Paradise (Leroy Hutson album)

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Paradise
Leroy Hutson - Paradise.jpg
Studio album by Leroy Hutson
Released 1982
Genre Funk/Soul
Chicago soul/R&B
Disco
Length38:05
Label Elektra
Producer Leroy Hutson
Leroy Hutson chronology
Unforgettable
(1979) Unforgettable1979
Paradise
(1982)
Soothe You, Groove You
(2009)Soothe You, Groove You2009
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Paradise is the eighth solo album by Leroy Hutson, the first (and only) album to be released for Elektra Records, after his contract with Curtom Records ended.

Leroy Hutson is an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and instrumentalist, best known as former lead singer of R&B vocal group The Impressions.

Elektra Records record company and music label

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk music and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. As of October 2018, Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently-managed frontline label of Warner Music.

Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started in 1968 by Curtis Mayfield and Impressions manager Eddie Thomas. The label's name was a combination of Mayfield's first name and Thomas' last name. Mayfield had previously made attempts at a record label with the "Mayfield" and "Windy C" labels.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Classy Lady" 5:30
  2. "Nice and Easy" 4:30
  3. "You Make it Happen" 4:57
  4. "Paradise" 5:40
  5. "She's Got It" 7:57
  6. "Nobody But You" 4:44
  7. "Stay At It" 5:36

Personnel

Jerry Butler American soul singer and songwriter

Jerry Butler, Jr. is an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and retired politician. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Since leaving The Impressions, Jerry has had over 55 Billboard Pop & R&B Chart Hits as a solo artist, including some 15 Top 40 Pop Hits in the Hot 100, and 15 R&B Top 10's. He served as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, from 1985 to 2018. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chaired the Health and Hospitals Committee, and served as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee.

Chester Thompson American drummer

Chester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, producer, and teacher. He performed with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention from 1973 to 1975, and with the progressive rock band Genesis from 1977 to 1992, and again in 2007. He is a current member of his jazz group, the Chester Thompson Trio, formed in 2011.

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References

  1. Hogan, Ed. Paradise at AllMusic