''How Bout Us'' is the debut
studio album
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by American
rhythm and blues
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group
Champaign
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ...
, released in 1981 via
Columbia Records
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.
The album peaked at number 53 on the
''Billboard'' 200;
and its
single of the same name peaked at number 12 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Track listing
Personnel
Champaign
* Pauli Carman – lead vocals
* Michael Day – keyboards, guitars, vocals
* Dana Walden – keyboards, synthesizers
* Leon Howard Reeder – guitars, vocals
* Michael Reed – bass
* Rocky Maffit – percussion, vocals
* Rena Jones – vocals
Additional musicians
* Paul Richmond – bass
*
Morris Jennings
Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr.
Jennings is best known for having played drums on the ''Electric Mud' ...
– drums
* Tommy Radke –
Syndrum
The Pollard Syndrum is the first commercially available electronic drum, invented by Joe Pollard and Mark Barton in 1976. There were 3 major types: The Syndrum 1, the Syndrum TwinDrum, and the Syndrum Quad, the last being the most famous.
At the t ...
s
* Ken Soderblom – alto sax solo (5)
*
Leo Graham
Leo Graham was a Jamaican singer.
He first sang with The Bleechers, then after leaving the group recorded several solo singles in the 1970s including "Perilous Time," "A Win Them" and "Not Giving Up" for Joe Gibbs, and songs including "Big Ton ...
– rhythm arrangements
* James Mack – horn, rhythm and string arrangements
Production
* Leo Graham – producer
* James Mack – co-producer
* Stuart Walder – engineer
* Michael Ferraro – assistant engineer
* Tom Miller – assistant engineer
* Wally Traugott – mastering at
Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California)
* Nancy Donald – design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
*
1981 debut albums
Albums produced by Leo Graham (songwriter)
Champaign (band) albums
Columbia Records albums
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