''As Serious as a Heart-Attack'' is a 1971 spoken word album by

Melvin Van Peebles Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the 2000s. His feature film debut, '' The Story of a Three-Day Pass'' ...

. This is Van Peebles third studio record. The album's cover can be briefly glimpsed on the bathroom door in Van Peebles' 1973 film '' Don't Play Us Cheap''.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Melvin Van Peebles

Countryside 1

#"Rufus & Ruby" #"Mothers Prayer" #"The Country Brother & The City Sister" #"Chippin"

Cityside 2

#"Just Don't Make No Sense" #"Dearmistuh" #" Love, That's America" #"I Remember" #"My Pal Johnny"

Personnel

Musicians

Rhetta Hughes Rhetta Hughes (born Dallas, Texas, June 15, 1939, died June 3, 2019) was an American soul singer and musical theatre and occasional screen actress. Music and acting career 1960s and before Although Hughes sang from a young age into adulthood ...

- guest vocalist on "Mother's Prayer" *Doug Carn - keyboards *John Boudreaux Jr. - drums * Tom Scott, Albert Hall, Jr. - horns *William Henderson - strings *

Clydie King Clydie Mae King (August 21, 1943 – January 7, 2019) was an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist. King also recorded solo under her name. In the 1970s, she recorded as Brown Sugar, and her single "Loneliness ( ...

Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble Pi ...

, Rhetta Hughes, Jessica Smith - backing vocals

Engineers

*Robert Appère - recording and mix *Dick Burns - mix *Produced And Conceived By Melvin Van Peebles *All Words And Music By Melvin Van Peebles *All Selections Published By Almo Music Corp./Yeah Inc., Ascap, *Except "Love That's, America," Colgems Music, Ascap *Art Direction: Roland Young *Album Design: Chuck Beeson *Photography:

Jim McCrary Jim McCrary (August 31, 1939 – April 29, 2012) was an American photographer known for his 1970s album covers, most notably Carole King's ''Tapestry'', The Carpenters' '' Ticket to Ride,'' and Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May ...

References

Melvin Van Peebles albums 1974 albums A&M Records albums {{1970s-album-stub