''Livin' for You'' is the seventh album from
soul music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues. Soul music became ...
ian
Al Green. Released in 1973 it includes the hit title track and "Let's Get Married." The album cracked the Top 25 in the Billboard Pop Albums chart and was the fourth album from the artist to peak at #1 on the Soul Albums chart.
Track listing
;Side one
# "
Livin' for You" (
Al Green,
Willie Mitchell) - 3:12
# "Home Again" (Green) - 3:59
# "Free at Last" (Green) - 3:30
# "Let's Get Married" (Green) - 5:36
# "So Good to Be Here" (Green, Michael Allen) - 2:47
;Side two
# "Sweet Sixteen" (Green) - 3:30
# "
Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film '' Unchained'' (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack.Robert Rodr ...
" (
Alex North
Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' (one of the first jazz-based film scores), '' Viva Zapata!'', '' S ...
,
Hy Zaret
Hy Zaret (born Hyman Harry Zaritsky, August 21, 1907 – July 2, 2007) was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer who wrote the lyrics of the 1955 hit " Unchained Melody," one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century.
Person ...
) - 5:35
# "My God Is Real" (Green,
Kenneth Morris) - 2:43
# "Beware" (Green) - 8:20
Personnel
*Al Green - vocals
*
Teenie Hodges
Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges (November 16, 1945 – June 22, 2014) was an American musician known for his work as a rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl J ...
- guitar
*
Leroy Hodges
Leroy Hodges (born July 13, 1943) is an American electric bass player.
He was born in Germantown, Tennessee. Paired with either Booker T. & the MGs's drummer Al Jackson, Jr. or Stax staff drummer Howard Grimes, Leroy and The Hodges Brothers w ...
- bass
*
Charles Hodges - piano, organ
*
Al Jackson, Jr. - drums
*
Howard Grimes
Howard Lee Grimes (August 22, 1941 – February 12, 2022) was an American drummer, best known as a member of the Hi Rhythm Section on records by Al Green, Ann Peebles and others in the 1970s.
Life and career
Born in Memphis, Tennessee on August 2 ...
- drums, congas
*
Archie Turner
Arthur "Archie" Turner (June 1877 – 4 April 1925) was a professional footballer who played at outside-right in the 1900 and 1902 FA Cup Finals for Southampton, and made two appearances for England.
Playing career
Archie Turner was born in ...
, James Brown, Michael Allen - piano
*
Charles Chalmers
Charles Chalmers is an American saxophonist, session musician, backup singer, songwriter and producer. He has written several hit songs for many recording artists, and has also arranged and performed on many Grammy winning recordings. Seven of tho ...
, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes - backing vocals
*
Andrew Love, Ed Logan - tenor saxophone
*James Mitchell - baritone saxophone
*
Wayne Jackson - trumpet
*Jack Hale, Sr. - trombone
*The Memphis Strings - strings
;Technical
*Vince Biondi - art direction
*Tom Daly - cover illustration
Later samples
*"Free at Last"
**"Blueprint (Momma Loves Me)" by
Jay-Z from the album ''
The Blueprint
''The Blueprint'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. Its release was set a week earlier than initially planned in order to combat bootlegging. ...
''
**"No One Else" by
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...
from the album ''
My Life My Life may refer to:
Autobiographies
* ''Mein Leben'' (Wagner) (''My Life''), by Richard Wagner, 1870
* ''My Life'' (Clinton autobiography), by Bill Clinton, 2004
* ''My Life'' (Meir autobiography), by Golda Meir, 1973
* ''My Life'' (Mosley a ...
''
**"Living This Life" by
UGK
UGK (short for Underground Kingz) was an American hip hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas, formed in 1987, by Chad "Pimp C" Butler and Bernard "Bun B" Freeman. They released their first major-label album, ''Too Hard to Swallow'', in 1992, followe ...
from the album ''
UGK (Underground Kingz)
''Underground Kingz'' is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo UGK. The album was released on August 7, 2007, by Jive Records. The album includes collaborations with Z-RO, T.I., Talib Kweli, Rick Ross (rapper), Rick Ross, Jazze Pha, Koo ...
''
See also
*
List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)
References
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1973 albums
Al Green albums
Albums produced by Willie Mitchell (musician)
Hi Records albums