Hah Man

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Hah Man
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Released1994
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Length48:56
Label Raw Ventures
Chuck Brown chronology
This Is a Journey...Into Time
(1993)
Hah Man
(1994)
The Other Side
(1995)
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Hah Man is a studio album released in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go musician Chuck Brown. [3] The album consists go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. The album's title track "Hah Man" was used as the theme song to the television show The Sinbad Show , a 1993-1994 black sitcom starring comedian Sinbad. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Funny Valentine/I Can Make You Go Oooh"6:46
2."The End of a Love Affair"Edward Redding5:23
3."Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" Norman Span 4:58
4."Hah Man (Sinbad, Main Title)"Chuck Brown5:19
5."Saturday Night Fish Fry"
5:22
6."Busy Enuf"Chuck Brown5:29
7."Save Your Love for Me"5:23
8."A Night in Tunisia"
5:17
9."My Funny Valentine"4:59
Total length:48:56

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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  4. Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2009). The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 33, 149, 222, 243. ISBN   978-1-60473-241-2.