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Candi Staton Canzetta Maria "Candi" Staton (, ) (born March 13, 1940) is an American singer–songwriter, best known in the United States for her 1970 remake of Tammy Wynette's " Stand by Your Man" and her 1976 disco chart-topper "Young Hearts Run Free". In E ...

. Singles released from the album included "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (co-written by Patrick Adams and Wayne K. Garfield), and the title track, which became a top 20 R&B record. The album peaked at No. 23 on the US R&B Album chart and No. 129 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

;Side 1 #"I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go" (Ronald Miller, Kenny Lewis, Howard Jennings) – 3:46 #"When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield) – 6:41 #"Rock" (Candi Staton, Jimmy Smith) – 7:16 ;Side 2 #"Chance" (Candi Staton, Wayne Garfield, Jimmy Smith) – 5:31 #"I Live" (

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) – 5:10 #"Me and My Music" (Patrick Adams, Ken Morris, Candi Staton, Margie Smith) – 5:50 Original album sleeve notes

Musicians

*Candi Staton - vocals *Richard Taninbaum,

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, Steve Jordan – drums *Norbert Sloley, Carol Coleman, Francisco Centeno - bass guitar *Eddie Colon, Michael Lewis, Errol "Crusher" Bennett - percussion *Thom Bridwell - acoustic piano * Patrick Adams - Fender Rhodes *Philip Woo - synthesizer *Jimmy Smith - keyboards *Stan Lucas, Ken Mazur,

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, Ronald Miller, Emanuel "Rahiem" LeBlanc,

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, Jeff Mironov - guitar *Arrangers: Patrick Adams & Ken Morris (Rhythm), Ray Chew (Strings & Horns) *Background Singers (except “I Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go”): Alfonso Thornton, Carole Sylvan & Michelle Cobbs *Sam Burtis, Harold Vick, George Opalisky, Howard Johnson, Mike Lawrence, Virgil Jones, Gerald Chamberlain,

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, Barry Rogers - horns

Production

*Producers: Candi Staton & Jimmy Simpson *Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York *Recording and Mixing Engineer: Andy Abrams *Additional Recording Engineers: Carmine Rubino & Steve Tose *Assistant Engineers: Craig Michaels, Matthew Weiner, Carla Bandini & John Potoker *Mastered at Columbia, New York by Stuart J. Romaine *Album Art Direction: Peter Whorf *Photography: Mario Casilli

References

{{Authority control 1979 albums Warner Records albums Candi Staton albums