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Solo Artist

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Track listing

#"Power of Love" ( Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff,

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) - 3:27 #"One Track Mind" (Joe Esposito, Bruce Sudano) - 4:36 #"Walkin in the Rain" (Joe Esposito, Peter T. Miller, M. Parnell) - 4:26 #"Letting You Go" (Joe Esposito) - 5:32 #" Dancing in the Moonlight" (Sherman Kelly) - 4:05 #"Signify Love" (Joe Esposito) - 4:18 #"Show Me the Way to Your Heart" (Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson, Bruce Sudano) - 4:11 - duet with Teresa James #" Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (

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) - 3:20 #"Jolé Blon" (Traditional) - 4:07 - duet with

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#"Talkin' About My Baby" ( Curtis Mayfield) - 4:03

Personnel

*Joe Esposito - vocals *Randy Mitchell,

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, Rico Maderiaga, Carl Carloff - guitar *Chuck Fiore, Sal Guglielmi, Ikeman - bass *John Herron, Ikeman, Carl Carloff - keyboards * Rick Shlosser, Peter Miller - drums * Danny Federici - glockenspiel on "Dancin in the Moonlight"; accordion on "Jolé Blon" *Chris Mostert - saxophone *Lee Thornberg, Darrell Leonard - trumpet *Nick Lane - trombone

References

External links

* {{Authority control Blues albums by American artists 1996 albums