''Winners'' is a studio album by

the Brothers Johnson The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, ...

, released in 1981.

Track listing

# "The Real Thing" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) - 3:48 # "Dancin' Free" (Louis Johnson) - 3:44 # "Sunlight" (George Johnson) - 3:43 # "Teaser" (George Johnson) - 3:45 # "Caught Up" (Louis Johnson, Valerie Johnson) - 4:01 # "In the Way" (

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on ...

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, and film composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and M ...

) - 3:26 # "I Want You" (Louis Johnson) - 5:13 # "Do It for Love" (George Johnson) - 3:40 # "Hot Mama" (George Johnson, Louis Johnson) - 3:23 # "Daydreamer Dream" (

Annie Herring Annie Herring (born Annie Ward September 22, 1945) is one of the pioneers of the Jesus music genre, later to be called Contemporary Christian music. She was a member of the trio 2nd Chapter of Acts, for which she wrote most of the songs and sang ...

) - 4:00

Personnel

The Brothers Johnson * George Johnson – lead vocals (1, 3, 4, 8), guitars (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9), handclaps (1, 4, 8), string arrangements (1), acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (3, 8), vocals (6, 7, 9), guitar solo (6, 9), bass guitar (8) * Louis Johnson – bass guitar (1-7, 9, 10), guitars (1, 7, 9, 10), handclaps (1, 4), keyboards (2, 5, 7), vocals (7, 9), synth bass (9) Additional musicians *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– keyboards (1, 2, 5, 8) *

Jeff Lorber Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After six previous nominations, Lorber won his first Grammy Award on January 28, 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for '' Prototype' ...

– keyboards (3), synthesizers (4) *

– synthesizers (3), synth solo (3), keyboards (4-8), acoustic piano (9) *

– keyboards (6), synthesizers (6) *

– acoustic piano (10) *

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

– guitars (4, 7, 9), guitar solo (7, 9) *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

– drums (1) *

– drums (2, 4-10) *

Gerry Brown Gerry “The Gov.” Brown is a recording engineer, mixer and music producer based in Los Angeles, best known for his work with artists including Whitney Houston, John Legend, Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Sting, Prince, Phil Collins, Marcu ...

– drums (3) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-4, 6, 7, 8), handclaps (1, 4),

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast plains. Although they are t ...

(9) * Debbie Johnson – handclaps (8) *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

– saxophone solo (1) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horn arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8), string arrangements (1, 3, 8) * David Diggs – horn arrangements (2), string arrangements (2, 5, 7, 10) * Day Askey Burke – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 8, 10), handclaps (8) * Ricky Heath – lead vocals (2), backing vocals (2, 4, 10), vocals (7) * Lynn Davis – backing vocals (2, 10) *

Valerie Simpson Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (May 4, 1941 – August 22, 2011) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946). Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, ...

– backing vocals (2, 4), vocals (5, 7), lead vocals (10) * Yolanda "Yo-Yo" Smith – backing vocals (3) * Lalomie Washburn – backing vocals (4)

Production

* The Brothers Johnson – producers, recording, mixing *

Jack Joseph Puig Jack Joseph Puig is an American audio engineer, A&R executive, and record producer. He has worked with Tonic, Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Roger Hodgson, Taxiride, Green Day, Counting Crows, No Doubt, Klaxo ...

– recording, mixing * Jim Cassell – assistant engineer * Mark Ettel – assistant engineer * Bobby Gerber – assistant engineer * Don Koldon – assistant engineer *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...

– assistant engineer * Mike Reese – mastering *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

– mastering * The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location * Jeff Ayeroff – art direction * Chuck Beeson – art direction, design *

Norman Seeff Norman Seeff (born March 5, 1939, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a photographer and filmmaker. Since moving to the United States in 1969, his work has been focused on the exploration of human creativity and the inner dynamics of the creative ...

– photography * Mick McGinty, Willardson & White, Inc. – medallion illustration * The Fitzgerald/Hartley Co. – direction

Charts

References

External links

Brothers Johnson - Winners
1981 albums The Brothers Johnson albums A&M Records albums Albums recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders Albums recorded at A&M Studios {{1980s-R&B-album-stub