Call on Me (album)

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Call On Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 8, 1980 (1980-09-08)
Recorded1980
Studio Record Plant Studios; Secret Sound Studios; RCA Studios, New York City
Genre Disco
Length40:04
Label RCA Victor
Producer
  • Theodore Life
  • George Tindley
Evelyn "Champagne" King chronology
Music Box
(1979)
Call On Me
(1980)
I'm in Love
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Call on Me is the third studio album by American R&B singer Evelyn "Champagne" King, released on September 8, 1980 by RCA Records. It was produced by Theodore Life and George Tindley.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 58 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 124 on the Billboard 200. It produced the single "Let's Get Funky Tonight".

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Get Funky Tonight"
  • Theodore Life
  • Hassan Ali
  • Kwame Hadi
  • King
3:36
2."Your Kind of Loving"
  • Theodore Life
  • Frank Snowden
3:51
3."Call on Me"
  • Theodore Life
  • Theodore Life III
  • Nat Lee
5:15
4."I Need Your Love"
  • Theodore Life
  • Frank Alstin Jr.
  • George Tindley
6:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Talk Don't Hurt Nobody"
  • Theodore Life
  • Joe Freeman
6:43
6."Just a Little Bit of Love"3:40
7."Bedroom Eyes"
  • Bill Seidman
  • Christine Faith
4:41
8."Universal Girl"
  • Theodore Life
  • John H. Fitch, Jr.
6:00
Total length:40:04

Credits

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
[2]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 124
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 58

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References

  1. Kantor, Justin. Call on Me > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  2. "US Charts > Evelyn "Champagne" King". Billboard . Retrieved 2009-08-11.