''You Must Be Love'' is the third and last album by

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group

Love & Kisses Love & Kisses is a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male and female singers. After collaborating on Cerrone's debut album ''Love In C Minor'' (1976), Costandinos assembled Love & Kisses in ...

, released on

Casablanca Records Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart, Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s. The label currently f ...

in 1979. On this 1979 album,

Alec R. Costandinos Alec Rupen Costandinos, (born Alexandre Garbis Sarkis Kouyoumdjian in 1944 in Cairo, Egypt) is a French composer, music producer, songwriter and singer of the 1970s, known for his contributions to disco music. His father was Armenian and his m ...

composed all the tracks, such as the title cut. Also, this album features

Katie Kissoon Mac and Katie Kissoon are a pop soul duo, consisting of brother and sister Mac Kissoon (born Gerald Farthing, November 11, 1943, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) and Katie Kissoon (born Katherine Farthing, March 11, 1951, Port of Spain). Ea ...

, Costandinos himself,

Vicki Brown Vicki Brown (23 August 1940 – 16 June 1991) was an English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer. She was a member of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and was the first wife of fellow singer and musician Joe Brown and mother o ...

, credited on the back cover of the album as "Vickie Brown", Stephanie de Sykes, Arthur Simms,

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, credited on the back cover of the album as "Dede Ceccarelli", Liza Strike and Helen Chappelle.

Track listing

All songs composed by Alec R. Costandinos. #"Ooh La La La La" 7:37 #"Your Middle Name Is Money" 7:35 #"Find Yourself A Dream" 4:42 #"You Must Be Love"

Personnel

*Bass –

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*Drums – Joe Hammer *Guitar – Ricky Hitchcock, Slim Pezin *Keyboards –

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*Percussion –

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*Strings – Pat Halling String Ensemble *Synthesizer – Alec R. Costandinos, Georges Rodi, Stephen W. Tayler *Vocals – Alec R. Costandinos, Arthur Simms, Katie Kissoon, Stephanie de Sykes, Vicki Brown Additional musicians *Alto Saxophone – George Young (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Bass – Tony Bonfils (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Drums –

(tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Guitar – Jean-Claude Chavanat (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Percussion – Alec R. Costandinos & Emmanuel Roche (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Strings – Pat Halling String Ensemble (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Programming – Georges Rodi (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Synthesizer, Keyboards – Bernard Arcadio (tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Tenor Saxophone –

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

(tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Trumpet –

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Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on Nov ...

(tracks: A1, A2, A3) *Vocals – Alec R. Costandinos, Arthur Simms, Helen Chappelle, Katie Kissoon & Liza Strike (tracks: A1, A2, A3) Technical personnel *Assistant engineers – Adam Moseley, Colin Green, Craig Milliner, Simon Hilliard *Engineer, re-mixed by Stephen W. Tayler *Photography by Scott Hensel *Art direction, design – Gribbitt!, Henry Vizcarra *Arranged & Conducted by – Raymond T. Knehnetsky *Producer By – Alec R. Costandinos *Arranged By, Conductor – Bernard Arcadio (tracks: A1, A2, A3)

References

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