''You Are My Starship '' is an album by the

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

jazz drummer

Norman Connors Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led a number of influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads. He is pos ...

. Released in 1976 on

Buddah Records Buddah Records (later known as Buddha Records) was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's foundin ...

, it featured bass player/vocalist

Michael Henderson Michael Earl Henderson (July 7, 1951 – July 19, 2022) was an American bass guitarist and vocalist. He was known for his work with Miles Davis in the early 1970s and on early fusion albums such as '' Jack Johnson'', '' Live-Evil'', and '' Ag ...

and Philadelphia vocalist

Phyllis Hyman Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman is best known for her music during the late 1970s through the early 1990s, some of her most notable songs were "You Know How to Love Me" ...

. The album reached number five on the US R&B chart and number one on the Jazz chart. The single, "You Are My Starship", charted at number four on the US R&B single chart. The boat on the front cover belonged to actor

John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...

Track listing

#"We Both Need Each Other" (

) 4:07 Lead Vocals –

#" Betcha By Golly Wow" (

Linda Creed Linda Diane Creed (December 6, 1948 – April 10, 1986), also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter and lyricist who teamed up with Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful Philadelphia soul groups of the 19 ...

Thom Bell Thomas Randolph Bell (January 27th, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, pianist, and composer known as one of the creators of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s. He found success as a producer ...

) 6:17 Lead Vocals –

#"Bubbles" (Shunzo Ono) 6:11 #'You Are My Starship" (Michael Henderson) 4:23 Lead Vocals –

#"Just Imagine" (

Onaje Allan Gumbs Onaje Allan Gumbs (born Allan Bentley Gumbs, September 3, 1949 – April 6, 2020) ...

) 3:58 #"So Much Love" (

) 2:35 Lead Vocals –

#"The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)" (

Leon Thomas Amos Leon Thomas Jr. (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999), known professionally as Leon Thomas, was an American jazz and blues vocalist, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and known for his bellowing glottal-stop style of free jazz singing in the ...

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound", San ...

) 6:50

Personnel

*Norman Connors - drums, timpani, arrangements *Michael Henderson - bass, vocals *Onaje Allan Gumbs - electric piano, string Arp synthesizer *Ian Underwood - string Arp synthesizer, Mini-Moog synthesizer * Hubert Eaves III - harpsichord, piano *

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

, Keith Loving- guitar *Anthony Jackson, Larry McRae - bass * Tom Scott - melodica *

Don Alias Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 in New York City – March 28, 2006 in New York City) was an American jazz percussionist. Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was, however, a capable drum kit performer: for ...

, Neil Clarke - percussion, congas *Carter Jefferson,

Gary Bartz Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has won two Grammy Awards. Biography Bartz studied at the Juilliard School. In the early 1960s, he performed with Eric Dolphy and McCoy Tyner in Charles Mingus' Jazz Wor ...

- alto and soprano saxophone *Earl McIntyre - trombone *Shunzo Ono - trumpet *Art Webb - flute *Doc Kirksey- cello *Mary Ellen Ewing - viola *Gayle Dixon Clay, John Blake,

Noel Pointer Noel Pointer (December 26, 1954 – December 19, 1994) was an American jazz violinist and record producer, whose life inspired a music foundation. Career Pointer made his solo debut at the age of 13, performing Vivaldi with the Symphony of the N ...

- violin *Mareatha Stewart, Sharon Redd, Tasha Thomas - backing vocals

Charts

Singles

References

External links

Norman Connors-You Are My Starship at Discogs
{{Authority control 1976 albums Norman Connors albums Buddah Records albums