''Paradise'' is the eighth solo album by Leroy Hutson, the first (and only) album to be released for

Elektra Records Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1 ...

, after his contract with Curtom Records ended.

Track listing

# "Classy Lady" 5:30 # "Nice and Easy" 4:30 # "You Make it Happen" 4:57 # "Paradise" 5:40 # "She's Got It" 7:57 # "Nobody But You" 4:44 # "Stay At It" 5:36

Personnel

*Leroy Hutson - lead & background vocals, drums, horn arrangements, keyboards, percussion, rhythm arrangements, synthesizer bass, vocal arrangements *Dina Andrews - direction * Jerry Butler, Stephen Harris, Nicholas Caldwell - composers *Ken Cooper - trumpet *Nicholas Caldwell - mouth organ, producer, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements *Melvin Coleman, Reggie Gillerson - bass *Steve Barri Cohen, David Egerton, Ann Fry, Larry Miles. Jeffrey Norman, Rick Sanchez - engineers *Charles Waring - liner notes *Ron Slenzak - photography *Norman Ung - art direction *David Nathan - tape research *Orville McFarland - trombone *Giovanni Scatola - mastering *Rick Sanchez - mixing *Bill Englot - remastering *Tom Ferrone, Stephen Harris, Larry Michael White, Rick Sanchez, Larry Andrew Williams - guitars *Pat Leonard, Lonnie Reaves, Tim Tobias, Grady Wilkins, Jerry Wilson - keyboards *Eric Hackett, Tim Tobias - synthesizer *

Chester Thompson Chester Cortez Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, the progressive rock band Genesis and Phil Collins as a solo artist. Thomp ...

, Wayne Stewart - drums *Stephen Harris, Kenneth Nash, Lonnie Reaves - percussion *Rick Conrad - reissuing series *Jerry Wilson - saxophone *Alfonso Surrett, Alton Littles, Jr., Calvin Bridges, "Day" Askey Burke, Martin Dumas, Myrna Postel, Nate Hutson, Roz Thompson - background vocals

References

External links

Paradise
LP at Discogs {{Authority control 1982 albums Leroy Hutson albums Elektra Records albums