''Boogie Down!'' is the fourth album by former Temptations vocalist Eddie Kendricks, released in early 1974 on the Tamla imprint of

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Reception

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Track listing

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) 3:40 #"Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need" (

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Boogie Down "Boogie Down" is a 1973 song which was recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label. The song was co-written by Leonard Caston Jr., Anita Poree and Frank Wilson, the same songwriting team that had composed " Keep on Truckin'", Ke ...

" (Anita Poree, Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston) 7:07 #"Hooked on Your Love" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) #"Honey Brown" (Don Daniels, Frank Wilson, Terri McFaddin) 5:18 #"You Are the Melody of My Life" (Don Daniels, Terri McFaddin) 4:00 #"Trust Your Heart" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Terri McFaddin) 4:13 #"Girl of My Dreams" (Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston) 3:28 #"Loving You the Second Time Around" (Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Pam Sawyer) 3:12

Personnel

* Eddie Kendricks - lead and backing vocals * Melvin "Wah-Wah" Ragin, Greg Poree, Dean Parks, Dennis Coffey - guitar * Jack Ashford - tambourine, percussion * King Errisson -

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s * Gary Coleman - percussion,

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, timpani * James Jamerson, Darrell Clayborne - bass *Harold Johnson - organ, electric piano *Kenny Rice, Ed Greene, James Gadson, Gene Pello, Aaron Smith, Roger Bethelmy - drums * Jerry Peters - keyboards *Mike Campbell - harmonica *

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, piano, organ, other keyboards

Production

* Frank Wilson,

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* Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston, Dave Van De Pitte, James Carmichael - arrangements * James Carmichael, Dave Van De Pitte, Leonard Caston -

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* Russ Terrana, Art Stewart, Cal Harris, Andrew Berliner - recording engineers * Frank Wilson, Andrew Berliner -

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* Lynn Allen - coordination, inspiration * Jim Britt - design, photography

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Eddie Kendricks-Boogie Down! at Discogs
{{Authority control 1974 albums Eddie Kendricks albums Tamla Records albums Albums produced by Frank Wilson (musician)