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Norman Connors
This Is Your Life
Album US 1977 on Arista label
R&B/Soul (Soul, Disco)
℗ & © 1977 R.A. Inbow, Ltd. Norman Connors plays Gretsch drums exclusively, Latin percussion instruments and Paiste cymbals and gongs Main artist and title on front cover: Norman Connors - This Is Your Life Main artist and title on back cover: Norman Connors And The Starhip Orchestra Featuring Miss Eleanor Mills - This Is Your Life Main artist and title on labels: Norman Connors And The Starhip Orchestra - This Is Your Life
Musicians
 | Norman Connors dr, voc, perc, *1947 US drums, percussion, timpani, lead vocals, producer, directed by, album by, arranged by, conductor |
 | Gary Bartz as, ss, *1940 US alto saxophone, soprano saxophone |
 | Eddie N. Watkins Jr. b, bass |
 | Harry Bluestone vn, 1907-1992 GB concertmaster, strings |
 | Kenneth Nash perc, congas, bongos, percussion, gong, paiste gongs, cymbal, paiste cymbals |
 | James Gadson dr, *1939 US drums |
 | Eleanore Mills bvoc, voc, featuring, lead vocals |
 | Jim Atkinson frh, FR french horn |
 | Sidney Muldrow frh, FR french horn |
 | Charles Fearing g, guitar |
 | David T. Walker g, *1941 US guitar |
 | Jay Graydon g, *1949 US guitar |
 | Lee Ritenour g, *1952 US guitar, soloist, guitar |
 | Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson g, syn, voc, *1950 US guitar, arranged by, conductor |
 | Billy McCoy key, ep, keyboards, soloist, synthesizer, mini-moog |
 | Bobby Lyle p, key, *1944 US keyboards, soloist, electric piano, soloist, piano |
 | Jacques Burvick ep, syn, keyboards, arranged by, conductor |
 | Richard Cummings p, *1951 keyboards |
 | Richard Tee p, 1943-1993 US keyboards |
 | Ronald Coleman key, US keyboards |
 | McKinley Jackson alp, US orchestrated by, arranged by, conductor, except as indicated |
 | Petro Bass , percussion |
 | Ralph Jones fl, soprano saxophone |
 | Michael Boddicker syn, *1953 US synthesizer, oberheim |
 | Pharoah Sanders ts, *1940 US tenor saxophone, soloist, tenor saxophone |
 | Benny Powell tb, 1930-2010 US trombone |
 | Garnett Brown tb, *1936 US trombone |
 | George Bohanon tb, *1960 US trombone |
 | George Thatcher tb, trombone |
 | Lew McCreary tb, 1927-1999 US trombone |
 | Charles Moore tr, fh, trumpet |
 | Nolan Smith tr, *1949 US trumpet |
 | Oscar Brashear tr, *1944 US trumpet |
 | Ray Brown tr, US trumpet |
 | Shunzo Ohno tr, *1949 JP trumpet |
 | Elmira Collins , marimba, bells, orchestra, vibraphone, vibes |
 | Jean Carn voc, bvoc, *1947 US other, vocal production and consultation, vocals, vocal coloring and background |
 | David Majal Li sax, woodwind |
 | Earl Dumler ob, bs, GB woodwind |
 | Ernie Watts ts, *1945 US woodwind |
 | Fred Jackson ts, *1929 US woodwind |
 | Terry Harrington ts, fl, woodwind |
 | William Green sax, 1925-1996 US woodwind |
 | James Robinson voc, g, lead vocals, backing vocals |
 | Paul Riser str, *1943 US arranged by, conductor |
 | Ben Adkins b, bass |
 | Eddie "Bongo" Brown cng, perc, 1932-1984 US bongos |
 | Dwight Brewster key, syn, perc, arranged by, conductor |
Producers
| Donn Davenport art direction |
| Davis & Canzani design, additional design |
| Bob Bullock engineer, assistant |
| Bob Moore engineer, assistant |
| Jackson Schwartz engineer, assistant |
| Jim Sintetos engineer, assistant |
| Stillman Kelly engineer, assistant |
| Rick Heenan engineer, recording and mixing |
| John Golden mastered by |
| Ron Harris photography by |
| Mel Dixon photography by, inside sleeve |
| McKinley Jackson producer |
| Norman Connors producer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Stella | Norman Connors | 3:17 | |
| 2 | | This Is Your Life | Norman Connors | 4:13 | |
| 3 | | Wouldn't You Like To See | Norman Connors | 3:40 | |
| 4 | | Listen | Norman Connors | 3:51 | |
| 5 | | Say You Love Me | Norman Connors | 4:36 | |
| 6 | | Captain Connors | Norman Connors | 3:16 | |
| 7 | | You Make Me Feel Brand New | Norman Connors | 5:45 | |
| 8 | | Butterfly | Norman Connors | 4:58 | |
| 9 | | The Creator | Norman Connors | 7:58 |
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