02/06/2021

Smokey Robinson "Being With You" (1981) -Smooth Soul-



Label : Motown Record Corporation


États-Unis Side One

01 - Being With You (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
02 - Food For Thought (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
03 - If You Wanna Make Love (Come 'Round Here) (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
04 - Who's Sad (Mike Piccirillo & Gary Goetzman)

Side Two

01 - Can't Fight Love (Mike Piccirillo & Gary Goetzman)
02 - You Are Forever (William 'Smokey' Robinson)
03 - As You Do* (Peter Kingsbery)
04 - I Hear The Children Singing (Forest Hairston)


Produced & Arranged by George Tobin in Association with Mike Piccirillo for George Tobin Productions, Inc.
*Produced by William 'Smokey' Robinson & Michael Lizzio 
And Arranged by Reginald 'Sonny' Burke

Musicians :
Bill Cuomo / Keyboards
Mike Piccirillo / Guitar, Synthesizer, Organ, Additional Keyboards, Percussion & Steel Drum on "Food For Thought"
Scott Edwards / Bass
Ed Greene / Drums
Howard Lee Wolen / Percussion
Mark Wolfson / Percussion
Joel Peskin / Saxophone
David Stout / Trombone
Harry Kim / Trumpet
Background vocals / William 'Smokey' Robinson, Mike Piccirillo, Robert John, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

Musicians on "As You Do" :
Reginald 'Sonny' Burke / Keyboards
Ronnie Rancifer / Keyboards
Paul Jackson Jr. Guitar
Robert 'Pops' Powell / Bass
James Gadson Drums
Scott Harris / Drums
Fred Smith / Saxophone
Background vocals / William 'Smokey' Robinson, Claudette Robinson, Patricia Henley & Ivory Davis

Recorded & Mixed at Studio Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, California & *Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. 
Recording Studios Engineers / Howard Lee Wolen, Mark Wolfson & *Michael Lizzio
Assistant Engineers / Richie Griffin, *Ginny Pallante
Mixed by George Tobin & Mike Piccirillo
Mastered by John Lemay, Capitol Records
Direction for G.T.P., Inc. / Gary Goetzman
Production Coordinator / Lisa Marie