Patti LaBelle - The Spirit's in It ( 1981 )

 

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Spirit's in It"	Cecil Womack Kenneth Gamble	Womack Gamble	5:50
2.	"Here You Come Again"	Barry Mann Cynthia Weil	James "Budd" Ellison Gamble	3:02
3.	"Love Lives"	Womack Leon Huff	Gamble & Huff	2:52
4.	"I Fell in Love Without Warning"	Huff	Huff	3:12
5.	"Boats Against the Current"	Eric Carmen	Ellison Gamble	4:04
6.	"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"	Huey "Piano" Smith	Huff	4:25
7.	"Family"	J.H. Smith	Ellison Gamble	4:22
8.	"Shoot Him on Sight"	Cynthia Biggs Dexter Wansel	Biggs Wansel	5:31
9.	"Over the Rainbow"	E.Y. "Yip" Harburg Harold Arlen	Ellison Gamble	3:46

Personnel

• Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4-9)
• Joel Bryant – keyboards (1)
• Lenny Pakula – organ (1, 3, 4)
• Dexter Wansel – arrangements (1, 8), synthesizers (8)
• James Budd Ellison – keyboards (2, 5, 7, 9), arrangements (2, 5, 7, 9), backing vocals (5, 7)
• Philip Woo – keyboards (2, 9)
• Leon A. Huff – acoustic piano (3, 4, 6), Fender Rhodes (3, 4), arrangements (3, 4, 6),
•  backing vocals (6), BGV arrangements (6)
• Nathaniel Wilkie – keyboards (5, 7), acoustic piano (5, 7), organ (5, 7), synthesizers (5, 7)
• Cynthia Biggs – acoustic piano (8)
• Dennis Harris – guitar (1)
• Cecil Womack – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6), backing vocals (6)
• Edward Levon Batts – guitar (2, 9), backing vocals (2, 7)
• Herb Smith – guitar (2, 5, 7-9), backing vocals (5, 7, 9)
• Bobby Bennett – acoustic guitar (6)
• Marc Rubin – guitar (8)
• Roy Smith – guitar (8)
• Jimmy Williams – bass (1-5, 9)
• Derrick Graves – bass (6)
• Idress "Skeets" Young – bass (8)
• Quinton Joseph – drums (1, 3, 4, 6)
• John Ingram – drums (5, 7, 9), backing vocals (5, 7, 9)
• Clifford "Pete" Rudd – drums (8)
• Vincent Montana Jr. – orchestral bells (3), vibraphone (3)
• Miguel Fuentes – percussion (5, 7, 8)
• Michael Mee – alto saxophone (1)
• Ralph Olson – alto saxophone (1)
• Bob Malach – tenor saxophone (1)
• Michael Pedicin Jr. – tenor saxophone (1)
• Willie Williams – soprano saxophone (5), tenor saxophone (5)
• Sam Peake – saxophone (9)
• Larry Gittins – trumpet (1)
• Bobby Rush – harmonica (6)
• MFSB – horns (2, 8, 9), strings (2, 3, 8, 9)
• Jack Faith – arrangements (3)
• Carl Helm – backing vocals (2, 7, 9)
• Reggie Workman – backing vocals (2, 9)
• Kenneth Gamble – backing vocals (5, 7)

Handclaps on "Family"

• Miguel Fuentes
• Stacey Todd Holt
• Norman Maxon
• Fred Murphy
• Vivian Reed
• Idress "Skeets" Young

Patti LaBelle - Released ( 1980 )

 

Track listing

All tracks produced by Allen Toussaint.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give It Up (The Dawning of Rejection)"	Allen Toussaint	5:40
2.	"Don't Make Your Angel Cry"	Toussaint	3:20
3.	"Release"	Toussaint	3:01
4.	"I Don't Go Shopping"	Peter Allen David Lasley	3:54
5.	"Ain't That Enough"	Patti LaBelle James Ellison Victor Orsborn	3:45
6.	"Love Has Finally Come"	LaBelle Ellison Orsborn	5:36
7.	"Come and Dance With Me"	LaBelle Ellison Edward Batts	4:28
8.	"Get Ready (Lookin' for Loving)"	LaBelle Ellison Batts	4:54
9.	"Find the Love"	LaBelle Ellison Theodore McClean	5:43

Patti LaBelle - It's Alright with Me ( 1979 )

 

Track listing

All tracks produced by Skip Scarborough.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Alright with Me"	Skip Scarborough	4:16
2.	"My Best Was Good Enough"	Scarborough	2:47
3.	"What Cha Doin' to Me?"	Scarborough	3:46
4.	"Love Is Just a Touch Away"	James Ellison Patti LaBelle Scarborough	3:54
5.	"Love and Learn"	Scarborough	5:34
6.	"Deliver the Funk"	Wayne Lee Vaughn Wanda Hutchinson	4:10
7.	"Come What May"	David Lasley Allee Willis	4:05
8.	"You And Me"	Allee Willis Franne Golde	3:50
9.	"Music Is My Way of Life"	Marti Sharron Gerald Lee	8:12

Patti LaBelle - Tasty ( 1978 )

 

Track listing

1. "Save the Last Dance for Me" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) (5:05)
2. "Monkey See Monkey Do" (Michael Franks) (5:12)
3. "Little Girls" (Allee Willis) (6:46)
4. "You Make It Hard to Say No" (Boz Scaggs) (5:35)
5. "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) (5:21)
6. "Quiet Time" (Armstead Edwards, James R. Budd Ellison, LaBelle) (5:05)
7. "Don't Let Go" (Jesse Stone) (4:06)
8. "I See Home" (Allee Willis, David Lasley) (5:57)
9. "Eyes in the Back of My Head" (Pete Wingfield) (5:25)

Personnel

• Patti LaBelle - lead vocals
• Leo Nocentelli, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr. - guitar
• Eddie N. Watkins Jr., Pablo Tellez - bass guitar
• James Budd Ellison, Richard Kermode - keyboards
• James Gadson, Ollie E. Brown, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - drums
• Andy Narell - steel drums
• Raul Rekow - congas
• Sheila Escovedo - timbales
• Julia Tillman Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Carlos D. Aleman, Willie Colón - backing vocals
• Al Bent - brass arrangements
• Dale Warren - orchestral arrangements, conductor

Patti LaBelle - Patti LaBelle ( 1977 )

 

Track listing

1. "Joy to Have Your Love" (Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker, Jr., Budd Ellison)
2. "Funky Music" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield)
3. "Since I Don't Have You" (Wally Lester, Joe VerScharen, Joseph Rock, James Beaumont, Jackie Taylor)
4. "Dan Swit Me" (Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker, Jr., David Rubinson, Armstead Edwards)
5. "You Are My Friend" (Patti LaBelle, Budd Ellison, Armstead Edwards)
6. "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" (Willie Dixon)
7. "I Think About You" (Angelo "Funky Knuckles" Nocentelli)
8. "Do I Stand a Chance?" (Patti LaBelle, Budd Ellison, Armstead Edwards)
9. "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Bob Dylan)

Personnel

• Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangements
• Leo Nocentelli, Ray Parker Jr. – guitar
• David Shields, George Porter, Jr., Mac Cridlin, Ray Parker, Jr. – bass
• James Budd Ellison, Leo Nocentelli – keyboards
• James Gadson – drums
• Natcho – harmonica
• Cecil Womack, Curtis Womack, Friendly Womack, Jr., Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Norma Harris, Rosie Casals, Sherri Barman, Yvonne Fair – background vocals
• Kurt McGettrick – brass arrangements
• Bob Manchurian, Dale Warren – orchestral arrangements and conductor