''Just Another Day in Paradise'' is the debut album by

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Bertie Higgins Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1982, Higgins had a top 40 album with '' Just Another Day in Paradise''. It spawned the hit song " Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart and ...

, released in 1982. Singles from the album include the title track, the Top 10 single "

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" and "Casablanca", both tributes to the 1942 film of the same name. "Casablanca" was covered by Japanese singer

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in the same year and reached No. 2 on the Japanese chart. Higgins' original version and album also achieved commercial success, and was the second best-selling album of 1982 by a Western artist in Japan's official hit parade,

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Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted.

Personnel

Musicians * Bertie Higgins – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar,

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(4) * John Healy – keyboards, grand piano, backing vocals *

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– keyboards, grand piano,

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* Ken Bell – acoustic guitars, electric guitars * Shelton Irwin – acoustic guitars, electric guitars * Barry Richmond – electric guitars * Jeff Pinkham – acoustic guitars,

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* Norman Blake – additional mandolin * Gary Baker – bass * Arch Pearson – bass *

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– drums * Bill Marshall – drums *

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s, percussion * Edward Higgins – congas, percussion * Ed Leamon – saxophones * Scott MacLellan –

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, backing vocals * Linda Penny Baker –

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* Gloria Higgins-Burke – backing vocals * Doug Johnson – backing vocals * Mann & Phyllis Loiacono – backing vocals * Lu Moss – backing vocals * David Powell – backing vocals * Suzi Smith – backing vocals * Mike Sullivan – backing vocals *

Cheryl Wilson Cheryl Wilson is a session singer who has had multiple No. 1 dance songs on the UK ''Billboard'' chart and has performed with many notable artists including Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Alice Peacock, Mavis Staples, The Smashing Pumpkins, Bertie Higg ...

– backing vocals The Atlanta Strings * Wayne Mosley – string arrangements and conductor * Nan Maddox and Dona Vellek Klein – cello * Robert Jones and Marion Kent – viola * Lorentz Ottzen, Benjamin Picone, Patricio Salvatierra, Bradley Stewart and Frank Walton – violin

Production

* Sonny Limbo – producer, additional engineer * Scott MacLellan – producer, additional engineer * Doug Johnson – engineer * Jim Stabile – additional engineer * M.C. Ratner – mastering at CBS Studios Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee) * Bertie Higgins – cover concept * Mike McCarty – cover concept, cover artwork, design * Rick Mullins – set design * Joe Kahl – photography * Dawn Carr – hand lettering * Kat Family Management – management * TTI Management – management * Columbia Jones – management

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

1982 debut albums Bertie Higgins albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Sonny Limbo {{1980s-pop-album-stub