''A Little More Magic'' is the twelfth studio album by American R&B singer

Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

. It was released by Elektra Records on September 14, 1993 in the United States. This was the third and last album Pendergrass recorded for Elektra, and was commercially the least successful of the three despite featuring songwriting and production credits from well-known names such as

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and

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as well as Reggie and

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. The album peaked at number 92 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 13 on the

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. Whereas the two previous Pendergrass albums had each included an R&B chart-topping single to give sales impetus, the most successful single from ''A Little More Magic'', "Believe in Love", stalled at number 14 on the R&B charts.

Track listing

Notes * denotes a co-producer

Personnel

*Joe Alexander – engineer *Susan Becker – assistant engineer *Stephen Beckham – keyboards * Charles "Poogie" Bell, Jr. – drums *

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– guitar, overdubs *Randy Bowland – guitar *Tony Bridges – bass *Jay Bright – arranger, backing vocals *Craig Burbidge – mixing *Reggie Calloway – arranger, backing vocals, executive producer, drum programming, mixing *Vincent Calloway – trombone, trumpet, arranger, mellophonium, backing vocals, metaphone, producer, executive producer, horn arrangements, mixing * David Campbell – arranger, string arrangements *Scott Cannady – bass guitar *Rob Chiarelli – engineer, drum programming *Victor Emanuel Cooke – drums, keyboards, backing vocals, producer, drum programming, mixing *Joel Davis – keyboards, backing vocals *Michael J. Dexter – trombone *Curtis Dowd, Jr. – keyboards *Leon Evans – keyboards *Jack Faith – arranger, conductor *Christopher Farr – tenor saxophone *Charles Fearing – guitar *Carol Friedman – art direction, photography *Dean Gant – piano, keyboards *Mitch Goldfarb – engineer, mixing *Jason C. Golley – trumpet *Doug Grigsby – synthesizer *

– piano, keyboards, producer, drum programming *Quinton Joseph – percussion, drum programming *Ron Kerber – trumpet, saxophone *Jim Krause – engineer *Gerald LeVert – arranger, backing vocals *Bobby Lovelace – drums, overdubs *Jeremy Lubbock – arranger, string arrangements *Dennis Matkosky – synthesizer, piano, keyboards *Taavi Mote – engineer *Derek Nakamoto – keyboards, keyboard programming *Edwin Nicholas – drums, keyboards, sequencing *William Patterson – electric guitar *Teddy Pendergrass – vocals, backing vocals, producer, executive producer, drum programming *Jack Perry – engineer *James Poyser – arranger, backing vocals *Land Richards – drums *Gene Robinson, Jr. – guitar *Keith Robinson – drum programming *Mike Ross – engineer *Michael Scalcione – engineer *Ron A. Schafer – engineer *

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– engineer *William Simmons – keyboard programming *Norman Spratt – saxophone *Mike Mixx Tarisa – engineer *Pete Tokar – engineer *A. Daniel Tomassone – trombone, bass trombone *Gerald Veasley – bass * Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington – bass *Dennis Wasko – trumpet *Dave Way – drums, drum programming *

– producer *Dennis Williams – conductor, string arrangements *Bobby Wooten – arranger, keyboards *William Zaccagni – saxophone *Joy Unlimited, Portia Griffin, Paula Halloway, Stacey Harcum, Annette Hardeman, Spencer Harris, D. Harvey, Charlene Holloway, Paula Holloway, Jeanne Jones, Kipper Jones, Patti LaBelle, Jean McClain,

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, Karen Roberts, Earl Robinson, Rene Robinson, Donnell Spencer, Lisa Stevens, Eddie Stockley, Elisabeth Williams, Youth Mass Choir, Bridget White, Darryl White, Fred White, Shaherha White, Kenny O. Bobiens – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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