''Best of Friends'' is the debut

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by American R&B band

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, released in October 1979 on

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. The album reached No. 15 on the

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chart.

Overview

''Best of Friends'' was produced by

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and

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Singles

The single, "Peanut Butter", reached number 3 on the ''

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chart.

Track listing

# "Citi Dancin'" (Lenny White, Barry Johnson) - 4:24 # "Take Me or Leave Me" (Eddie Martinez) - 4:00 # "Best of Friends" (Lenny White, Danall Miller, Leslie Rene) - 3:52 # "Peanut Butter" (Donald Blackmon) - 3:37 # "Betta" (Barry Johnson) - 4:18 # "Morning Sunrise" (Donald Blackmon) - 3:18 # "Oh Sylvie" (Danall Miller, Valmon Burke) - 3:42 # "Tropical Nights" (Lenny White) - 5:11

Personnel

*Don Blackman - vocals *

- producer * Eddie Martinez - guitar *Denzil Miller - keyboards *

- primary artist *

- drums, producer * Lynn Davis - backing vocals * Paulinho Da Costa - special percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Best of Friends (Twennynine album) 1979 debut albums Elektra Records albums Twennynine albums Albums produced by Lenny White