Bill LaBounty (album)

Bill LaBounty
Studio album by Bill LaBounty
Released	1982
Recorded	1981
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA A&M Studios, New York City, NY
Genre	Soft rock
Length	37:56
Label	Warner Bros./Curb Records
Producer	Russ Titelman
Bill LaBounty chronology
Rain in My Life (1979) Bill LaBounty (1982) The Right Direction (1991)

Bill LaBounty is the fourth album by singer and songwriter Bill LaBounty. The album was released in February 1982 on Curb Records by Warner Bros. ^[1]

Track listing ^[2]

All tracks are written by Bill LaBounty, with additional writers noted..

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Livin' It Up"	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	4:20
2.	"Didn’t Want to Say Goodbye"	Roy Freeland	2:47
3.	"Dream On"	Stephen Geyer	4:20
4.	"Slow Fade"	Roy Freeland	4:14
5.	"Comin' Back"	Roy Freeland	3:43

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Look Who's Lonely Now"	Roy Freeland	3:54
2.	"Never Gonna Look Back"	Weil Kathy Wakefield	3:12
3.	"It Used to Be Me"	Roy Freeland	4:10
4.	"Nobody’s Fool"	Mann Weil	3:28
5.	"Secrets"	Roy Freeland	3:48
Total length:			37:56

Personnel

Musicians ^[3]

• Bill LaBounty – lead vocals (all tracks), Fender rhodes (1, 2, 4–7), piano (3, 9)
• Dean Parks – guitar (1–5, 7, 8, 10), guitar solo (6)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (3–6, 9)
• Greg Phillinganes – piano (3–6), Fender rhodes (8, 9), keyboards (10)
• Clarence McDonald – piano (1)
• Ian Underwood – synthesizers (1, 3–7, 9, 10)
• Nyle Steiner – synthesizers (6, 7, 9, 10)
• Willie Weeks – bass (1, 7)
• Chuck Rainey – bass (2–6, 8–10)
• Steve Gadd – drums (1)
• Andy Newmark – drums (2, 4, 8, 10)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (3, 5, 6, 9)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (all tracks)
• Russ Titelman – percussion (3, 5, 10)
• David Sanborn – saxophone (1, 4)
• Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone (3, 6)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (3, 5, 6)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 5, 6)
• Gwen Dickey – background vocals (1, 9)
• Patti Austin – background vocals (1, 6, 9, 10)
• James Taylor – background vocals (2, 7)
• Leslie Smith – background vocals (3)
• Jennifer Warnes – background vocals (7)
• Stephen Bishop – background vocals (9)

Production

• Russ Titelman – producer
• JoAnn Tominaga – coordinator
• Recorded by Mark Linett
• Mixed by Mark Linett and Lee Herschberg
• Mastered by Bobby Hata
• Arranged by (horns) Jerry Hey
• Arranged by (strings) Johnny Mandel (3)
• Arranged by (strings) Nick DeCaro (4, 7–9)
• Mike Salisbury – art direction
• Norman Seeff – photography

Charts

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions [4]
		US	AC
1982	"Never Gonna Look Back"	110	22

References

1. Bill LaBounty - Livin' It Up , retrieved 2025-04-04
2. Bill LaBounty - Bill LaBounty, 1982, retrieved 2025-04-04
3. "1982 Bill LaBounty – Bill LaBounty | Sessiondays". www.sessiondays.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
4. "🎶 Bill LaBounty Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2025-04-04.