''This Is Your Life '' is an album by

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

jazz drummer

Norman Connors Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led a number of influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads. He is pos ...

and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills. The album charted at number fifteen on the jazz albums chart.

Track listing

#"Stella" - 3:17 Lead Vocals – James Robinson #"This Is Your Life" - 4:13 #"Wouldn't You Like To See" - 3:40 #"Listen" - 3:51 Lead Vocals – James Robinson #"Say You Love Me" - 4:36 #"Captain Connors" - 3:16 #"You Make Me Feel Brand New" - 5:45 #"Butterfly" - 4:58 #"The Creator" - 7:58

Personnel

*Norman Connors - Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Lead Vocals *Billy McCoy,

Bobby Lyle Robert Lyle (born March 11, 1944) is a jazz pianist/organist and educator. Early life Lyle was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 11, 1944 to parents Robert and Elise Lyle. He grew up in a musical household after the family moved from Memphis ...

, Jacques Burvick, Richard Cummings,

Richard Tee Richard Edward Tee (born Richard Edward Ten Ryk; November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was an American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", " Sl ...

, Ronnie Coleman - Keyboards *Charles Fearing, David T. Walker,

Jay Graydon Jay Joseph Graydon (born October 8, 1949, Burbank, California) is an American songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, keyboardist, producer, arranger, and recording engineer. He is the winner of two Grammy Awards (in the R&B category) wi ...

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

Wah Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. Career A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvi ...

- Guitar *

James Gadson James Gadson ( James Edward Gadson; born June 17, 1939) is an American drummer and session musician. Beginning his career in the late 1960s, Gadson has since become one of the most-recorded drummers in the history of R&B. He is also a singer and ...

- Drums *Eddie Watkins, Ben Atkins - Bass *

Mike Boddicker Michael James Boddicker (born August 23, 1957) is an American right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1980–1988), Boston Red Sox (1988–1990), Kansas City Royals (1991–1992), and Milwaukee Brewers (1993 ...

- Oberheim Synthesizer *

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, bongos, the gourd and claves for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brot ...

- Congas *Petro Bass - Percussion *

Kenneth Nash Dr Kenneth C. Nash (born 1964) is an American psychiatrist and professor who is certified in child and adolescent psychiatry and psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He practices at the University of Pittsburgh Physicians, ...

- Congas, Bongos, Cymbal (Paiste Cymbals), Gong (Paiste Gongs), Percussion *

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Wor ...

- Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone * Pharoah Sanders - Tenor Saxophone *Ralph Buzzy Jones - Soprano Saxophone * Benny Powell,

Garnett Brown Garnett Brown (January 31, 1936 – October 9, 2021) was a jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, Earth Wind and Fire and others. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he graduated from the University of Arka ...

, George Bohanon, George Thacher, Lew McCreary - Trombone *Charles Moore, Nolan Smith, Jr., Oscar Brashear, Ray Brown, Shunzo Ono - Trumpet *David Ii, Earle Dumler, Ernie Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Terry Harrington, Bill Green - Woodwind *James Atkinson, Sidney Muldrow - French Horn *Marimba, Bells Orchestra, Elmira Collins - Vibraphone *Harry Bluestone - Concertmaster (Strings) *McKinley Jackson - Conductor *

Jean Carn Jean Carn, also spelled Jean Carne (born Sarah Jean Perkins; March 15, 1947) is an American jazz and pop singer. In mid career, she added a final ''e'' to her name. Carn is a vocalist credited with a five octave vocal range. Biography Carn was ...

, Miss Eleanore Mills, James Robinson - Lead and Backing Vocals

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Norman Connors-This Is Your Life at Discogs
{{Authority control 1977 albums Norman Connors albums Arista Records albums