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1973 studio album by Lamont Dozier
Out Here on My Own Released 1973 Studio ABC , Los Angeles, CaliforniaGenre Soul Length 37 :00 [1] Label ABC Producer McKinley Jackson
Out Here on My Own (1973)
Black Bach (1974)
Out Here on My Own is the debut studio album by singer Lamont Dozier released on the ABC label.
Reception [ edit ]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1]
Ron Wynn of AllMusic stated "It was one of the better combinations of socio-political commentary and urgent soul vocals done in the period. The title cut, as well as the single "Fish Ain't Bitin" and "Out Here On My Own," were sizable hits."[1]
Chart performance [ edit ]
First in December 1973, the album peaked at No. 54 on the Hot Soul albums chart.[2] Its final position was at #17.[3] The single, Trying to Hold on to My Woman , was featured on this album.[4] It reached No. 4 on the U.S. R&B chart and No. 15 on the U.S. pop chart in 1974.[5] The song ranked at No. 87 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1974 .[6] Another single, "Fish Ain't Bitin'", peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 26 on the R&B singles chart.[7]
Track listing [ edit ]
Side one Title Writer(s) 1. "Breaking Out All Over" McKinley Jackson, Althea King 5:03 2. "Don't Want Nobody to Come Between Us" Stephen Bowden, M. Jackson, James Reddick 4:20 3. "Let Me Make Love to You" M. Jackson, J. Reddick 5:54 4. "Fish Ain't Bitin'" M. Jackson, J. Reddick 4:22
Side two Title Writer(s) 5. "Interlude" M. Jackson 1:30 6. "Trying to Hold on to My Woman " M. Jackson, J. Reddick 5:58 7. "Take Off Your Make Up" M. Jackson, J. Reddick 4:59 8. "Out Here On My Own" M. Jackson, J. Reddick 4:55
Personnel [ edit ]
Adapted from liner notes.[8]
Arranged By – Gene Page , H.B. Barnum , Paul Riser
Backing Vocals – Carolyn Willis , Julia Waters Tillman , Maxine Waters Willard , Oren Waters , Jesse Kirkland, Joseph Green
Bass – Ray Parker Jr. , Ronald Brown*, Tony Newton
Cello – Christine Ermacoff, Douglas Davis, Gloria Strassner, Jesse Ehrlich, Joseph Ditullio
Contractor – Olivia Page
Drums – Ed Greene , Zachary Frazier, Zachary Slatter
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Barney Perkins, Reginald Dozier
French Horn – Arthur Maebe, David Duke, Vincent DeRosa
Guitar – Greg Poreé, Ray Parker Jr.
Harp – Gayle Levant, Stella Castellucci
Mastered By [Disc Mastering Engineer] – Phil Cross
Percussion – King Errisson
Photography By – Chris Callis
Piano – Ernest Vantrease, McKinley Jackson
Producer – McKinley Jackson
Saxophone [Sax], Flute, Oboe – Anthony Ortega, Ernest Green, Ernie Watts , Fred Jackson*, John Daversa, John Kelson, Jules Jacob
Soloist [Sax Solo] – John Kelson
Trombone – George Bohannon
Trumpet – Bud Brisbois, Oliver Mitchell*, Oscar Brashear, Warren Roché
Viola – Allan Harshman, Harry Hyams, Milton Thomas, Philip Goldberg
Violin – Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, James Getzoff, Jay Rosen, Leonard Malarsky, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Spiro Stamos, Stanley Plummer, Tibor Zelig, Bill Kurasch
Violin, Concertmaster – Sidney Sharp
Singles [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Wynn, Ron. "Out Here on My Own review" . AllMusic . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .
^ "Billboard" . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 22, 1973 – via Google Books.
^ a b "Billboard" . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 9, 1974 – via Google Books.
^ Pollock, Bruce (2013). Rock Song Index (2nd Revised ed.). Routledge. p. 380. ISBN 9781135462963 – via Google Books.
^ "Lamont Dozier, "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" Chart Positions" . Retrieved February 8, 2024 .
^ "Top Pop Singles" (PDF) . Billboard . New York, New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 28, 1974. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
^ a b c "Fish Ain't Bitin' (song by Lamont Dozier) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts" . www.musicvf.com .
^ Lamont Dozier - Out Here On My Own (liner notes): 1973.
^ a b "Lamont Dozier – Awards" . AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2022 .
^ a b c d "Lamont Dozier Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts" . www.musicvf.com .
^ Hit Records, 1950-1975 . Scarecrow Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0 .
^ "Billboard" . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 9, 1974 – via Google Books.
^ Hit Records, 1950-1975 . Scarecrow Press. 2005. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0 .
^ Company, Johnson Publishing (July 11, 1974). "Jet" . Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
External links [ edit ]