Cissy Houston (album)

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Cissy Houston
The album cover for album Cissy Houston.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 12, 1977 (1977-05-12)
Recorded1976-1977
Studio
  • Columbia Recording Studios,
    New York City
Genre
Length34:57
Label Private Stock Records
Producer
Cissy Houston chronology
Presenting Cissy Houston
(1970)
Cissy Houston
(1977)
Think It Over
(1978)
Singles from Cissy Houston
  1. "Love Is Something That Leads You"
    Released: February 1977
  2. "Love Is Holding On"
    Released: June 1977
  3. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
    Released: 1978

Cissy Houston is the second studio album by American soul/gospel singer Cissy Houston, released in 1977 on Private Stock Records as the follow-up to her debut album, Presenting Cissy Houston . The original recording was re-mastered and includes extensive liner notes and re-released on CD under Cherry Red Records in 2013. [1]

Contents

The album was produced and arranged by Michael Zager and features pop/soul cover versions of Elton John's "Your Song", "Make It Easy on Yourself", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, as well as covers of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and "Tomorrow" from the musical Annie .

Track listing

U.S., UK Vinyl, LP Album [2]

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tomorrow"
3:33
2."Morning Much Better"
4:06
3."Your Song"5:43
4."Love Is Holding On"
  • Barbara Morr
  • Betsy Derkin Matthes
3:28
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"4:21
6."It Never Really Ended"
  • Alvin Fields
  • Barbara Soehner
2:55
7."Make It Easy on Yourself"5:14
8."Things to Do"3:20
9."Love Is Something That Leads You"
  • Soehner
  • Zager
2:59

Personnel

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