''You Are Everything I Need'' is the fifth album by American pop singer/songwriter/pianist

Larry Santos Larry Santos (born June 2, 1941, in Oneonta, New York) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Santos wrote songs for several American pop bands in the 1960s, including the 1963 hit " Candy Girl" for The Four Seasons which reached number 3 o ...

, released in 1976 on

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. This follow-up also features " Early in the Morning", I Don't Know Why", a cover of

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's 1970 tune, "Long, Long Time", written by Gary White and "

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". It was also produced by Detroit soul producer Don Davis.

Track listing

All songs written by Larry Santos except where noted. #"You Are Everything I Need" #"If I Never See Mary Again" (Larry Santos, Dan Yessian) #"I Don't Know Why" #"Loving Woman" #"

" (Barry Murphy) #"Long, Long Time" (Gary White) #" Early in the Morning" #"Can't Get You Off My Mind" (Iran Koster,

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, Victoria Pike) #"Meet Me Tonight" (Teddy Randazzo, Iran Koster, Victoria Pike)

Notes

*On the original L.P., track 4 was originally "Lovin' Woman" *On the original L.P., track 7 was originally "Early in the Mornin'"

Personnel

*Keyboards -

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, Rudy Robinson *Guitar - Bobby Goodsite,

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, Jimmy Johnson, Robert White, Norman Warner,

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*Bass -

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, Roderick Chandler, Patrick Burrows *Drums - Roger Hawkins, Ken Krogol, Richard Allen *ARP Synthesizer - Larry Santos *Backing Vocals - Honey *Arranged by - Bobby Eaton *Art Direction and Design by Gribbitt! *Engineer - Ellis Bishop *Engineer, Remix - Jim Vitti, Ken Sands *Mastered by Allen Zentz *Photography by Gerald Farber *Produced and remixed by Don Davis *Strings arranged by Detroit Fisher Theatre Strings *Horns arranged by Carl Austin

External links

*http://www.discogs.com/Larry-Santos-You-Are-Everything-I-Need/master/443398 *http://larrysantos.bandcamp.com/you-are-everything-i-need {{Authority control Casablanca Records albums Albums produced by Don Davis (record producer) 1976 albums Larry Santos albums Pop albums by American artists Easy listening albums