Romantic Journey

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Romantic Journey
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Studio album by Norman Connors
Released 1977
Recorded 1977
Studio The Sound Labs and United-Western Recorders Hollywood, California
Genre Soul, jazz, jazz fusion
Length43:15
Label Buddah
Producer Skip Drinkwater
Norman Connors chronology
You Are My Starship
(1976)		Romantic Journey
(1977)		 This Is Your Life
(1978)
Professional ratings
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Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.

Norman Connors American musician

Norman Connors is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, and producer who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads. He is possibly best known for the 1976 hit, "You Are My Starship" on which lead vocals were sung by Michael Henderson.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 7:00
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
  2. "Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell) – 5:49
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  3. "Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38
    Arranged by Hubert Eaves, Reggie Lucas, and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  4. "Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors) 5:26
    Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
    Electric guitar – Ray Gomez
Side two
  1. "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 6:43
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
  2. "For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
  3. "Thembi" (Pharoah Sanders) – 8:04
    Arranged by Norman Connors
    Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [2] 94
US Top R&B Albums [2] 24
US Jazz Albums [2] 10

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [3]
US US
R&B 		US
Dance
1977"Once I've Been There"—1630

Personnel

Musicians
Lee Ritenour American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer

Lee Mack Ritenour is an American guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s, playing numerous styles of jazz. He has been described as a "flawless" "musical chameleon" by AllMusic. Ritenour has won one Grammy Award with a sum of sixteen nominations.

Reginald Grant Lucas, known as Reggie Lucas, was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is best known for having produced the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album, his production work with percussionist Mtume, and for playing with the Miles Davis electric band of the first half of the 1970s.

Hubert Eaves III is a keyboardist, songwriter and record producer. In the early 1980s, he worked on hits by the dance act D-Train. He also did session work with Mtume.

Production

Skip Drinkwater is an American record producer. He is best known for working with jazz artists, Norman Connors, Alphonse Mouzon and Eddie Henderson, as well as discovering the Catalyst.

Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer.

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r33812/review
  2. 1 2 3 "Norman Connors US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Norman Conners US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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