''All by Myself'' is the debut album by American singer–songwriter

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. Released on June 1, 1987 by

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, the album features the hit singles "Show Me the Way", "So Many Tears", "How Could You Do It to Me", "Please Be Mine" and "You Got the Love". The album peaked at number 85 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 14 on the

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chart.Music VF – Regina Belle (All By Myself, 1987)
/ref> In the same year the album was released, Belle recorded a duet with

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, " Without You", the love theme from the film ''

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''. However, "Without You" was not included on the original release of the ''All by Myself'' album. In 2012, the album was

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ed on CD and "Without You" was included as a bonus track. This was not the original song but a "single mix".

Track listings

Personnel

*Annette Hardeman, Charlene Holloway, Cynthia Biggs, Bobbette Jamerson, John C. Flucker, Linda Lawri Harold, Esther, Gloria and Gracie Ridgeway, Glenn Miller – backing vocals *Ron Jennings, Tony Santoro, Donald W. Lyle – guitars *

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– guitars, drum machine programming *Edward Roynesdal – keyboards, synthesizers, bass, drums *

Dexter Wansel Dexter Gilman Wansel (born August 22, 1950) is an American R&B/jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer, conductor, synthesist and A&R director. Early life Dexter Wansel began as an errand boy backstage at the Uptown Theater in Philade ...

, Randy Cantor, David J. Spradley, Sir Dean Gant, Vernon D. Fails, Byron Williams – keyboards *Valerie Pinkston – keyboards, backing vocals *Doug Grigsby, David B. Washington – bass *Jim Salamone, Anthony Fortuna – drums *Daryl Burgee – drums, percussion *Pablo Batista, Paulinho da Costa, Tamara Kornak, Nathan Ford, Jr. – percussion *Scott Mayo,

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– saxophone

Charts

References

1987 debut albums Regina Belle albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Michael J. Powell {{1980s-R&B-album-stub