''Try My Love'' is an R&B studio album by

Táta Vega Táta Vega (born Carmen Rosa Vega, October 7, 1951) is an American vocalist, whose career spans theater, film, and a variety of musical genres. Early life Vega was born in Jamaica Queens, New York and raised between New York, Chicago, Texas, P ...

. It is her third solo album and was released on Motown's

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label in late 1978. While not as critically acclaimed as her two previous albums, it received the greatest success on Billboard's Pop and R&B album charts. The double-sided 12 inch single "I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby/Get It Up For Love" hit the Top 20 on Billboard's Dance Music charts. "I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby" was also a hit on Billboard's R&B charts. It was her most successful single during her Motown years.

Track listing

The following is the track listing from the original vinyl LP. ;Side One: #"Come On and Try My Love" (David Jones, Jr., Wade Brown, Jr., Michael Margerum) - 3:20 #"I Need You Now" (

Brian Holland Brian Holland (born February 15, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound, and numerous h ...

Edward Holland, Jr. Edward Holland Jr. (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Although he was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hit singles such as "Jamie", ...

) - 3:34* #"Get It Up for Love" (

Ned Doheny Patrick Anson Doheny "Ned" Doheny (born March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Malibu, California, who has recorded eight albums and has performed with other artists including Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagl ...

) - 6:09* #"If Love Must Go" (

Will Jennings Wilbur H. "Will" Jennings (born June 27, 1944) is an American lyricist. He is popularly known for writing the lyrics for the songs " Tears in Heaven" and " My Heart Will Go On". He has been inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and has wo ...

) - 4:11 #"Magic Feeling" (

Don Grusin Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941) is an American jazz keyboardist, composer, and record producer. He is the younger brother of Dave Grusin. Career Don Grusin grew up in Littleton, Colorado. His father, a native of Latvia, was a classical violinis ...

, Dave Griffin,

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) - 3:51* ;Side Two: #"Gonna Do My Best to Love You" ( Brenda Russell,

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David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

) - 4:23* #"I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby" (Harold Johnson, Gwen Cathey) - 4:21 #"Whopper Bopper Show Stopper" (Daniel Saunders) - 3:15* #"In The Morning" (

Marlo Henderson Marlo Henderson was an American guitarist and saxophonist, who played in mainly blues and R&B genres. As a session musician he played on albums such as '' Off the Wall'' by Michael Jackson, '' Them Changes'' by Buddy Miles, '' Face to Face'' by Ev ...

) - 4:15* , the album has not been commercially released on CD. The 12-inch version of "I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby" was released on Motown's 1996 compilation CD, ''Funkology, Vol. 3: Dance Divas''. "Get It Up for Love" a

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of the

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'' track, has also appeared in several dance compilations, including ''Motown Disco: Soulful Grooves from the '70s and '80s.'' "Whopper Bopper Show Stopper" was a

of the title track of the 1976 album by Jr. Walker & the All-Stars. The latter was written by All-Stars keyboardist Danny Saunders. On February 18, 2014, the album (including five bonus tracks) was released digitally.

Production

*Producer: Winston Monseque; except *co-produced by Andre Fisher *Arranger: Al Johnson; except *arranged by Andre Fisher *Recording Engineers:

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& Kelly Kotera *Mixing Engineer: Kelly Kotera *Featuring on bass:

Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and bassist. He is best known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackso ...

Jermaine Jackson as a guest & side projects 1975-2011" http://www.jermainejacksonmusic.com/Site/As_a_guest_%26_side_projects.html/ref> *Design: Norm Ung *Photography: Suzanne Nyergas *Lettering: Vigon Nahas Vigon *Executive Producer & Personal Management: Winston Monseque

Background vocals

* Stephanie Spruill * Yolande Howard * Patti Brooks (courtesy of Casablanca Records & Filmworks) * Brenda Russell (courtesy of Rocket Records)

References

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