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Average White Band & Ben E. King
Benny And Us
Album US 1977 on Atlantic label
R&B/Soul (Soul, Funk)
Randy Brecker & Michael Brecker appear Courtesy of Arista Records ℗ © 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Musicians
 | Average White Band , 1972-1983 GB album by, written by |
 | Ben E. King voc, 1938-2015 US lead vocals, album by, written by |
 | Roger Ball key, as, *1944 GB alto saxophone, arranged by, horns, keyboards |
 | Alan Gorrie voc, b, *1946 GB backing vocals, bass, guitar, written by |
 | Hamish Stuart voc, g, *1949 GB backing vocals, guitar |
 | Lew Del Gatto fl, *1941 US baritone saxophone, additional |
 | Steve Ferrone dr, perc, *1950 GB drums, percussion |
 | Onnie McIntyre g, bvoc, guitar |
 | Malcolm Duncan ts, sax, *1945 GB keyboards, tenor saxophone |
 | Michael Brecker ts, 1949-2007 US tenor saxophone, additional |
 | Barry Rogers tb, 1935-1991 US trombone, additional |
 | Marvin Stamm tr, *1939 US trumpet, additional |
 | Randy Brecker tr, fh, *1945 US trumpet, additional |
 | Nicky Marrero tim, US congas, percussion |
 | Jim Mullen g, *1945 GB soloist, guitar |
 | Arif Mardin ep, 1932-2006 US arranged by, strings, horns |
 | Ray Barretto cng, 1929-2006 US congas |
 | Cengiz Yaltkaya , *1947 US arranged by, strings |
Producers
| Bob Defrin art direction, artwork |
| Debra Gray backing vocals, additional |
| Luther Vandross backing vocals, additional |
| Robin Clark backing vocals, additional |
| Steve Klein engineer, assistant |
| Tom Heid engineer, assistant |
| Dennis King mastered by |
| Steinbicker/Houghton photography by, cover |
| David Gahr photography by, liner |
| Arif Mardin producer |
| Jerry Greenberg producer |
| Average White Band producer, assistant |
| Gene Paul recorded by |
| Jimmy Douglass recorded by, additional |
| Lew Hahn recorded by, additional |
| Bobby Warner recorded by |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Get It Up For Love | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Ned Doheny | 4:33 |
| 2 | | Fool For You Anyway | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Mick Jones | 5:38 |
| 3 | | A Star In The Ghetto | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Phillip Mitchell | 7:01 |
| 4 | | The Message | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Average White Band, Ben E. King | 5:17 |
| 5 | | What Is Soul | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Ben E. King, Bob Gallo | 4:34 |
| 6 | | Someday We'll All Be Free | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard | 5:13 |
| 7 | | Imagine | Average White Band & Ben E. King | John Lennon | 4:56 |
| 8 | Keepin' It To Myself | Average White Band & Ben E. King | Alan Gorrie | 4:30 |
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