Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980 album)

Dee Dee Bridgewater
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released	1980
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:49
Label	Elektra
Producer	Thom Bell
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Bad for Me (1979) Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980) Live in Paris (1987)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz	[4]

Dee Dee Bridgewater is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. Released in 1980 by the Elektra label, it is her second self-titled album. Two singles were released: "One in a Million (Guy)" and "When Love Comes Knockin'". ^[5] The album was re-released on CD in 2006.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lonely Disco Dancer"	Thom Bell, Joseph Jefferson, Richard Roebuck	4:57
2.	"When Love Comes Knockin'"	Thom Bell, Joe Ericksen, Dennis Caldirola	4:21
3.	"One in a Million (Guy)"	Thom Bell, Joe Ericksen	4:43
4.	"Gunshots in the Night"	Leroy Bell, Casey James	6:28
5.	"When You're in Love"	Casey James	6:28
6.	"That's the Way Love Should Feel"	Preston Glass, Alan Glass	4:28
7.	"Give in to Love"	Thom Bell, Linda Creed	5:11
8.	"Jody (Whoever You Are)"	Joseph Jefferson	4:13

Personnel

Band Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals Thom Bell, Casey James – keyboards Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns – horns, strings Grant Reeves – saxophone Bobby Eli, Bill Neale – guitar Bob Babbitt – bass guitar Charles Collins – drums Leroy Bell, Larry Washington – percussion Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Frankie Bleu, Carl Helm, George Merrill – backing vocals

Production Thom Bell – producer, conductor Dirk Devlin, Jim Gallagher, Ron Gangnes – recording engineers Ron Coro – art direction, design David Alexander – photography

References

1. "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee Bridgewater". AllMusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
2. Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. Hull, Tom. "Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 4th vs. 5th Editions". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 14, 2020.
4. Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN   978-1-85227-183-1 . Retrieved July 14, 2020.
5. "Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980)". oldies.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

External links

• Official website