Charlene (Charlene album)

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Charlene
Studio album by
Released1976
StudioMotown/Hitsville U.S.A.
GenreSoul, R&B, pop
LabelProdigal
ProducerRon Miller (tracks 1, 3-6, 8 and 10; co-producer on tracks 2, 7 and 9), Berry Gordy (track 2), Don Costa (track 2), Clayton Ivey (track 3), Mike Lewis (track 3), Terry Woodford (track 3), Larry Duncan (track 7), Bob Gaudio (track 9)
Charlene chronology
Charlene
(1976)
Songs of Love
(1977)
Singles from Charlene
  1. "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down"
    Released: 1977
  2. "I've Never Been to Me"
    Released: July 1977

Charlene is the debut album by Charlene.[1] The second single from the album, "I've Never Been to Me", was her first entry into the record charts when it reached No. 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, though the single did not really impact until re-released again in 1982, when the re-issued single reached No. 3 in the US, and No. 1 in the UK.

Track listing[edit]

Side one

  1. "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 3:38
  2. "I've Never Been to Me" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 4:05
  3. "Rings" (Eddie Reeves, Alex Harvey) 3:02
  4. "Somewhere in My Life" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 4:30
  5. "I Want to Come Back as a Song" (Ron Miller) 2:26

Side two

  1. "Hey Mama" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 4:00
  2. "I Love Every Little Thing About You" (Stevie Wonder) 3:00
  3. "It's Really Nice to Be in Love Again" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 3:56
  4. "Shake a Hand" (Carol Carmichael) 2:58
  5. "On My Way to You" (Ron Miller, Ken Hirsch) 3:56

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jon Kutner 1000 UK Number One Hits 2010 0857123602 "They teamed her up with the song-writing duo, Ron Richards and Ken Hirsch, but her first single, 'All That Love Went To Waste' did just that. In 1977 she had dropped her surname altogether and released her first album, Charlene, which confusingly credited her as Charlene Duncan on the sleeve. The first single from it, "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down", barely scraped into the US chart."