''Say You Love Me'' is the second studio album by American singer
Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American actress and singer. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as ''Dreamgirls'' (1981–83), ''Your Arms Too Short to Box with God'' (1980–1981) and later became a su ...
released on
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and
cassette
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. It was released by
Geffen Records
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. In 1985, two singles were released from the album. The singles were "Hard Time for Lovers" and "
No Frills Love
No Frills Love is a 1985 dance single by Broadway star and Tony Award winner, Jennifer Holliday. The single was first a hit when it became Holliday's fourth Hot 100
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".
Michael Jackson
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co-wrote and produced the album's opener "You're The One." The album charted at #110 on the
''Billboard'' 200 and #34 at the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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.
Track listing
# "You're The One" (
Michael Jackson
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, Alan "Buz" Kohan)
# "What Kind of Love Is This" (John Duarte, Mark Paul)
# "
No Frills Love
No Frills Love is a 1985 dance single by Broadway star and Tony Award winner, Jennifer Holliday. The single was first a hit when it became Holliday's fourth Hot 100
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" (
Arthur Baker, Gary Henry, Tina B)
# "Hard Times for Lovers" (
Lotti Golden
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, Richard Scher, Bobby Coleman)
# "Say You Love Me" (
D. J. Rogers)
# "I Rest My Case" (
Carl Sturken
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,
Evan Rogers
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)
# "Dreams Never Die" (John Duarte, Mark Paul)
# "Just a Matter of Time" (V. Jeffrey Smith)
# "
He's a Pretender "He's a Pretender" is a 1983 song written by Gary Goetzman (BMI) and Mike Piccirillo (BMI). It was originally recorded by R&B female group High Inergy. This was the lead single of their last album ''Groove Patrol'', before disbanding in 1984, and it ...
" (
Gary Goetzman
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Born in Los Angeles, Goetzman began his career as a chi ...
,
Mike Piccirillo
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)
# "Come Sunday" (
Duke Ellington
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)
References
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1985 albums
Jennifer Holliday albums
Albums produced by Tommy LiPuma
Albums produced by Arthur Baker (musician)
Albums produced by Michael Jackson
Albums produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
Geffen Records albums