This Is Your Life (Norman Connors album)
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This Is Your Life is an album by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
jazz drummer Norman Connors
and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills. The album charted at number fifteen on the jazz albums chart.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
jazz drummer Norman Connors
Norman Connors
Norman Connors is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and headliner, who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads.-Biography:...
and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills. The album charted at number fifteen on the jazz albums chart.
Track listing
- "Stella" - 3:17 Lead Vocals – James Robinson
- "This Is Your Life" - 4:13
- "Wouldn't You Like To See" - 3:40
- "Listen" - 3:51 Lead Vocals – James Robinson
- "Say You Love Me" - 4:36
- "Captain Connors" - 3:16
- "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - 5:45
- "Butterfly" - 4:58
- "The Creator" - 7:58
Personnel
- Norman Connors - Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Lead Vocals
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- Drums - Eddie Watkins, Ben Atkins - Bass
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- Oberheim Synthesizer - Eddie "Bongo" Brown - Congas
- Petro Bass - Percussion
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- Tenor Saxophone - Ralph Buzzy Jones - Soprano Saxophone
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, Fred Jackson, Jr., Terry Harrington, Bill Green - Woodwind - James Atkinson, Sidney Muldrow - French Horn
- Marimba, Bells Orchestra, Elmira Collins - Vibraphone
- Harry Bluestone - Concertmaster (Strings)
- McKinley Jackson - Conducter
- Jean Carn, Miss Eleanore Mills, James Robinson - Lead and Backing Vocals
Charts
| Chart (1978) | 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... |
68 |
| 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... |
20 |
| Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 15 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1978 | "This Is Your Life" | 31 |