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"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 song recorded by American
contemporary R&B Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre, originating from African Americans, African-American musicians in the 1980s that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip-hop, ...
singer
Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like ...
. Released as a single from his album '' Straight from the Heart'', the single peaked at number 6 on the
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and was Bryson's first Top 10 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number 10 during the summer of 1984. It also spent four weeks at number 1 on the
adult contemporary chart The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to ''Billboard'' by stati ...
.


Personnel

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Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like ...
– lead vocals *
Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema. Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national tour with Bette Midler in ...
– acoustic piano,
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* Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars *
Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. In one of his early bands, The Neighbourhood in 1969, he played with future Kiss guitarist Vinnie V ...
– bass guitar * Carlos Vega – drums *
Lee Holdridge Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. An 18-time Emmy Award nominee, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Daytime Emmy Awards, two News and Documentary Emmy Awards, and o ...
– string arrangements and conductor *
Michael Masser Michael William Masser (March 24, 1941 – July 9, 2015) was an American songwriter, composer and producer of popular music. Early life Born to a Jewish family in Chicago to Ester Huff and William Masser, he attended the University of Illinois ...
– rhythm track arrangements *
Gene Page Eugene Edgar Page Jr. (September 13, 1939 – August 24, 1998) was an American conductor, composer, arranger and record producer, most active from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. His sound can be heard in the arrangements he did for Jeffer ...
– rhythm track arrangements *
Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Marx's first number one success as a songwriter came in 1984 with " What About Me?", which was recorded by Kenny Rogers ...
– backing vocals * Deborah Thomas – backing vocals


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Year-end charts


In popular culture

The song was used as a love theme for the Kelly Capwell and
Joe Perkins Joe Perkins (born December 1, 1935) was an American singer whose song, "Little Eeefin' Annie", was a minor hit in 1963, reaching number 76 on the ''Billboard'' chart. The song featured eefer Jimmie Riddle. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee ...
characters on the daytime serial ''Santa Barbara''.Roos, Henrietta. ''Soap Opera Super Couples: The Great Romances of Daytime Drama''. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. Amazon Kindle. 15 Dec. 2016.


Cover versions

Toni Gonzaga Celestine Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (born January 20, 1984), professionally known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, host, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. Gonzaga was the former lead host of ABS-CBN's long-running reality ...
and
Sam Milby Samuel Lloyd Milby (born May 23, 1984) is a Filipino actor, model and musician. He came to prominence after joining the first edition of '' Pinoy Big Brother''. Biography Samuel Lloyd Milby was born on May 23, 1984 in Troy, Ohio, USA to parent ...
's 2008 version as the soundtrack of '' My Big Love''.


See also

* List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)


References


External links


Single release info at discogs.com
1984 songs 1984 singles Peabo Bryson songs Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil Songs written by Tom Snow Elektra Records singles Songs written by Michael Masser Pop ballads Contemporary R&B ballads Love themes 1980s ballads {{1980s-R&B-song-stub