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Melba Moore
What A Woman Needs
Album US 1981 on EMI America label
R&B/Soul (Funk, Ballad, Disco)
Mastered at Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs All songs recorded at Park South Studios, New York City 'Take My Love' & 'Piece Of The Rock' mixed at Media Sound Studios, New York City
Musicians
 | Melba Moore bvoc, voc, *1945 US album by, written by |
 | Patrick Adams key, syn, *1950 US arranged by, strings |
 | Wayne Brathwaite b, syn, bass |
 | Kelvin Jones key, voc, drums |
 | David Chun , guitar |
 | Barry Eastmond p, key, US keyboards, keyboards, synthesizer |
 | Stan Lucas g, US guitar |
 | Jerry Cohen key, synthesizer, written by |
 | Leslie Ming dr, US drums |
 | Ira Siegel g, eg, US guitar |
 | Bashiri Johnson perc, *1955 US percussion |
 | Paul Laurence key, bvoc, arranged by, vocals, producer, vocals |
 | Kashif syn, *1959 US producer, written by, synthesizer, moog bass, producer, vocals, performer, all other instruments, arranged by, rhythm, vocals |
| Mirek Kuoykowsky , guitar |
 | Steve Robbins key, syn, keyboards, arranged by, keyboards, synthesizer |
 | Daryl Burgee dr, perc, US congas |
 | Sam Peake ep, saxophone |
 | McFadden & Whitehead , *1970 US arranged by, written by |
 | Ray Gomez g, eg, syn, *1953 ES guitar |
 | Ray Chew key, p, *1968 US keyboards |
 | Ted Currier , US producer, arranged by |
 | Jimmy Williams b, US bass |
 | Keith Benson dr, US drums |
| Tony Ventura , guitar |
Producers
| Bill Burks art direction |
| Alyson Williams backing vocals |
| Barbara Ingram backing vocals |
| Carla Benson backing vocals |
| Evette Benton backing vocals |
| George McCrae backing vocals |
| John Whitehead backing vocals |
| Kashif backing vocals |
| Lillo Thomas backing vocals |
| Melba Moore backing vocals |
| Robin Clark backing vocals |
| Gene McFadden backing vocals, mixed by |
| Amy Nagasawa design |
| Dick Williams engineer |
| Rusty Moody engineer |
| Alan Johnson engineer, assistant |
| Bill Reid engineer, assistant |
| David Rogers engineer, assistant |
| Ken Bolden engineer, assistant |
| Ronnie Jones engineer, assistant |
| Hush Productions management |
| Tom Coyne mastered by |
| Ted Currier mixed by, executive-producer |
| Jim Houghton photography by |
| McFadden & Whitehead producer |
| Bob Miller engineer |
| Tim Hatfield engineer, assistant |
| Pete Thea engineer |
| Michael Barbiero mixed by |
| Morri Brown mixed by |
| Steve Baldwin engineer, assistant |
| Rick Rowe engineer, mixed by |
| Joe Venneri engineer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Let's Stand Together | Melba Moore | McFadden & Whitehead, Melba Moore | 5:03 |
| 2 | | Your Sweet Lovin' | Melba Moore | Bruce Hawes, Melba Moore | 3:38 |
| 3 | | What A Woman Needs | Melba Moore | Bruce Hawes, Jason Smith, Melba Moore | 4:21 |
| 4 | | Take My Love | Melba Moore | Kashif | 6:30 |
| 5 | | Overnight Sensation | Melba Moore | Gloria Sklerov, Pamela Phillips | 4:22 |
| 6 | | Each Second | Melba Moore | Jerry Cohen, McFadden & Whitehead | 5:12 |
| 7 | | Piece Of The Rock | Melba Moore | Alvin Fields, Frank Fuchs, Jolyon Skinner | 4:12 |
| 8 | | Let's Go Back To Lovin' | Melba Moore | Jerry Cohen, McFadden & Whitehead | 3:30 |
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