Summertime (MFSB album)

Summertime
Studio album by MFSB
Released	1976
Recorded	1976
Studio	Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Soul, disco
Length	34:43
Label	Philadelphia International
Producer	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen
MFSB chronology
Philadelphia Freedom (1975) Summertime (1976) MFSB: The Gamble & Huff Orchestra (1978)

Summertime is the fifth album to be released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

1. "Picnic in the Park" 4:10
2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) 4:53
3. "Plenty Good Lovin'" 4:33
4. "Sunnin' and Funnin'" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:14
5. "Summertime and I'm Feelin' Mellow" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:00
6. "I'm on Your Side" 3:30
7. "Hot Summer Nights" 4:25
8. "We Got the Time" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:41

Personnel

• Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall - guitar
• Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
• Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
• Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
• Larry Washington - percussion
• Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
• Zach Zachery, Tony Williams - saxophone
• Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen - backing vocals

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	Jazz Albums
1976	Summertime	106	18	21

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US R&B	US Dance
1976	"Picnic In The Park"	—	1
	"Summertime"	65	1

External links

• MFSB-Summertime at Discogs