Nobody but Me (Human Beinz album)

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Nobody but Me
Nobody But Me album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1968
Recorded1967
StudioCleveland Recording
Genre Rock, garage rock
Length28:40
Label Capitol Records
Producer Lex de Azevedo
The Human Beinz chronology
Nobody but Me
(1968)
Evolutions
(1968)
Singles from Nobody but Me
  1. "Nobody but Me"
    Released: August 24, 1967
  2. "Turn on Your Love Light"
    Released: February 1968
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Nobody but Me is the debut studio album released by the American rock band The Human Beinz, in 1968 on Capitol Records.

Contents

Background

After three singles of cover songs on smaller labels, The Human Beinz signed with Capitol Records, who misspelled the group's name on their contract, leaving out the "g" (Beingz originally). [2] They went into the recording studio in the summer of 1967 to record their debut album. The sessions started with an attempt to record "You Don't Love Me", a Willie Cobbs song that Sonny and Cher had recently covered. When that didn't work out, they recorded "Nobody but Me" from the Isley Brothers. They replaced the dances "The Jerk" and "The Twist" with The Boogaloo and The Shingaling. Several other covers and some original material written by their producer/songwriter Lex de Azevedo filled out the album. The resulting album was not as successful as the single "Nobody but Me", which reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "Turn on Your Love Light" reached number 80. The album itself charted as high as number 65 on the Billboard 200, and was on the charts for ten weeks. [3]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Nobody but Me" (Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr.) – 2:22
  2. "Foxey Lady" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:41
  3. "The Shaman" (Lex de Azevedo) – 2:30
  4. "Flower Grave" (John Belley) – 2:19
  5. "Dance on Through" (Dick Whittington) – 3:08
  6. "Turn on Your Love Light" (Joseph Wade Scott, Deadric Malone) – 2:17

Side two

  1. "It's Fun to Be Clean" (de Azevedo) – 2:12
  2. "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (Traditional arranged by de Azevedo) – 4:31
  3. "This Lonely Town" (Bob Sherl, Lon Leatherwood) – 2:29
  4. "Sueño" (Mel Pachuta, Mike Tatman, Belley, Ting Markulin) – 2:10
  5. "Serenade to Sarah" (de Azevedo) – 2:01

Personnel

The Human Beinz

Technical

Charts

Singles
YearSingleChartPosition
1968"Nobody but Me" Billboard Hot 100 8 [4]
"Turn on Your Love Light"80 [5]

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References

  1. "AllMusic Review – Nobody But Me" . Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  2. "Human Beinz Story" . Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. "Billboard 200 – March 30, 1968" . Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. "Billboard Hot 100 – February 3, 1968" . Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. "Billboard Hot 100 – April 6, 1968" . Retrieved September 14, 2017.