Summertime (MFSB album)

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Summertime
disco
Length34:43
LabelPhiladelphia International
ProducerKenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen
MFSB chronology
Philadelphia Freedom
(1975)
Summertime
(1976)
MFSB: The Gamble & Huff Orchestra
(1978)

Summertime is the fifth album to be released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

  1. "Picnic in the Park" 4:10
  2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) 4:53
  3. "Plenty Good Lovin'" 4:33
  4. "Sunnin' and Funnin'" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:14
  5. "Summertime and I'm Feelin' Mellow" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:00
  6. "I'm on Your Side" 3:30
  7. "Hot Summer Nights" 4:25
  8. "We Got the Time" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:41

Personnel

MFSB
  • T.J. Tindall
    - guitar
  • Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
  • Leon Huff
    , Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
  • Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
  • Larry Washington - percussion
  • Vincent Montana, Jr.
    - vibraphone
  • Zach Zachery, Tony Williams - saxophone
  • Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
  • Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen - backing vocals

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
Jazz Albums
1976 Summertime 106 18 21

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
R&B
US
Dance
1976 "Picnic In The Park" 1
"Summertime" 65 1

References

  1. AllMusic
  2. ^ "MFSB US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  3. ^ "MFSB US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-16.

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