Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980 album)

1980 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Studio album by

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Released| 1980
Studio| Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre| Jazz
Length| 40:49
Label| Elektra
Producer| Thom Bell
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
| Bad for Me
(1979)  | Dee Dee Bridgewater
(1980)  | Live in Paris
(1987)

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AllMusic| [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz| [3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz| [4]

Dee Dee Bridgewater is a studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. Released in 1980 by the Elektra label, it is her second self-titled album. Two singles were released: "One in a Million (Guy)" and "When Love Comes Knockin'".[5] The album was re-released on CD in 2006.

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Lonely Disco Dancer"| Thom Bell, Joseph Jefferson, Richard Roebuck| 4:57
2.| "When Love Comes Knockin'"| Thom Bell, Joe Ericksen, Dennis Caldirola| 4:21
3.| "One in a Million (Guy)"| Thom Bell, Joe Ericksen| 4:43
4.| "Gunshots in the Night"| Leroy Bell, Casey James| 6:28
5.| "When You're in Love"| Casey James| 6:28
6.| "That's the Way Love Should Feel"| Preston Glass, Alan Glass| 4:28
7.| "Give in to Love"| Thom Bell, Linda Creed| 5:11
8.| "Jody (Whoever You Are)"| Joseph Jefferson| 4:13

## Personnel

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Band

* Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
* Thom Bell, Casey James – keyboards
* Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns – horns, strings
* Grant Reeves – saxophone
* Bobby Eli, Bill Neale – guitar
* Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
* Charles Collins – drums
* Leroy Bell, Larry Washington – percussion
* Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Frankie Bleu, Carl Helm, George Merrill – backing vocals

Production

* Thom Bell – producer, conductor
* Dirk Devlin, Jim Gallagher, Ron Gangnes – recording engineers
* Ron Coro – art direction, design
* David Alexander – photography

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## References

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1. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee Bridgewater". AllMusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
3. ^ Hull, Tom. "Penguin Guide to Jazz Diffs: 4th vs. 5th Editions". Tom Hull. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116\. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
5. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater (1980)". oldies.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

## External links

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* Official website

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Dee Dee Bridgewater

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

As leader|

* Afro Blue (1974)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater (Atlantic, 1976)
* Just Family (1977)
* Bad for Me (released 1979)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater (Elektra, 1980)
* Live in Paris (1986)
* Victim of Love (released 1989)
* In Montreux (1990)
* Keeping Tradition (1992)
* Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1994)
* Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996)
* Dear Ella (1997)
* Live at Yoshi's (1998)
* This Is New (2001)
* J'ai deux amours (2005)
* Red Earth (2006)
* Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009)
* Dee Dee's Feathers (2015)
* Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready (2016)

Compilations|

* Midnight Sun (released 2011)

With others|

* Children of Forever (Stanley Clarke, 1972)
* The Loud Minority (Frank Foster, 1972)
* Black Love (1974)
* Mutima (Cecil McBee, 1974)
* Conversations with Christian (Christian McBride, released 2011)
* Genesis (Charles Sullivan, 1974)
* Lean on Him (Buddy Terry, 1972)

Soundtracks|

* Coffy (Roy Ayers, 1973)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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