Your Mama Don't Dance (album)

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Your Mama Don't Dance
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Studio album by
Released1973
Recorded1973
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Mainstream
MRL 389
Producer Bob Shad
Charles Kynard chronology
Woga
(1972)
Your Mama Don't Dance
(1973)

Your Mama Don't Dance is an album by organist Charles Kynard which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Mainstream label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars. [2]

Track listing

  1. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) - 4:44
  2. "The World Is a Ghetto" (War) - 2:59
  3. "Momma Jive" (Richard Fritz) - 3:26
  4. "I Got So Much Trouble" (Joe Quarterman) - 5:06
  5. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Kenny Loggins, Jim Messina) - 2:36
  6. "Zambezi" (Fritz) - 5:34
  7. "Summer Breeze" (Jim Seals, Dash Crofts) - 3:25
  8. "You've Got It Bad Girl" (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright) - 3:47

Personnel

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References

  1. Charles Kynard discography accessed April 23, 2014
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed April 23, 2014