STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - PATTI AUSTIN - EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE

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Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate Harlem born R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter, and actress, Patti Austin, as she celebrates her 73rd Birthday ! Happy Birthday Patti ! She got her start at 4 years old when she performed at the Apollo and by the time she was 15 she was recording commercial jingles and performing as a session musician. In 1981 she signed with Quincey Jones' label Quest and released her 4th studio album, Every Home Should Have One, on September 28, 1981. It was produced by Jones. The record reached #99 in the UK, #36 on the Billboard 200, and #16 on the  Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and gave birth to three singles ; the title track (#62 Hot 100, #55 R&B, #24 Adult Contemporary), "Do You Love Me" (#24 R&B), and the James Ingram duet, "Baby, Come To Me" (#9 R&B, #1 Adult Contemporary, #1 Hot 100).

1. "Do You Love Me" Rod Temperton 3:24
2. "Love Me to Death" Temperton 4:08
3. "The Way I Feel" Eric Kaz, Wendy Waldman 4:19
4. "Every Home Should Have One" Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker 3:24
5. "Baby, Come to Me" (with James Ingram) Temperton 3:31
6. "The Genie" Temperton 3:57
7. "Stop, Look, Listen" Linda Creed, Thom Bell 3:06
8. "Symphony of Love" Rod Bowkett 3:39
9. "Oh No Margarita" Austin, Michael Boddicker 3:52
10. "The Island" Ivan Lins, Vitor Martins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman 3:46

Patti Austin – lead and backing vocals (all tracks), vocal arrangements (4, 7-9), BGV arrangements (5)
James Ingram – backing vocals (1, 5), lead vocals (5), BGV arrangements (5)
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (1-3, 5, 6, 9), synthesizers (1-7, 10), synthesizer solo (2, 6)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (1, 2, 5-10), rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (9)
David Foster – synthesizers (1, 5, 6)
Rod Temperton – rhythm arrangements (1, 2, 5-7), synthesizer arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6), vocal arrangements (1-6, 8), synthesizers (2, 5, 10)
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (3), keyboards (4), Fender Rhodes (7, 8, 10)
Bob James – synthesizers (3, 4, 8, 10), acoustic piano (10)
Steve Lukather – guitar (1, 3-6, 9), acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
Eric Gale – guitar (4, 7, 8, 10)
Louis Johnson – bass (1, 6)
Eddie Watkins, Jr. – bass (3, 5, 9)
Anthony Jackson – bass (4, 7, 8, 10)
John Robinson – drums (1-3, 5, 6, 9)
Chris Parker – drums (4, 7, 8, 10)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-3, 5, 6, 9)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (4, 7, 8)
Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone solo (4, 9)
Quincy Jones – rhythm arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (3, 4, 7), synthesizer arrangements (3, 7)
Jerry Hey – synthesizer arrangements (3, 7)
Production
Quincy Jones – producer
Bruce Swedien – recording engineer, mixing
Ed Cherney – assistant engineer
Lincoln Clapp – assistant engineer
Matt Forger – assistant engineer
Brian Reeves – assistant engineer
Bernie Grundman – mastering at A&M Studios (Hollywood, California).
Roland Young – art direction, cover design concept
Ed Eckstein – cover design concept
Image Works – illustration
Raul Vega – photography