I've Got You
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I've Got You was a 1976 album by vocalist Gloria Gaynor
. It was her first on Polydor Records
, which absorbed her previous label MGM Records
, and soon became a force in the disco genre. The album charted in the US Billboard at #107 in the US Pop chart, and at #40 in the US R&B chart.
I've Got You features the megamix
by Tom Moulton
, a 19 minute disco suite with the songs "Let's Make A Deal", "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Be Mine." The songs from the Soul
based side two of the album includes "Touch of Lightning", "Let's Make Love", "Nothing in This World" and "Do It Right."
The album has not been re-released on CD, as of February 2011.
Side two
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
. It was her first on Polydor Records
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
, which absorbed her previous label MGM Records
MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...
, and soon became a force in the disco genre. The album charted in the US Billboard at #107 in the US Pop chart, and at #40 in the US R&B chart.
I've Got You features the megamix
Megamix
A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...
by Tom Moulton
Tom Moulton
Tom Moulton is an American record producer, and originator of the remix, the breakdown section, and the 12-inch single vinyl format.-Life and career:Thomas Jerome Moulton was born in Schenectady, New York, United States....
, a 19 minute disco suite with the songs "Let's Make A Deal", "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Be Mine." The songs from the Soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
based side two of the album includes "Touch of Lightning", "Let's Make Love", "Nothing in This World" and "Do It Right."
The album has not been re-released on CD, as of February 2011.
Track listing
Side one ("A Tom Moulton Mix") - 17.30- "Let's Make A Deal" (Curtis Blandon) - 4.20
- "I've Got You Under My SkinI've Got You Under My Skin"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song by Cole Porter.I've Got You Under My Skin may also refer to:* "I've Got You Under My Skin" , a 1998 episode of the television series Charmed...
" (Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
) - 7.49 - "Be Mine" (Don Oriolo) - 4.58
Side two
- "Touch of Lightning" (Joey LevineJoey LevineJoey Levine is an American singer, songwriter and record producer of pop music, who has been active since 1966.-Career:...
) - 3.42 - "Let's Make Love" (Curtis Blandon) - 3.49
- "Nothing in This World" (Thomas Major) - 3.23
- "Do It Right" (Curtis Blandon) - 3.06
- "Talk, Talk, Talk" (Don Oriolo) - 5.44
Personnel
- Gloria Gaynor - vocals
- Linda NovemberLinda NovemberLinda Ellen November is an American singer who sang tens of thousands of commercial jingles. She was the voice of the singing cat in the Meow Mix commercials, sang the jingle "Galaxy Glue" in the 1981 film The Incredible Shrinking Woman, the "Coke and a Smile" jingle in the classic Mean Joe Greene...
, Arlene Martell, Vivian Cherry - backing vocals (Simon Said on "I've Got You Under My Skin") - Allan SchwartzbergAllan SchwartzbergAllan Schwartzberg is a famous studio musician drummer, most of whose recordings were made in the 1970s. He has played on hits such as Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye". He has played with KISS, James Brown and Peter Gabriel as well...
, Jimmy Young - drums - Bob BabbittBob BabbittBob Babbitt is an American bassist, most famous for his work as a member of Motown Records' studio band, the Funk Brothers, from 1966–1972, as well as his tenure as part of MFSB for Philadelphia International Records afterwards. Also in 1968-1970, with Mike Campbell, Ray Monette and Andrew Smith...
- bass - Pat RebillotPat RebillotPat Rebillot, born April 21, 1935, is a US-based keyboard session and studio musician.He is associated with fellow session and studio musicians Hugh McCracken, Tony Levin, Steve Gadd, Ray Barretto and Ralph MacDonald....
- keyboards - Carlos Martin - congos
- Lance Quinn, Jerry Freidman, Jeff Miranov - guitars
- Jim MaelenJimmy MaelenJimmy Maelen was a percussionist in the 1960s-1980s, who worked with many artists including Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, James Taylor, Dire Straits, Barry Manilow, Alice Cooper and John Lennon...
- percussion - Bongi - dishpan drums
- Alan RubinAlan RubinAlan Rubin , also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet....
, Pat Russo - trumpets - Wayne AndreWayne AndreWayne Andre was an American jazz trombonist, best known for his work as a session musician.Andre's father was a saxophonist, and he took private music lessons from age 15. He played with Charlie Spivak in the early 1950s before spending some time in the U.S. Air Force...
, Dave Taylor, Barry Rodgers - trombones - George Taylor, Lou DelGatto, Larry Combs - reeds
- Peter Gordon, Jimmy Buffington - French horns
- The Tony Posk Strings
Production
- Producers - Tony BongioviTony BongioviTony Bongiovi is a record producer and recording engineer with expertise in Electrical & Acoustical Engineering. He helped to remodel an old building in Manhattan—once a power plant for Edison, and later a television studio—into the Power Station recording studio in 1977.Bongiovi was born in the...
, Meco MonardoMecoMeco is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him...
, Jay Ellis - Arrangers - Lance Quinn, Harold WheelerHarold WheelerHarold Wheeler is an orchestrator, composer, conductor, arranger, record producer, and music director. He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2003 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for Hairspray.-Biography:Wheeler was named...
, Charlie Callelo, Lou DelGatto, Mecco MenardoMecoMeco is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him... - Vocal arrangements - Mecco Menardo
- Mixing - Tom MoultonTom MoultonTom Moulton is an American record producer, and originator of the remix, the breakdown section, and the 12-inch single vinyl format.-Life and career:Thomas Jerome Moulton was born in Schenectady, New York, United States....