''Thelma Houston'' is

Thelma Houston Thelma Houston ( Jackson; born May 7, 1946) Retrieved . is an American singer. Beginning her recording career in the late 1960s, Houston scored a number-one hit record in 1977 with her recording of "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the Grammy ...

's 13th studio album and was her debut album on

MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. Pre-history MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 wit ...

. The album only generated commercial interest in the

urban Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

music market. It includes two modest R&B chart hits, "Working Girl" and "Just Like All the Rest."

Track listing

# "Make It Last" (Lana Bogan,

Louie Shelton William Louis Shelton (born April 6, 1941) is an American guitarist and music producer. Biography During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s Shelton was a session musician working in recording studios around Hollywood. Among his more notable session wo ...

) # "Say Goodbye to Love" (Jai Winding) # "Running in Circles" (Brian Unger,

Jon Carin Jon Carin (born October 21, 1964) is a musician, singer, songwriter and producer who has been a longtime collaborator with the bands Pink Floyd and The Who, and the solo careers of David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Eddie Vedder, Kate ...

, Mercury Caronia, Rudy Perrone) # "What For" (Randy McNeil) # "Just Like All the Rest" (Bob Esty, Lindy Friedman, Michelle Aller) # "Standing in the Light" (Bunny Hull, Jeff Hull) # "Take Me Through Your Lifetime" (Barry Ruff, Mitchell Kaplan, Renee Ruff) # "Givin' It All" ( Michael Boltin,

Patrick Henderson Reverend Patrick Henderson is a gospel keyboard player, songwriter and producer. He has written several songs in collaboration with Michael McDonald, playing on a number of his and the Doobie Brothers albums. Henderson has long associations with ...

) # "Handsome Dudes" (

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early li ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Life and career Weil was born in New York City, and was raised in a Conservative Jewish family. Her father was Morris Wei ...

) # "Working Girl" (Bob Esty, Michelle Aller)

''Thelma Houston 1994''

Italian-only release (Fonit Cetra CDL378) #"Don't Leave Me This Way" – 4:03 #"I'm Losing" (Ancora) – 3:20 #" Cruel Beauty" (Bella senz'anima) – 3:41 #"The Long Road" – 4:27 #" A World of Love" (Un mondo d'amore) – 2:56 # "My Life Is Mine" (Vita spericolata) – 4:20 #"Don't Leave Me This way" emix radio version– 4:00 # "Flame" (Almeno tu nell' universo) – 5:06 #"The Way You Are" (Tu come stai) – 4:15 #"More and More" – 3:06 # "Shing Star" (Stella stai) – 3:34 #"Saturday Night, Sunday Morning" – 3:15 Several remixes by Junior Vasquez and Joe T. Vanelli were released using the vocals of this 1994 version.

Personnel

*Thelma Houston – lead vocals, backing vocals *Dennis Herring,

Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

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– guitar *Eddie N. Watkins Jr.,

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

– bass guitar *Jai Winding – acoustic piano, synthesizer *Bob Esty, Paul Fox – synthesizer *

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 *Michael Fisher – percussion *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

, David Boruff, Slyde Hyde, Steve Madaio, Tom Saviano – horns *Bunny Hull, Clifford Frazier, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Michelle Aller, Oren Waters, Sharon Robinson – backing vocals ;Technical *

Charles Koppelman Charles Koppelman (March 30, 1940 – November 25, 2022) was an American musician, music producer, and businessman. He held executive positions at EMI and Steve Madden, and he was Chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. At the time of his d ...

– executive producer *

Herb Ritts Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black a ...

– photography

References

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