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Wide Receiver (album)

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Wide Receiver
Studio album by
Released1980
Recorded1980
Studio
  • Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • United Sound, Detroit, Michigan
  • Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan
  • Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
  • Allan Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length39:08
LabelBuddah
ProducerMichael Henderson
Michael Henderson chronology
Do It All
(1979)
Wide Receiver
(1980)
Slingshot
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Wide Receiver is the fifth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1980 by Buddah Records.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Michael Henderson; except where indicated

  1. "You're My Choice" 3:03
  2. "Make Me Feel Like" 4:27
  3. "Reach Out For Me" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) 3:35
  4. "Wide Receiver" (Michael Henderson, Randall Jacobs) 8:05
  5. "I Don't Need Nobody Else" (Lou Courtney) 4:01
  6. "What I'm Feeling (For You)" (Michael Henderson) 4:03
  7. "Ask The Lonely" (George Hunter, William Stevenson) 3:10
  8. "There's No One Like You" (Randall Jacobs) 4:19
  9. "Prove It" 4:25

Personnel

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  • Michael Henderson - lead and backing vocals, bass, crowd voices
  • Randall Jacobs - guitar, piano, handclaps, crowd voices
  • Bobby Franklin, Cory Heath, Erik Wallace, Ollie E. Brown, Ron Pangborn - drums
  • Ray Parker Jr. - rhythm guitar
  • Ernestro Wilson, Gary Nester, Manon "Zoo" Saulsby - keyboards
  • Cory Heath, Lorenzo "Bag Of Tricks" Brown, Miguel Fuentes - percussion
  • Michael Iacopelli - synthesizer
  • Sylvester Rivers - acoustic piano
  • Eli Fontaine - saxophone
  • Evan Solot - trumpet
  • Little Sonny - harmonica
  • Cory Heath, Duane Harris, Gary Nester, Marvin White, Pamela Brown - crowd voices
  • Carol Hall, Cheryl Norton, Jeanette McGruder, Kathy Kosins, Roz Ryan, Sheila Horne, Venna Keith - backing vocals

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[2] 35
US Billboard Top Soul LPs[2] 6

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
R&B
US
Dance
1980 "Wide Receiver" 4 42
"Prove It" 27
1981 "Reach Out For Me" 78

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Michael Henderson: Wide Receiver > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Henderson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. ^ "Michael Henderson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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