''Summertime'' is the fifth album to be released by
Philadelphia International Records
Philadelphia International Records (PIR) was an American record label based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1971 by songwriting and production duo Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff along with their longtime collaborator Thom Bell. I ...
houseband
MFSB
MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than 30 studio musicians based at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bel ...
.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated
#"Picnic in the Park" 4:10
#"
Summertime" (
George Gershwin
George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...
) 4:53
#"Plenty Good Lovin'" 4:33
#"Sunnin' and Funnin'" (
John Whitehead,
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team o ...
, Victor Carstarphen) 4:14
#"Summertime and I'm Feelin' Mellow" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:00
#"I'm on Your Side" 3:30
#"Hot Summer Nights" 4:25
#"We Got the Time" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:41
Personnel
;MFSB
*
Bobby Eli
Bobby Eli is an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB.
Overview
A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and arranger, Eli ...
,
Norman Harris,
Reggie Lucas
Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018)[T.J. Tindall Thomas Joshua Tindall (1950 – January 26, 2016) was an American guitarist. He was a member of MFSB and played on 38 gold and platinum funk and R&B records and more than 30 hits produced by Gamble and Huff in the 1970s and 1980s. Tindall is consid ...]
- guitar
*
Anthony Jackson,
Ron Baker - bass
*
Leon Huff
Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...
, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
*
Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
*Larry Washington - percussion
*
Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
* Zach Zachery, Tony Williams - saxophone
* Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
*
Barbara Ingram
Barbara Jane Ingram (February 9, 1947 – October 20, 1994) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active throughout the early 1970s until the mid-late 1980s, enjoying modest success as a backup singer for almost two decades.
...
, Carla Benson, Evette Benton,
Gene McFadden
Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team o ...
,
John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen - backing vocals
Charts
Singles
References
External links
MFSB-Summertime at Discogs
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1976 albums
MFSB albums
Albums produced by Kenneth Gamble
Albums produced by Leon Huff
Albums arranged by Bobby Martin
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
Philadelphia International Records albums