Sunbeam (album)

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Allmusic	^[1]

Sunbeam is a 1978 album by American band The Emotions. Released on April 7, 1978 by Columbia Records, Sunbeam was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 14, 1978.^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Smile"	Maurice White, Al McKay	3:15
2.	"Love Is Right On"	Joseph Hutchinson, Jr., Keith Henderson	4:19
3.	"Time Is Passing By"	Joseph Hutchinson	3:19
4.	"Walking the Line"	Maurice White, Skip Scarborough	5:21
5.	"Ain't No Doubt About It"	Sheila Hutchinson Whitt	3:18

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Love Vibes"	Jeanette Hawes, Lonnie Reaves	3:12
7.	"I Wouldn't Lie"	Jon Lind, Fred Tacker	4:33
8.	"My Everything"	Pamela Hutchinson, Wanda Hutchinson, Thomas McClary	3:42
9.	"Spirit of Summer"	Eumir Deodato	2:23
10.	"Whole Lot of Shakin'"	Maurice White, Al McKay	3:18
11.	"Music Box"	Maurice White	0:40

Personnel

The Emotions

Wanda Hutchinson – vocals
Sheila Hutchinson Whitt – vocals
Jeanette Hawes – vocals

Musicians

Terry L. Mashall, Skip Scarborough – keyboards
Charles "Chuck-A-Luck" Hosch, Gary Grainger, Verdine White – bass
Keith Henderson, Marlo Henderson, Jon Lind, Al McKay – guitars
Donzell Davis, Fred White, Maurice White – drums
Paulinho da Costa, Earl DeRouen – percussion
Victor Feldman – vibes
Oscar Brashear, Rahm Lee Davis, Chuck Findley, Michael Harris – trumpets
George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield, Maurice Spears – trombones
Barbara Korn, Sidney Muldrow, Alan Robinson, Gale Robinson, Marilyn Robinson – French horns
Donald Myrick, George Patterson, Jr. – saxophones
Murray Adler, Harry Bluestone, Ron Clark, Assa Drori, Ronald Folsom, Frank Foster, Janice Gower, Endre Granat, William Henderson, Davida Lou Johnson, Bernard Kundrell, Joseph Livoti, Joy Lyle, Stanley Plummer, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Ilkka Talvi – violins
Samuel Boghossian, Denyce Buffum, Gareth Nuttycombe – violas
Armand Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Raymond Kelley – cellos
Tom Tom 84 (Thomas Washington) - horn and string arrangements

Technical

Tom Perry - engineer
Andy Engel - album design
Jürgen Reisch - photography

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	40
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	12

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]
1978	"Smile"	102	6
1978	"Whole Lot of Shakin'"	—	44
1979	"Walking the Line"	—	58

References

^ Lytle, Craig. Sunbeam > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
^ RIAA Ceertification for Sunbeam
^ ^a ^b ^c "US Charts > The Emotions". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Sunbeam at Discogs

[1] Lytle, Craig. Sunbeam > review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-04.

[2] RIAA Ceertification for Sunbeam

[allmusic-3] "US Charts > The Emotions". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-10-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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v t e The Emotions
Studio albums	So I Can Love You (1969) Untouched (1972) Flowers (1976) Rejoice (1977) Sunbeam (1978) Come into Our World (1979) Sincerely (1984) If I Only Knew (1985)
Compilation albums	Sunshine (1977)
Singles	"Heart Association" "Show Me How" "My Honey and Me" "Flowers" "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" "Best of My Love" "Don't Ask My Neighbors" "Smile" "Shouting Out Love" "What's the Name of Your Love?" "You're the One" "You're the Best"
Collaborations	"Boogie Wonderland" "All in the Way"
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