Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells album)

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Tighten Up
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Studio album by
Archie Bell & the Drells
Released1968
Recorded1967
StudioJones Sound, Houston, Texas
Genre Funk, soul, R&B
Length27:46
Label Atlantic
Producer LJF Productions
Archie Bell & the Drells chronology
Tighten Up
(1968)		 I Can't Stop Dancing
(1969)
Singles from Tighten Up
  1. "Tighten Up"
    Released: February 1968

Tighten Up is an album by American funk band Archie Bell & the Drells, released by Atlantic Records in 1968. [1] The design of the album cover was by Loring Eutemey. Instrumental backing was provided by the T.S.U Tornadoes. Members included Cal Thomas and Will Thomas on guitar, Jerry Jenkins on bass, Robert Sanders on organ, Dwight Burns on drums, Darryl Bursby on sax, Clarence Harper on trumpet, and Leroy Lewis and Nelson Mills on horns. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Tighten Up (Part One)" (Archie Bell, Billy Buttler) - 3:10
  2. "Tighten Up (Part Two)" (Bell, Buttier) - 2:48
  3. "I Don't Wanna Be a Playboy" (Earl Hines, James Bonner) - 3:01
  4. "You're Mine" (Cal Thomas) - 3:45
  5. "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:33
  6. "Give Me Time" (Sunny Ozuna) - 2:32
  7. "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) - 2:28
  8. "When You Left Heartache Began" (Bell) - 2:36
  9. "A Thousand Wonders" (Thomas) - 2:08
  10. "A Soldier's Prayer, 1967" (Bell) - 2:45

References

  1. ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard book of number 1 hits (5th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. ISBN   978-0-8230-7677-2.
  2. ↑ Glover, H. Clay. [from old catalog] (1886). Glover's album. New York: H. C. Glover.


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