Straight from the Heart (Peabo Bryson album)
Encyclopedia
Straight From The Heart is the tenth full-length album from R&B
/Soul
singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson
. It was released in 1984 on Elektra Records; his first of four discs for the label. It peaked at number 44 on the charts in the U.S., and featured 2 singles, his first top ten pop
hit "If Ever You're in My Arms Again
" (also number 6 R&B
and number 1 Adult contemporary music
) and the song "Slow Dancin," which made it to number 82 on the pop charts, while getting as high as number 35 on the R&B charts. Bryson himself co-produced the record, as well as writing five of the eight songs himself.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/Soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer-songwriter Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
. It was released in 1984 on Elektra Records; his first of four discs for the label. It peaked at number 44 on the charts in the U.S., and featured 2 singles, his first top ten pop
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
hit "If Ever You're in My Arms Again
If Ever You're in My Arms Again
"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 popular song recorded by the American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single became Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984...
" (also number 6 R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
and number 1 Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
) and the song "Slow Dancin," which made it to number 82 on the pop charts, while getting as high as number 35 on the R&B charts. Bryson himself co-produced the record, as well as writing five of the eight songs himself.
Track listing
- "Slow Dancin'" (Bryson) 3:55
- "If Ever You're in My Arms AgainIf Ever You're in My Arms Again"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 popular song recorded by the American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single became Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984...
" (Michael MasserMichael MasserMichael Masser , a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music...
, Cynthia WeilCynthia WeilCynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....
, Tom SnowTom Snow (songwriter)Thomas Righter Snow is an American songwriter.He wrote songs for Joe Cocker with , Selena , Olivia Newton-John , Melissa Manchester , The Pointer Sisters , Barbra Streisand, Rita Coolidge Thomas Righter Snow is an American songwriter.He wrote songs for Joe Cocker ("Even a Fool Would Let Go", "Love...
) 4:14 - "Straight From The Heart" (Bryson) 4:35
- "There's No Getting Over You (La Theme De Sharon)" (Bryson) 4:02
- "I Get Nervous" (Richard Feldman, Larry John McNally, Rick Kelly) 4:10
- "Learning The Ways of Love" (Gerry GoffinGerry GoffinGerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
, Masser) 3:12 - "Real Deal" (Bryson) 4:32
- "Love Means Forever" (Bryson) 4:21
Production
- Produced By Peabo Bryson, Richard Feldman, Rick Kelly & Michael Masser
- Assistant Producer: Dwight Watkins
- Engineers: Richard Feldman, Russ Fowler, Michael Mancini
- Mixing: Peabo Bryson, Russ Fowler, Dwight Watkins
Personnel
- Acoustic Drums: John "J.R" RobinsonJohn Robinson (drummer)John Robinson is an American drummer and session musician...
, Carlos Vega - Electronic Drums: Andre Robinson
- Percussion: Charles Bryson, Michael Fisher
- Bass: Louis JohnsonLouis JohnsonLouis or Lou Johnson may refer to:*Louis A. Johnson , second United States Secretary of Defense, from March 28, 1949 to September 19, 1950...
, Neil StubenhausNeil StubenhausNeil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
, Dwight Watkins - Keyboards, Synthesizers: Peabo Bryson, Rick Kelly, Randy Kerber, Mark Parrish, Tom Snow, Trammell Starks, Myra Walker, Dwight Watkins
- Guitars: Richard Feldman, John Hauser, Richard Horton, Paul Jackson, Jr.Paul Jackson, Jr.Paul Jackson, Jr. is a fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musician...
- Flute: James Gray Bowling, Ron Dover (also soprano and tenor saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
) - Flugelhorn: Dwight Watkins
- Arranged by Peabo Bryson, Michael Masser & Gene PageGene PageEugene Edgar "Gene" Page, Jr. was an influential conductor, composer, arranger and record producer most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s....
- Strings arranged by Lee HoldridgeLee HoldridgeLee Holdridge is a Haitian-born American television composer and orchestrator.-Biography:He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of a Puerto-Rican mother and an American father, the botanist an climatologist Leslie Holdridge...