''Check It Out'' is the debut studio album by American

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/ R&B group

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, released in 1974 on the

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label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 20 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 160 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 5 on the

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chart and No. 35 on the

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, and "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes", which reached No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

Personnel

;Tavares *Antone "Chubby" Tavares - lead vocals on "If That's the Way You Want It", "Strangers in Dark Corners", and "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" *Feliciano Tavares - lead vocals on "Strangers in Dark Corners", "Little Girl", "Let's Make the Best of What We Got" and "I'm in Love" *Perry "Tiny" Tavares - lead vocals on "That's the Sound That Lonely Makes" and "Wish You Were With Me Mary" *Arthur "Pooch" Tavares - lead vocals on "I'll Never Say Never Again" *Ralph Vierra Tavares - lead vocals on "Mama's Little Girl" with: * Victor Tavares - lead vocals on “Check It Out” *

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– drums *

James Jamerson, Jr. James Jamerson Jr. (born James L. Jamerson III; August 24, 1957 – March 23, 2016) was an American bass player and noted studio musician. During his over three-decades long career he recorded with Bob Dylan, Tavares, The Temptations, and many more. ...

– bass * Weldon Dean Parks, Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin,

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– guitar *

Joseph Sample Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

– piano *

Mike Melvoin Mike Melvoin (May 10, 1937February 22, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He served as chairman and president of The Recording Academy and worked as a prolific studio musician, recording with Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, ...

– keyboards *

Gene Estes The Wrecking Crew was a loose collective of Los Angeles-based session musicians whose services were employed for a great number of studio recordings in the 1960s and 1970s, including hundreds of top 40 hits. The musicians were not publicly rec ...

– percussion *

Bobbye Hall Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early career, work for Motown and move to ...

– conga *

H. B. Barnum Hidle Brown Barnum (born July 15, 1936) is an American pianist, arranger, record producer, songwriter, and former child actor. Biography After winning a nationwide talent contest at the age of four and starring in the film ''Valley of the Su ...

- arrangements, conductor ;Technical *Bob "Boogie" Bowles - producer, arrangements and conductor on "Check It Out" and "I'm in Love" *Greg Venable - sound engineer *Larkin Arnold - executive supervision *Brian Panella - album coordination *John Hoernle - art direction *Richard Rankin - photography

Charts

Album Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1974 debut albums Tavares (group) albums albums arranged by H. B. Barnum Albums produced by Johnny Bristol Capitol Records albums