''Everlasting'' is the eleventh studio album by American singer

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, released on June 14, 1987 by

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. The album peak to number 8 on ''Billboard''s Top R&B Albums chart, and scored three hit singles – "Jump Start" and "I Live for Your Love" both hit top 5 on US R&B Songs, and "Pink Cadillac" a top five hit on the US Hot 100. The album was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), her first album to be certified since 1979's ''

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. ''Everlasting'' earned a nomination for

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.https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/natalie-cole/8791

Production

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's " Pink Cadillac", and "I Live for Your Love". Also included are the

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and

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songs "In My Reality" and "Split Decision". A

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", and "More Than the Stars" features

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on vocals and guitar.

Track listing

*Track 11 is not included on vinyl versions of the album other than on copy MTLX 1012, where it is present as track 6 of side B, although not listed on the sleeve, jacket or disc label.

Personnel

* Natalie Cole – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 5–8, 11) * Aaron Zigman – all instruments (1) *

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– all instruments (1) * Joel Davis – keyboards (2, 9) * Odeen Mays Jr. – keyboards (2, 9) *

David Ervin David Michael Ervin (born March 16, 1961 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA) is an American jazz funk keyboard player. He grew up in Altadena, California, where he began to take after his musical father DiFosco Ervin, a.k.a. Big Dee Irwin. DiFosco E ...

– keyboard programming (2), synthesizer programming (2), drum programming (2), keyboards (9) * Claude Gaudette – keyboards (3, 6, 7), arrangements (3, 7) *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national t ...

– keyboards (4, 8) *

Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...

– synthesizers (4, 8) *

Nat Adderley Jr. Nathaniel Adderley Jr. (born May 23, 1955) is an American pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist who spent much of his music career arranging as music director for Luther Vandross tours and contributed as co-songwriter on most of ...

– keyboards (5), arrangements (5) *

Jeff Bova Jeff Bova (born Jeffrey Bova in 1953) is an American musician. He has been active in the music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to recordings by significant mainstream artists like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Blondie, Eric Clapton, ...

– synthesizer programming (5) * Charles Floyd – acoustic piano (10), synthesizers (10) *

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 ...

– keyboards (11) * Andy Goldmark – additional keyboards (11) * Bruce Roberts – additional keyboards (11) * Gene Robinson – guitars (2, 9) *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– guitars (3, 4, 8) * Ira Siegel – guitars (5) * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (6, 7, 11), arrangements (6), rhythm guitar (10) *

– acoustic guitar (10), hand and mouth percussion (10), lead vocals (10) *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

– bass (3, 5), guitars (5) *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

– bass (4, 6-8, 11) *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...

– bass (10) *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

– drums (4) * Buddy Williams – drums (5) *

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– drums (6, 7) * John Robinson – drums (8, 10, 11) *

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– percussion (3) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4, 11) * Shandu Akiem – percussion (9) * Steve Samuel – percussion (10) *

Larry Williams Larry Williams (born Lawrence Eugene Williams, a.k.a. Lawrence Edward Williams; May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams ...

– saxophone solo (1), synthesizers (4, 8) * Tom Scott – saxophone (3) * David Boruff – saxophone solo (4, 8) *

Kenny G Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...

– alto sax solo (5) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horns (8), trumpet (8), flugelhorn (8), horn arrangements (8) *

Reggie Calloway Reggie Calloway is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and record executive. His career spans 45 years in the entertainment industry. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the founder and leader of the ...

– arrangements (2, 9) * Chase/Rucker Productions – flute and string arrangements (10) * Eddie Cole – backing vocals (2), rhythm arrangements (9) * Katrina Perkins – backing vocals (2) * Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (4) * Julia Waters Tillman – backing vocals (4, 7) * Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals (4, 7) * David Joyce – backing vocals (5), synthesizers (10) *

Siedah Garrett Deborah Christine "Siedah" Garrett (born June 24, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter who has written songs and performed backing vocals for many recording artists in the music industry, such as Michael Jackson, the Pointer Sisters, Brand N ...

– backing vocals (7) * Mendy Lee – backing vocals (7) *

Oren Waters Oren Waters is an American vocalist best known for his work with the backup singing group The Waters, his siblings: Luther, Maxine and Julia. As an ensemble, Waters has been a part of 260 gold and over 100 platinum albums with artists ranging from ...

– backing vocals (7) *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musi ...

