''You, Me and He'' is a 1984 album by R&B group

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. This was their fourth album released on the

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label. The title track was interpolated by

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", originally by

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Track listing

In 2012 the label Funky Town Grooves re-released the album with additional tracks:

Personnel

- backing vocals *

James Mtume James Forman (January 3, 1946January 9, 2022), known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality. He came to prominence as a jazz musician, working ...

- keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals *

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- lead vocals, guitar, backing Vocals *Curt Jones - guitar, backing vocals *Kevin Robinson - guitar, backing vocals *Clarence "Binky" Brice - guitar *Ira Siegel - rhythm guitar *Raymond Jackson - bass, guitar, synthesizer *Philip Field - keyboards, synthesizers, synth programming, backing vocals *Steve "Bam" Becker - drums *

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, David Frank, Dunn Pearson - synthesizer *Frank Elmo,

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- horns *Gary "Bone" Cooper - backing vocals *Angel Colon, Kirth Atkin - scratches *Vincent Henry - saxophone solo on "You Are My Sunshine" *Sonny Fortune - saxophone solo on "You, Me, and He" and "To Be or not to Bop That is the Question (Whether We Funk or Not)" *Ed "Tree" Moore - guitar solo on "I Simply Like" Mtume- ''You, Me and He'' @Discogs.com
Retrieved 1-7-2012.

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Mtume-You, Me And He at Discogs
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