The Right Stuff is the debut album of Vanessa L. Williams

Vanessa L. Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...

 released in 1988. The albums and its singles were well received by both the Urban and Pop markets. Includes the hit singles, "The Right Stuff", "(He's Got) The Look", "Dreamin'" and "Darlin' I." The album eventually went Gold for sales over 500,000 and earned her three Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 nominations.

Track listings

1. "The Right Stuff
   The Right Stuff (Vanessa L. Williams song)
   The Right Stuff is the title track and first single from Vanessa L. Williams' 1988 debut album. The crossover single was very successful and became a top five hit on the soul singles chart, as well as making the Hot 100...
   
   " (Kipper Jones, Rex Salas
   Rex Salas
   Rex Salas is a Grammy and Emmy Award nominated American record producer, songwriter, musical director, and music arranger...
   
   ) 4:18
2. "Be a Man" (Jones, Larry Robinson, Patrice Rushen
   Patrice Rushen
   Patrice Rushen is a Grammy Award-winning African American R&B and jazz vocalist, composer and pianist.-Biography:...
   
   ) 4:57
3. "Dreamin'
   Dreamin' (Vanessa Williams song)
   "Dreamin" is a song written by Lisa Montgomery and Geneva Paschal and originally performed by the family group Guinn in 1986.In 1987, Vanessa Williams recorded the song and released it as a single from her debut album, The Right Stuff...
   
   " (Lisa Montegomery, Geneva Paschal) 5:25
4. "If You Really Love Him" (Chuckii Booker, Salas) 5:24
5. "(He's Got) The Look
   (He's Got) The Look
   " The Look" is the second single from Vanessa L. Williams' 1988 debut album. The single peaked at #10 on Billboards Hot Black Singles chart and #49 on Billboards Hot Dance Club\Maxi Singles chart....
   
   " (Wesley Thomas Jr., Adil Bayyan, Amir-Salaam Bayyan) 4:11
6. "I'll Be the One" (Johnny Elkins, Mike Greene) 4:05
7. "Security" (Jones, Salas) 4:38
8. "Darlin' I
   Darlin' I
   Darlin' I is a song written by Kenny Harris and Salas. In 1987, Vanessa Williams recorded the song and released it as a single from her debut album, The Right Stuff.-Music video:...
   
   " (Kenny Harris, Salas) 4:07
9. "Am I Too Much?" (David Paul Bryant, Darryl Ross) 4:08
10. "Can This Be Real?" (Dan Serafini) 5:15
11. "Whatever Happens" (Larry Carlton
    Larry Carlton
    Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
    
    , Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
    
    ) 3:26

Production

• Produced By Amir-Salaam Bayyan, David Paul Bryant, Lewis A. Martinee, Donald Robinson, Larry Robinson, Darryl Ross, Rex Salas
  Rex Salas
  Rex Salas is a Grammy and Emmy Award nominated American record producer, songwriter, musical director, and music arranger...
  
  
• Engineers: Mike Bona, David Bianco, Gerry Brown, Craig Burbridge, Peter Dlugokencky, Michael Frenke, Lewis A. Martinee, Allen Scott Plotkin, Paul Scott, Steve Shepherd, Mike Tarsia, Steve Van Arden, Erik Zobler, Jared Held
• Assistant Engineers: Sabrina Burchanek, Cliff Jones, Bob Loftus, Gill Morales, Adam Silverman, Dennis Stefani, John VanNest
• Mixing: Rick Alonso, David Bianco, Lewis A. Martinee, Donald Robinson, Mike Tarsia, Erik Zobler, Jared Held
• Remixing: Rod Hui
• Mix Assistant: Steve Holroyd
• Editing & Post-Production: Ed Feckstine, Eric "Vietnam
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  " Sadler, Christopher Shaw, Hank Shocklee, Bill Stephney

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions										Album
		U.S. 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...	U.S. 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,...	U.S. Dance Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	U.S. AC	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	JPN Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...	CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	NET Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
1988	"The Right Stuff"	44	4	1	—	71	—	—	—	—	—	The Right Stuff The Right Stuff (album) The Right Stuff is the debut album of Vanessa L. Williams released in 1988. The albums and its singles were well received by both the Urban and Pop markets...
	"(He's Got) The Look (He's Got) The Look " The Look" is the second single from Vanessa L. Williams' 1988 debut album. The single peaked at #10 on Billboards Hot Black Singles chart and #49 on Billboards Hot Dance Club\Maxi Singles chart.... "	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	"Dreamin' Dreamin' (Vanessa Williams song) "Dreamin" is a song written by Lisa Montgomery and Geneva Paschal and originally performed by the family group Guinn in 1986.In 1987, Vanessa Williams recorded the song and released it as a single from her debut album, The Right Stuff... "	8	1	—	2	74	—	—	—	28	—
	"The Right Stuff" (re-mix)	—	—	—	—	62	—	—	—	—	—
	"Darlin' I"	88	10	—	10	—	—	—	—	—	—