''Turnin' On'' is the debut album by the group
High Inergy
High Inergy was an American R&B and soul girl group who found fame on Motown Records in the late 1970s. They are best known for the hit song, " You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)".
History
High Inergy started in 1976 when the ...
. It was released on Motown's
Gordy
''Gordy'' is a 1994 American family comedy-drama film directed by Mark Lewis, about a livestock piglet named Gordy who searches for his missing family (who are taken away to a slaughterhouse in Omaha, Nebraska). He experiences the lives of others ...
label in 1977.
The album was mostly produced by
Kent Washburn, who produced all but three songs from album. He produced "
You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" and "Love Is All You Need", the two singles off the album.
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The album reached No. 6 on
''Billboard'''s Black Album chart and No. 28 on the Top 200 Pop Album chart.
Track listing
Side One:
#"Love Is All You Need" (
Clay Drayton)
#"
You Can't Turn Me Off (In the Middle of Turning Me On)" (
Pam Sawyer
Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...
,
Marilyn McLeod
Marilyn McLeod (May 27, 1939 – November 24, 2021) was an American songwriter and occasional singer. McLeod began her career as a songwriter for Motown. Together with Pam Sawyer, she wrote the 1976 Diana Ross hit "Love Hangover".
Early life
Mc ...
)
#"Some Kinda Magic" (Al Willis)
#"Searchin' (I've Got to Find My Love)" (Gary Washburn, Barbara Mitchell, Troy Laws, Kent Washburn)
Side Two:
#"Ain't No Love Left (In My Heart for You)" (Clay Drayton, Tamy Smith)
#"Let Me Get Close to You" (Faye Usher)
#"Save It for a Rainy Day" (
James Ingram
James Edward Ingram (February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Awards, Academy Award nominee for Academy Award for Best Original ...
, Merria Ross)
#"Could This Be Love" (James Ingram, Merria Ross)
#"High School" (Jimmy Holiday, Mel Bolton, Troy Laws, Friendly Womack)
Personnel
;High Inergy
*Barbara Mitchell
*Linda Howard
*Michelle Rumph
*Vernessa Mitchell
with:
*Sylvester Rivers, Greg Poree, William Bickelhaupt, Gary Washburn, Jimmy Holiday - arrangements
References
1977 debut albums
Motown albums
High Inergy albums
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