''Share Your Love'' is the eleventh studio album by country singer
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...
, released in 1981. Produced by
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...
, it is also Rogers' first with
Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Al Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer. It was reactivated in 2001 in the United Kingdom and had two previous revival ...
besides his ''
Greatest Hits
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'' album. The album has sold nine million copies worldwide.
Overview
Four singles were released from this ''Share Your Love''. "I Don't Need You" charted at number 1 on the US and Canadian country charts as well as reaching the top of the US Adult Contemporary charts, and number 3 on the US Hot 100. The title cut "Share Your Love With Me" reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and 5 in the US Country charts, though it did reach number 2 in Canada and led the US Adult Contemporary charts. Rogers then took a break to release a single from his first Christmas album. "Blaze of Glory", which featured
Kin Vassy
Charles Kindred Vassy (August 16, 1943 – June 23, 1994) was a singer-songwriter, who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley.
In the 1960s, Vassy was a mem ...
on backing vocals, was also released as a single. Although it was a lesser hit than the first two singles, it still made the top ten. The final single, "Through The Years", returned Rogers to the very top by putting him at No. 1 the Adult Contemporary charts once again.
The album reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts, reaching platinum and double-platinum status in the US and Canada, respectively.
Track listing
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.
Musicians
* Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, rhythm track arrangements (4)
*
Reginald "Sonny" Burke – keyboards
* Barnaby Finch – keyboards
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Glen Hardin
Glen Dee Hardin (born April 18, 1939) is an American piano player and arranger. He has performed and recorded with such artists as Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, and Ricky Nelson.
Career
Hardin was born in Wellington, ...
– keyboards
* John Hobbs – keyboards
*
Lincoln Mayorga
Lincoln Mayorga (born March 28, 1937) is an American pianist, arranger, conductor and composer who has worked in rock and roll, pop, jazz and classical music.
Life and career
Pop music in the 1950s and '60s
Mayorga was born in Los Angeles, Ca ...
– keyboards (5)
*
Sylvester Rivers
Sylvester Rivers (born October 28, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, pianist and producer, based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, he has recorded with numerous major artists including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson ...
– keyboards
*
James Burton
James Edward Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Dubberly, Louisiana) is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 (his induction speech was given by longtime fan Keith Richards), Burton has also been recognized ...
– guitars
* Rickey Harper – guitars
*
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
* Darrell Jones – guitars
*
Thomas McClary – guitars
*
Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters''. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 h ...
– guitars
*
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett (born August 30, 1945) is an American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, he is best known as a member of the band Little Feat.
In addition to his work with Little F ...
– guitars
*
Billy Joe Walker Jr.
Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...
– guitars
* Dennis Belfield – bass (2)
*
Joe Chemay
Joe Chemay is an American bassist and background singer, known for his recording session work.
Biography
Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989.
Chemay has worked wi ...
– bass (1, 3, 7)
*
Nathan East
Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...
– bass (5)
*
Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel López Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the f ...
– bass (6, 8, 9)
*
Jerry Scheff
Jerry Obern Scheff (born January 31, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for his work with Elvis Presley from 1969 to 1977 as a member of his TCB Band and on the Doors' '' L.A. Woman''.
Biography
Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California. After ...
– bass (10)
*
Freddie Washington – bass (4)
*
Ed Greene
Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician.
In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (''Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and Wilton ...
– drums
*
Paul Leim
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*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
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* Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
– drums
*
Rick Shlosser
Rick Shlosser is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. He has been a member of Van Morrison's band and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He's also been a varied sessions drummer.
Discography 1970s
* Andy Pratt - ''Records Are Like Life'' (1 ...
– drums (5)
*
Eddie "Bongo" Brown
Eddie "Bongo" Brown (September 13, 1932 – December 28, 1984) was an American musician born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Brown played congas, Bongo drum, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house ...
– percussion
*
Ollie E. Brown – percussion
*
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (10)
* David Boruff – saxophone solo (2)
* Gary Herbig – saxophone solo (6)
*
Gene Page
Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s.
His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...
– string, horn and rhythm arrangements
* Edgar Struble – string arrangements (2, 4)
*
Harry Bluestone
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– concertmaster
Backing vocalists
* Track 1:
Kin Vassy
Charles Kindred Vassy (August 16, 1943 – June 23, 1994) was a singer-songwriter, who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley.
In the 1960s, Vassy was a mem ...
, Terry Williams, Gene Marford
* Track 2: Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Cindy Fee, Juanice Charmain
* Track 3: Deborah Thomas, Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
* Track 4: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
* Track 5: none
* Track 6:
Gladys Knight & the Pips
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(
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer, actress and businesswoman. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight recorded hits through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her family group Gladys Kn ...
,
William Guest,
Merald "Bubba" Knight
Merald Woodlow "Bubba" Knight, Jr. (born September 4, 1942) is an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. The older brother of lead singer Gladys Knight, Bubba Knight served as the unofficial leader of the ...
,
Edward Patten
Edward Roy "Eddie" Patten (August 27, 1939 – February 25, 2005) was an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. He was a cousin of Gladys Knight. Patten was a member of the group from 1959 until its disband ...
), Lionel Richie
* Track 7: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
* Track 8: Lionel Richie,
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
* Track 9: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Deborah Thomas, Brooks Hunnicut
* Track 10: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Dorothy Sugarloaf
Technical
* Reginald Dozier – recording and mixing engineer
* Larry Ferguson – second engineer
*
Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.
He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...
– mastering at
Capitol Studios
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(Hollywood, CA).
* Michael Mancini – second engineer
* Brenda Harvey-Richie – assistant production
*
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...
– producer
* Kenny Rogers – mixing engineer
Additional credits
* Bill Burks – art direction, design
* Roy R. Guzman – design
* Ken Kragen – management
* Gary Register – photography
Charting History
Weekly Charts
Year-end charts
Charting Singles
External links
*
"Share Your Love" album page at Allmusic*
"Share Your Love" album page at Billboard
References
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1981 albums
Kenny Rogers albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page
Liberty Records albums
Albums produced by Lionel Richie