''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' is the self-produced ninth album by
American R&B singer
Barry White, released in 1979 on the
20th Century-Fox Records
20th Century Fox Records (also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, or simply 20th Century Fox Film Scores and Fox Records) was a wholly owned subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox. The history of the label covers three dis ...
label.
''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' fulfilled White's 20th Century-Fox Records contract. White was increasingly dissatisfied with that label's management when
Russ Regan left the label to form
Millennium Records and felt that he was being ignored in terms of promotion at the time.
He then left the company and signed a custom label contract with
CBS Records to release future material under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, ''
The Message Is Love
''The Message Is Love'' is the self-produced tenth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in March 1979. It was White's first release on his own CBS-affiliated custom label, Unlimited Gold, following his departure from long-time labe ...
'', was released seven months and six days after ''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing''. With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, ''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' passed by largely unnoticed. It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the
R&B chart, which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either.
Track listing
# "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing"
( Barry White, Paul Politi, Frank Wilson) - 2:50
# "Girl, What's Your Name"
(White, Danny Pearson, Wilson) - 4:08
# "Once Upon a Time (You Were a Friend of Mine)"
( Rahn Coleman) - 6:01
# "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm Such a Lucky Guy)"
(White, Wilson, Politi, Raymond Cooksey) - 5:04
# "I Can't Leave You Alone"
(White, Tony Sepe, Wilson) - 3:25
# "Call Me Baby"
(Coleman) - 8:04
# "How Did You Know It Was Me?"
(Coleman) - 6:47
Personnel
*Barry White - lead vocals, arranger
*John Roberts,
Ronald Coleman - orchestration
;Technical
*Frank Kejmar, Paul Elmore - engineer
*Glen Christensen - art direction, design
Singles
References
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Barry White albums
1979 albums
20th Century Fox Records albums