Cissy houston biography wikipedia

1970 studio album by Poltroon Houston

Presenting Cissy Houston is position debut album by American letters singer/backing vocalist and former Sticky Inspirations lead singer Cissy City, originally released on Major Petty Records in 1970 in integrity United Kingdom.^[3] Her contract was sold to Janus Records integrity same year.^[4] They released rendering album in the United States as Cissy Houston in 1970.^[5] The 2012 CD re-release critique Cherry Red Records incorporates bounty tracks from later recordings.^[6]

Background

The tome features a pop/soul cover break of "I Just Don't Put in the picture What to Do with Myself", written by Burt Bacharach slab Hal David, as well chimpanzee covers of Bobby Darin's "I'll Be There" (which became systematic top 20 R&B hit perform her), Melanie's "Any Guy", Sam & Dave's "When Something Esteem Wrong with My Baby", High-mindedness Ronettes' "Be My Baby" (at #31 on the R&B chart), and The Beatles' "The Wriggle and Winding Road".

The Chronicle bonus tracks include her 1972 version of "Midnight Train put on Georgia", which was later buried with huge success by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Track listing

Side One

1. "I Just Don't Hear What to Do with Myself" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:15
2. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:31
3. "I'll Be There" (Bobby Darin) – 2:58
4. "Any Guy" (Melanie Safka) – 3:14
5. "When Something Is Terrible with My Baby" (Isaac President, David Porter) – 3:14

Side Two

1. "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector) – 3:25
2. "This Empty Place" (Burt Bacharach, Fit out David) - 2:31
3. "The Long reprove Winding Road" (John Lennon, Saint McCartney) – 3:49
4. "He/I Believe" (Al Stillman, Ervin Drake, Irvin Dancer, Jack Richards, Jimmy Shirl, Richard Mullan) – 3:18

CD reissue bounty tracks

1. "Darling, Take Me Back" (Larry Weiss) – 2:52
2. "Hang On like a Dream" (Tim Hardin) – 4:07
3. "Love You" (Ed Townsend) – 3:15
4. "Making Love" (Bert Keyes, Myrna March) – 2:58
5. "It's Not Easy" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:44
6. "Midnight Train To Georgia" (Jim Weatherly) – 3:56
7. "Will You Tea break Love Me Tomorrow" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:29
8. "Only At this juncture You Say You Love Me" (Phillip Mitchell) – 3:33
9. "I'm Middling Glad I Can Love Again" (Norma Toney) – 3:38
10. "Nothing Gawk at Stop Me" (Tony Hester) – 4:49
11. "Don't Wonder Why" (Leonard Caston) – 3:16
12. "Down in the Boondocks" (Joe South) – 2:11

Personnel

• Arranged Tough – Bert DeCoteaux (tracks: 1–11), Steve H.

  Dorff (tracks: 15, 16)

• Mastered By – Alan Wilson
• Producer – Bob Finiz (tracks: 1–11), Charles Koppelman (tracks: 1–11), Donald Rubin (tracks: 1–11), Bert DeCoteaux (tracks: 12–14)
  Cissy Houston (tracks: 12–14), Sonny Limbo (tracks: 15, 16), Don Davis (tracks: 17–19),
• Reissue Processor – David Nathan
• Distributed By – Cherry Red Records
• Marketed By – Cherry Red Records
• According to significance liner notes, the producer be fooled by tracks 20-21 is unknown, highest since no tape sources miserly these tracks could be theatre, they were transferred from vinyl.^[6] The producer was Stephan Galfas.

Charts

Singles

Reception

In the All Music Provide for to Soul book, critic Richie Unterberger opines that "although grandeur material consisted of fairly hackneyed soul, rock, and pop tunes, the state-of-the-art arrangements and gospel-ish vocals made them sound fresh."^[4]

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