Jump to It

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Jump To It is the thirty-first studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, produced by Luther Vandross and released in the summer of 1982.

This disc gave Aretha her tenth #1 R&B album – at the time it was the all-time record. It enjoyed a seven-week run at #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and also reached #23 on Billboard's main album chart. It was hailed as a comeback album, given that it provided Aretha with her first Gold-certified disc and Top 40 song since Sparkle in 1976.

The title track, "Jump to It", was Aretha's first Pop Top 40 hit since 1976 and her first #1 R&B hit since 1977's "Break It To Me Gently". The infectious song was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album itself received an American Music Award for Best Soul Album.

Commercial performance

On February 1, 1983, "Jump to It" was certified Gold by the RIAA. Aretha was presented her framed Gold album in Detroit by her long-time friends The Four Tops. The album eventually sold 650,000 copies according to web site GreasyLake.com.

In 2005, Patrick Alavi released "Come To Me" which used a Sample of "Jump To It".

Track listing

1. "Jump to It" (Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller)
2. "Love Me Right" (Vandross)
3. "If She Don't Want Your Lovin'" (Sam Dees)
4. "This Is for Real" (Vandross)
5. "(It's Just) Your Love" (Vandross, Miller)
6. "I Wanna Make It Up to You" (Franklin)
7. "It's Your Thing" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley)
8. "Just My Daydream" (Smokey Robinson)

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements (6, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (6, 7, 8)
• Doc Powell – guitar (1-8)
• Steve Love – guitar solo (7)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 2, 4-7), synthesizer (1), synthesizer and rhythm arrangements (1), keyboards (2)
• Francisco Centeno – bass (3)
• Louis Johnson – bass (8)
• Yogi Horton – drums (1, 3-8)
• Buddy Williams – drums (2)
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1), percussion (3, 4, 5, 8)
• Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (7)
• Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards (1, 3-8), rhythm arrangements (3-8)
• Luther Vandross – backing vocals (1, 2, 5), keyboards (2), rhythm arrangements (2, 4, 5, 7), vocal arrangements (2, 3, 5, 8)
• George Duke – acoustic piano solo (5)
• Sonny Burke – keyboards (8)
• Paul Riser – string arrangements (2, 4, 6), horn arrangements (4, 6)
• Leon Pendarvis, Jr. – string arrangements (3, 5, 8), horn arrangements (3, 5, 8)
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (7), string arrangements (7)
• George Young – soprano sax solo (4)
• Brenda White – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8)
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Norma Jean Wright – backing vocals (2)
• Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (3)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
• Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (3)
• Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
• Brenda Corbett – backing vocals (5, 7)
• Four Tops – backing vocals and vocal arrangements (6)
• Levi Stubbs – lead vocals (6)
• Erma Franklin – backing vocals (7)
• Pam Vincent – backing vocals (7)
• Sandra Dance – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Producers – Luther Vandross (Tracks 1-5, 7 & 8); Aretha Franklin (Track 6).
• Production Coordination – Sephra Herman
• Recorded and Mixed by Michael Brauer
• Additional Engineers – Carl Beatty and Lee Keifer
• Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Karat Faye, John Hanlon, Harry Spiridakis, Don Wershba and Warren Woods.
• Recorded at Media Sound Studios (New York, NY), Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA), The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA) and Soundsuite (Detroit, MI).
• Music Contractors – Sephra Herman and Trevor Veitch
• Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
• Photography – Harry Langdon
• Lettering – Sue Reilly

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1982 (U.S.)

External links

• Jump to It at AllMusic