SATURDAY'S SINGLES : QUINCY JONES and PRINCE

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Good morning, morning people and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up we have Chicago born record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer, Quincy Jones, celebrating his 87th Birthday. Happy  Birthday Quincy ! With him in mind, we spotlight his 1989 Warner Bros. single, "The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)". The track hails from the album Back On The Block, and reached #1 on the R&B charts,  #31 on the Hot 100, #26 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #67 on the UK Singles Chart. The song features guests appearances by  Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge, and Barry White. We have the 12 inch maxi single with a track-list as follows "

A1 The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)(Part I)
Vocals – Al B. Sure!, James Ingram
4:23
A2 The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)(Part II)
Vocals – Barry White, El DeBarge
4:23
A3 The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite Complete)(Combined Remix Version) 6:38

B1 Sax In The Garden (Jazzy Instrumental Version)
Saxophone – Kirk Whalum
6:38
B2 The Erotic Garden (After Hours Version) 8:54

El DeBarge – lead vocals, background vocals
James Ingram – lead vocals
Al B. Sure! – lead vocals, background vocals
Barry White – lead vocals
Siedah Garrett – background vocals
Bill Summers – hindewhu
Steve Lukather – guitar
Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes electric piano
Larry Williams – keyboards, synth programming
Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
John Robinson – drums
Jerry Hey – arranger
Quincy Jones – arranger
Rod Temperton – arranger
Bruce Swedien – recording engineer, mixing, kick & snare drums

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Our second selection on the Birthday calendar belongs to 51 year old Minnesota born drummer Michael Bland, best known for his work with Prince's backing band New Power Generation. Happy Birthday Michael !  His Birthday track is the 1992 Paisley Park release "Sexy M.F.", from the Love Symbol album. "Sexy M.F." peaked at #76 on the R&B charts, #66 on the Hot 100, and #4 in the UK, Italy, and the Netherlands. It's B-side is the much less profane, "Strollin'". Our copy is on cassette single.

Prince – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion
Mayte – vocals
Tony M. – raps
Damon Dickson – dancer
Levi Seacer, Jr. – guitars
Tommy Barbarella – keyboards
Sonny T. – bass
Michael Bland – drums
Kirk Johnson – percussion

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