I Had to Fall in Love was the only solo album released by former Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

 lead singer Jean Terrell

Jean Terrell

Jean Terrell is an American R&B and jazz singer. She replaced Diana Ross as the lead singer of The Supremes in January 1970.-Early life and career:...

, released in 1978 on the A&M

A&M Records

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 label. The album was completed five years after she left the Supremes and when it was finished, promotion was stopped completely because of Terrell's strict religious beliefs that prevented her from promoting the album in a way that she did not favor. In 2006, an independent label re-released the album in CD

Compact Disc

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 format.

Track listing

1. "Don't Stop Reaching for the Top" (James Davis, Jeffrey Osborne
   Jeffrey Osborne
   Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
   
   ) - (4:13)
2. "No One Like My Baby" (Fred Bliffort) - (3:45)
3. "Rising Cost of Love" (Bobby Martin, Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:34)
4. "Change Up" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (5:00)
5. "How Can You Live (Without Love)" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:21)
6. "I Had to Fall in Love" (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle
   Gallagher and Lyle
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   ) - (4:16)
7. "That's the Way Love Grows" (Frank McDonald, Chris Rae, Gerry Shury) - (3:30)
8. "You've Been So Good for Me" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (4:23)
9. "No Limit" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:19)

Singers

• Jean Terrell - lead vocals
• Sherlie Matthews
  Sherlie Matthews
  Sherlie Matthews is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a backing vocalist for Pop, R&B and Rock groups from the mid 1960s to the present time.-Early life:...
  
   - background vocals
• Venetta Fields
  Venetta Fields
  Venetta Fields is an American singer best known as session musician for leading rock and pop acts of the 1970s including Pink Floyd, Barbra Streisand, Steely Dan and the Rolling Stones...
  
   - background vocals
• Clydie King
  Clydie King
  Clydie Crittendon is an American singer, best known for her session work as a backing vocalist....
  
   - background vocals
• Lynda Laurence
  Lynda Laurence
  Lynda Laurence is an American singer. She is best known for being a part of two Motown acts: Stevie Wonder's backup group Wonderlove, and one of the post-Diana Ross versions of The Supremes...
  
   - background vocals

Musicians

• Scotty Harris - drums
• Danny Whatley - bass guitar
• Benorce Blackman - guitar
• Paul Flaherty - guitar
• Leo Ron Hanks - keyboards, acoustic piano
• Melvin Webb - drums
• Harry E. Davis - bass guitar
• John McGhee - guitar
• James Davis - keyboards
• Billy Osborne - keyboards
• Jeffrey Osborne
  Jeffrey Osborne
  Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
  
   - perucssion
• James Gadson
  James Gadson
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   - drums
• Tony Newton - bass guitar
• Sylvester Rivers - Fender Rhodes piano
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
• Fred Jackson - alto saxophone

Production credits

• Produced by Bobby Martin for Bobby Martin Productions
• Recorded and Mixed at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood
• Sound Engineer - Douglas Greaves