Open Up Your Love
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Open Up Your Love is an album by The Whispers
. Released in 1977, this album reached number 23 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart. This was their last album on Don Cornelius
's Soul Train Records
before transitioning over to manager Dick Griffey
's SOLAR Records
.
The Whispers
The Whispers are a long-established R&B-dance vocal group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s.-Career:...
. Released in 1977, this album reached number 23 on the Billboard Soul Albums chart. This was their last album on Don Cornelius
Don Cornelius
Donald Cortez "Don" Cornelius is an American television show host and producer who is best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance/music franchise Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971-1993...
's Soul Train Records
Soul Train Records
When Soul Train creator Don Cornelius & his partner Dick Griffey launched Soul Train Records in 1975, they had one smashing group of their own called The Soul Train Gang...
before transitioning over to manager Dick Griffey
Dick Griffey
Richard Gilbert "Dick" Griffey was an American record producer and promoter who founded SOLAR Records, an acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records", which played a major role in developing a funk-oriented blend of disco, R&B and soul music during the 1970s and 1980s...
's SOLAR Records
SOLAR Records
S.O.L.A.R. Records was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with Soul Train television show host and creator Don Cornelius.-Company history:In 1975, Soul Train Records was founded by Dick Griffey and...
.
Track listing
- Make It With You 4:59
- Chocolate Girl 3:38
- Love Is A Dream 4:49
- Open Up Your Love 4:41
- I Fell In Love Last Night (At The Disco) 4:27
- You Are Number One 3:59
- You Never Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry) 3:34
- I'm Gonna Make You My Wife 4:59
Charts
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
65 |
| Billboard Top Soul Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
23 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1977 | "Make It With You" | 94 | 10 |
| 1978 | "I'm Gonna Make You My Wife" | - | 54 |