?" (Gamble, Huff) – 5:55
3. "Tomorrow
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   " (Martin Charnin
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   , Charles Strouse
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   Charles Strouse is an American composer and lyricist.-Life and career:Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel Strouse...
   
   ) – 3:59
4. "We Keep Getting Closer to Being Farther Apart" (Lillian Lewis, Jack Perricone) – 4:11
5. "Bark, Bite (Fight All Night)" (Thom Bell
   Thom Bell
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   , LeRoy Bell
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   , Casey James
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   , Jack Robinson) – 4:28
6. "Let Me Be Good to You" (Gamble, Huff) – 5:26
7. "Lover's Holiday" (Dexter Wansel
   Dexter Wansel
   Dexter Gilman Wansel is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. Wansel led the musical group, Yellow Sunshine...
   
   , Cynthia Biggs) – 5:20
8. "Sweet Tender Nights" (Leroy Bell, James) – 3:39

Singles

• "Let Me Be Good to You" (US R&B
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  #11)
• "What's the Matter with the World" (did not chart)