Trouble-Maker (song)

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"Trouble-Maker"
Single by Roberta Kelly
from the album Trouble-Maker
B-side "The Family"
Released1976 (1976)
Genre Disco
Length3:59(7" version)
8:48(Album version)
Label Oasis
Songwriter(s) Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Producer(s) Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 143.