– backing vocals (8) *

Joe Pizzulo Joe Pizzulo is an American vocalist best known as one of the lead singers on 1980s hit singles credited to Sérgio Mendes, including " Never Gonna Let You Go" (from Mendes' self-titled 1983 album) and "Alibis" (from the 1984 album ''Confetti''). ...

– backing vocals (8) * The "N" Sisters – backing vocals (10) Production * Gerry Griffith – executive producer * Jerry Knight – producer (1) * Aaron Zigman – producer (1) * Reggie Calloway – producer (2, 9) *

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– co-producer (2, 9) * Dennis Lambert – producer (3, 6, 7) * Burt Bacharach – producer (4, 8) * Carole Bayer-Sager – producer (4, 8) * Marcus Miller– producer (5) * Paul Jackson Jr. – associate producer (6) * Eddie Cole – producer (10), mixing (10) * Natalie Cole – producer (10), mixing (10) * Andy Goldmark – producer (11) * Bruce Roberts – producer (11) *

Mick Guzauski Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer. His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalía's ...

– recording (1, 4, 8), mixing (1, 4, 8) * Craig Burbidge – recording (2, 9) * Paul Ericksen – recording (2, 9), assistant engineer (6) * Glen Holguin – recording (2, 9) * Robin Jenny – recording (2, 9) * Jim Krause – recording (2, 9) * Taavi Mote – recording (2, 9), mixing (2, 9) * Gabe Veltri – recording (2, 9) * Jeremy Smith – recording (3, 6, 7), mixing (3, 6, 7) * Bruce Miller – engineer (5) * Ed Thacker – engineer (5) * Ray Bardani – mixing (5) * Mark Wolfson – engineer (10), mixing (10) * Tom Perry – additional recording (4, 8) * Tommy Vicari – additional recording (4, 8) * Gary Wagner – assistant engineer (1, 4), mixing (8) * Sabrina Buchanek – assistant engineer (2, 9) * John Hegedes – assistant engineer (2, 9) * Jeff Lorenzen – assistant engineer (2, 9) * Elmer Slores – assistant engineer (2, 9) * Tony Spataro – assistant engineer (2, 9) * Liz Cluse – assistant engineer (3, 7) * Ron DaSilva – assistant engineer (3) * Marnie Riley – assistant engineer (4), recording (8), mixing (8) * Clark Germain – assistant engineer (5) * Bruce Gisoni – assistant engineer (5) * Paul Huggins – assistant engineer (5) * Bill Miranda – assistant engineer (5) * Neil Nappe – assistant engineer (5) * Bino Espinoza – assistant engineer (6), recording (7) * Kathy Botich – assistant engineer (10) * Sean Stancioff – assistant engineer (10), mixing (10) * Alan Gregory – engineer (11) * Glen Hoalguin – engineer (11) * Barney Perkins – engineer (11), mixing (11) * Marrianne Pellicci – production assistant (3, 6, 7) * Bibi Green – production coordinator (5) * Debra Bishop – design * Koppel & Scher – design * The Cream Group – cover design, layout (UK release) * Moshe Brakha – photography *

Matthew Rolston Matthew Russell Rolston is an American artist, photographer, Music video director, director and creative director, known for his lighting techniques and detailed approach to art direction and design. Rolston has been identified throughout his care ...

– cover photography (UK release) * Emory Jones – hair * Wendy Cooper – make-up * Cecille Parker – stylist * Dan Cleary – management Studios * Recorded at

Conway Studios Conway may refer to: Places United States * Conway, Arkansas * Conway County, Arkansas * Lake Conway, Arkansas * Conway, Florida * Conway, Iowa * Conway, Kansas * Conway, Louisiana * Conway, Massachusetts * Conway, Michigan * Conway T ...

, Soundcastle and

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(Hollywood, California);

Larrabee Sound Studios Larrabee Sound Studios is a recording studio complex in North Hollywood, California, originally established in 1969. Facilities Located at 4162 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, Larrabee has six studios, three tracking spaces, and a produ ...

and One On One Studios (North Hollywood, California); Lion Share Recording Studios, Studio 55 and Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California); Encore Studios and

O'Henry Sound Studios O'Henry Sound Studios was a commercial studio complex in Burbank, California, that was owned by engineer Hank Sanicola and his wife, Jacqueline Sanicola.

(Burbank, California); Fifth Floor Recording Studios (Cincinnati, Ohio); House of Music (West Orange, New Jersey); Messina Music (New York City, New York). * Mixed at Conway Studios and Soundcastle (Hollywood, California); Larrabee Sound Studios and Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California);

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(New York City, New York).

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References

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