''Doin' Alright'' is the debut

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by R&B singer

O'Bryan O'Bryan McCoy Burnette II, known by his stage name O’Bryan (born December 5, 1961), is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Early life O'Bryan McCoy Burnette II began playing the piano at 6 ye ...

Reception

"Doin' Alright," was released in April 1982 and peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. The lead single, "The Gigolo," was a slice of funk with new wave and rock elements that emphasized O'Bryan's falsetto. Released in January, "The Gigolo" peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts. The follow-up single was an updated cover of The Four Tops' "Still Water (Love)," peaking at No. 23. Among the other standouts on O'Bryan’s debut include the mid-tempo title track; the elegant ballad "Love Has Found Its Way;" and the sentimental "Can't Live Without Your Love."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Personnel

– lead vocals, background vocals,

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, acoustic piano * Paulinho da Costa – percussion *Melvin Davis – bass guitar, electric piano *

Wilton Felder Wilton Lewis Felder (August 31, 1940 – September 27, 2015) was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder played bass on the Jackson 5's hits "I Wan ...

– tenor saxophone *Gary Grant – lead trumpet *Bill Green – baritone saxophone *Larry Hall – trumpet *Terry Harrington – tenor saxophone *

Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born in P ...

– electric piano, synthesizers, background vocals *Johnny McGhee – guitar *Bob Payne – trombone *Jack Perry – synthesizers *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– acoustic piano *Barry Rudolph – percussion *David Shields – drums *Melvin Webb – drums *

Sam Dees Sam Dees (born December 17, 1945) is an American soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He has released several albums throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and the 1990s; as a composer, he has written hundreds of songs for many music artists. Ea ...

– background vocals *

Jeffrey Osborne Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970. Biography Earl ...

– background vocals *

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– background vocals *Bruce Miller – string and horn arrangements

References

External links

O'Bryan-Doin' Alright at Discogs
{{Authority control 1982 albums O'Bryan albums Capitol Records albums