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Five Special
Five Special
Album US 1979 on Elektra label
R&B/Soul (Disco)
A1 to B2, B4: Published by At Home Music and Baby Dump Music ASCAP B3: Published by Baby Dump Music and New Beginnings Music ASCAP Studios: United Sound and Sound Suite-Detroit, Record Plant and Total Experience Studio-Los Angeles Ron Banks courtesy of Baby Dump Productions, Inc., in association with At Home Productions, Inc. ℗ & © 1979 Elektra/Asylum Records Mfg. by Elektra/Asylum Nonesuch Records Printed in U.S.A. "AR" in label matrix denotes an Allied pressing. Also released with slightly different labels
Musicians
 | Five Special , 1978-1981 US album by |
 | Wayne Henderson tb, 1939-2014 US arranged by, horns, executive producer |
 | Raymond Johnson , arranged by, rhythm, keyboards, written by |
 | Ron Banks voc, 1951-2010 US arranged by, rhythm, executive producer, producer, written by |
 | Tony Green b, arranged by, rhythm, bass, written by |
 | George Del Barrio str, perc, US arranged by, strings |
 | Jerry Jones dr, drums, written by |
 | Cecil Womack g, voc, bvoc, 1947-2013 US guitar |
 | Darnell Kimbrough guitar, written by |
 | Ricardo Rouse g, b, guitar |
 | Carl "Butch" Small perc, voc, percussion |
 | Mark Johnson key, cwb, synthesizer |
| William Hooten synthesizer |
 | Bryan Banks voc, vocals |
 | Greg Finley voc, vocals |
 | Mike Petillo voc, vocals |
 | Steve Boyd voc, vocals |
 | Steve Harris voc, vocals |
Producers
| Johnny Lee art direction |
| Kathy Morphesis art direction |
| Hank Sanicola edited by |
| Gerry Estes engineer |
| Mark Calece engineer |
| Michael Evans engineer |
| Terry Tuck engineer |
| Dr. Don Mizell executive producer |
| Forest Hamilton executive producer |
| Gary Heery photography by |
| Rick Gianatos engineer, mixed by, disco mix, mixed by, uncredited |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Why Leave Us Alone | Five Special | 8:21 | |
| 2 | | It's A Wonderful Day | Five Special | 4:01 | |
| 3 | | Do It Baby | Five Special | 7:08 | |
| 4 | | It's Such A Groove Part II - Whatcha Got For Music! | Five Special | Darnell Kimbrough | 4:48 |
| 5 | | Baby | Five Special | 4:43 | |
| 6 | | Rock Dancin' | Five Special | Jerry Jones | 4:46 |
| 7 | You're Something Special | Five Special | 4:26 |
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