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Feel My Soul
Studio album by
Jennifer Holliday
ReleasedOctober 3, 1983
Recorded1983, The Complex, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Recording, Evergreen Studios
GenrePop, R&B
Length40:50
LabelGeffen
ProducerMaurice White
Jennifer Holliday chronology
Feel My Soul
(1983) 		Say You Love Me
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Feel My Soul is the 1983 debut album of Jennifer Holliday, released on Geffen Records. Feel My Soul rose to nos. 6 & 31 upon the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. The album was also Grammy nominated within the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female.[1][2][3][4]

Overview

Feel My Soul followed Holliday's success in her role as Effie White in the original Broadway production of the musical Dreamgirls.[1]

As well the album was produced by Maurice White, founder and leader of the funk band Earth, Wind and Fire.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Just Let Me Wait" (Jon Lind, Bill Meyers) - 4:50
  2. "I am Ready Now" (David Lasley, Willie Wilcox) - 4:56
  3. "This Game of Love (I'm Never Coming Down)" (Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:03
  4. "I Am Love" (David Foster, Maurice White, Allee Willis) - 4:36
  5. "Shine a Light" (Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn, Maurice White) - 4:46
  6. "Just for a While" (Gino Vannelli, Ross Vannelli) - 5:04
  7. "My Sweet Delight" (David Foster, Tony Haynes, Maurice White) - 4:28
  8. "A Change is Gonna Come" - (Maurice White) 4:44
  9. "This Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 3:23

Personnel

  • Jennifer Holliday: Main Vocal, Vocal Backing
  • Crystal Wilson, Jeanette Hawes, Maurice White, Wanda Vaughn (aka "The Cornbread Choir"): Vocal Backing
  • Caleb Quaye, Carlos Rios: Guitars
  • Roland Bautista: Guitar Solo on track 3
  • Nathan East: Bass
  • Bill Meyers, David Foster, Edwin Hawkins, Wayne Vaughn: Keyboards
  • Robbie Buchanan: Synthesizers, synth solo on track 1
  • Greg Phillinganes: Synthesizers and synth solo on track 7
  • Fred White, Ricky Lawson: Drums
  • Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
  • Vocal Backing arrangements by Maurice White and Wanda Vaughn
  • Strings and horns on track 1-3 and 7 arranged by Bill Meyers
  • Horns on tracks 4, 5 and 8 arranged by Jerry Hey
  • Strings on tracks 4 and 9 arranged by Jeremy Lubbock


Charts

Album – Billboard[1]
Year Chart Position Country
1983 The Billboard 200 31 US
1983 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 6 US
Singles – Billboard
Year Single Chart Position
1983 "I Am Love" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 2 US
1983 I Am Love The Billboard Hot 100 49 US
1983 "Just Let Me Wait/Shine A Light/My Sweet Delight" Club Play Singles 43 US
1983 "Just Let Me Wait" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 24 US

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul". Allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul (Top R&B Albums)". Billboard.com.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul (Billboard 200)". Billboard.com.
  4. ^ "Jennifer Holliday". Grammy.com.
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