''Now We May Begin'' is an album by the American R&B singer Randy Crawford, released in 1980 on

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. The album got to No. 10 on the

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and No. 30 on the US

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Top R&B Albums chart. ''Now We May Begin'' has also been certified

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in the UK by the BPI.

Overview

The album cut " One Day I'll Fly Away" was also certified silver in the UK by the BPI.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joe Sample and Will Jennings; except where noted. #"Last Night at Danceland" - 4:53 #"Tender Falls the Rain" (Randy Crawford) - 4:13 #"My Heart is Not as Young as it Used to Be" - 3:51 #"Now We May Begin" (Joe Sample) - 4:52 #"Blue Flame" - 6:25 #" One Day I'll Fly Away" - 5:00 #"Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" - 4:05 #"When Your Life Was Low" - 3:20

Personnel

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- drums *

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- guitar *

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- percussion * Randy Crawford - vocals * Paulinho da Costa - percussion * Wilton Felder - bass guitar, producer, tenor saxophone *

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- background vocals * Bernie Grundman - mastering * Stix Hooper - drums, producer * Tom Hooper - executive assistant * Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar * Pamela Hope Lobue - production coordination * Robert Margouleff - mixing *

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- guitar * Gwen Owens - background vocals *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

- guitar * Rick Ruggieri - mixing * Joe Sample - keyboards, producer, string arrangements *

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- photography * Richard Seireenim - art direction * Howard Siegel - mixing * Jeremy Smith - engineer * Hill Swimmer - assistant engineer * Julia Tillman - background vocals *

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- guitar * Maxine Willard Waters: background vocals

Sales and certifications

References

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