Streetheart (Dion album)

Streetheart
Studio album by Dion
Released	1976
Studio	Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Label	Warner Bros. [1]
Producer	Steve Barri, Michael Omartian
Dion chronology
Born to Be with You (1975) Streetheart (1976) Return of the Wanderer (1978)

Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records. ^[2] It was a commercial failure. ^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Salon deemed the album "unshaped and undistinguished." ^[5] AllMusic wrote that the album proved that Dion "still knew how to straddle his present and his past comfortably and effectively." ^[4]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:50
2. "Runaway Man" (Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian) – 3:04
3. "Queen of ‘59" (Dion DiMucci, Bill Tuohy) – 3:28
4. "If I Can Just Get Through Tonight" (Peter Anders) – 3:28
5. "More to You (Than Meets the Eye)" (Dion DiMucci, Danny Grenier) – 2:57
6. "You Showed Me What Love Is" (Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox) – 3:09

Side 2

1. "Hey My Love" (Mark Radice) – 3:20
2. "Oh the Night" (Dion DiMucci) – 4:34
3. "I’ll Give You All I’ve Got" (Thomas Cain) – 3:23
4. "Lover Boy Supreme" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 3:31
5. "Streetheart" (Dion DiMucci) – 5:23 ^[6]

Personnel

• Dion DiMucci - vocals, guitar
• Michael Omartian - keyboards, arrangements, conductor
• Lee Sklar - bass
• David Kemper - drums
• Dean Parks - guitar
• Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman, Steve Barri - percussion
• Ben Benay - guitar, harmonica
• Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio - trumpet
• Nino Tempo, Ernie Watts, Steve Douglas - woodwind
• Dick Hyde - trombone
• Nino Tempo - tenor saxophone solos
• Sid Sharp - string section concertmaster

Backing vocals

• Phil Everly - harmony on "Queen of ‘59"
• Oren Waters, Luther Waters - backing vocals on "You Showed Me What Love Is" and "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
• Stormie Omartian, Carolyn Willis, Ann White, Myrna Matthews - backing vocals on "More to You" and "Lover Boy Supreme"
• Jim Haas, Kerry Chater, Michael Omartian, Phil Everly - backing vocals

Production

• Basic rhythm tracks recorded at Sound Labs, Inc,
• Tommy Vicari - engineer
• Vocals, strings & horns mixed at ABC Recording Studios Inc.
• Phil Kaye - engineer
• Roger Nichols - assistant engineer
• Sam Emerson - photography ^[6]

References

1. Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 13.
3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 198, 200.
4. "Streetheart - Dion | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
5. "Dion". Salon. August 28, 2001.
6. Original album sleeve notes