Keni Burke (album)

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Keni Burke
Keni Burke Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released16 August 1977
Recorded1977
StudioSound Factory West, Los Angeles, CA; Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Soul
Length34:49
Label Dark Horse
Producer Keni Burke
Keni Burke chronology
Keni Burke
(1977)
You're the Best
(1981)
Singles from Keni Burke
  1. "Shuffle"
    Released: 10 October 1977
  2. "Day"
    Released: January 1978

Keni Burke is the debut solo album by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. [1] Released in 1977, on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label. [1] "Shuffle" and "Day", were released as singles in the US, with "From Me to You" and "Keep On Singing" as B-sides, respectively. [2] The sleeve states: "Special thanks to George Harrison and Dennis Morgan for making this album possible."

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Keep on Singing" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke) – 4:40
  2. "You Are All Mine" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke)– 3:02
  3. "Day" (K. Burke) – 2:48
  4. "It's the Last Time" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke)– 4:06
  5. "Shuffle" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke) – 3:39
Side two
  1. "Give All You Can Give" (K. Burke, Ronnie Vann) – 4:00
  2. "Tell Me That You Love Me" (K. Burke, Vann) – 4:03
  3. "Something New (Like a Sweet Melody)" (K. Burke, Vann) – 4:23
  4. "From Me to You" (K. Burke) – 4:08

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Keni Burke Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
  2. "Funky Discography: Keni Burke - Keni Burke". The_mothership.tripod.com. Retrieved 11 March 2013.