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Goin' Places is the twelfth studio album by the Jacksons. It would be the last Jacksons' album released as a joint venture between Epic Records and Philadelphia International Records. Goin' Places peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States, and at No. 11 on the US Soul Albums chart. The album sold over half a million copies worldwide. A concert tour to promote the album, named the Goin' Places Tour, ran from January to May 1978.
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At Peace with Woman is the second album by American R&B female trio the Jones Girls. Released in 1980, the album reached number seven on the Top Soul Albums chart.
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"Grammy Family" is the second single from DJ Khaled's debut album, Listennn... the Album. The single features and was written by Kanye West, Consequence and John Legend; Jon Brion assisted West in producing the track. As well as being featured on Khaled's album, the song appears on Consequence's album Don't Quit Your Day Job! (2007). The track's beat was sampled and rapped over by J. Cole on his debut mixtape The Come Up (2007).
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- ↑ Hogan, Ed (2013). "If Only You Knew". Patti LaBelle: Songs. allmusic.com. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Jackson, John A. (2004). A house on fire the rise and fall of Philadelphia soul. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 187. ISBN 9780195348804.
