''Baby It's Me'' is the eighth studio album by American singer

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, released on September 16, 1977 by

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. It peaked at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' Top 200 and No. 7 on the R&B album chart. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The LP yielded one top 40 hit, "

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", reaching number 27 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Other charting singles released from the album include "You Got It" and "Your Love Is So Good for Me", the latter receiving a Grammy nomination. The album also included cover versions of songs written and previously recorded by

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, Bill Withers and Melissa Manchester. Adult Contemporary airplay drove the success of this album, with both "Gettin' Ready for Love" (#8) and "You Got It" (#9) being top 10 hits on that chart, while the newly formed ''Billboard'' Dance charts ranked "Your Love Is So Good for Me" top 15. Although this album never made the UK charts, it was certified silver for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies. Ross would continue to work with Perry including on her pairing with international vocalist

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on their duet, " All of You" several years later. The album was re-released in 2014 in an Expanded Edition with 11 extra tracks (in digital format only). The bonus tracks included 2014 mixes of a number of the original cuts (often in longer unedited versions with additional vocals) as well as four unreleased songs from the album sessions; "Brass Band", "Country John", "Room Enough for Two" and a cover version of

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's 1975 hit "

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Track listing

Personnel

*Diana Ross – lead vocals (all tracks) *

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– keyboards,

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(4) * Tom Scott – saxophone solo (1) *Bud Shank – flute (7) * David Foster – horns arrangements, conductor (3) * Clydie King – background vocals (6) * Tom Snow – acoustic piano (1, 6), Fender

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(7, 8, 10) * Bobbye Hall – congas (7) * Jack Ashford – percussion (1, 6), hotel sheet (3), tambourine (7) *Ben Benay – guitar (9) *

Pattie Brooks Pattie Brooks (sometimes credited as Patti Brooks and Patty Brooks) is an American singer most frequently associated with the disco era. She was born in Fort Riley, Kansas to a military family. Her first break came in 1968 when she auditioned fo ...

– background vocals (2, 7) *

Ollie E. Brown Ollie E. Brown (sometimes credited as simply Ollie Brown) (born April 20, 1953) is an American drummer, percussionist, record producer, and high-school basketball coach. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in ...

– drums (9) *

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– percussion (2, 3, 9) *Don Dunn – guitar (3) *Scott Edwards – bass guitar (9) *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

– horn (5) *Bryan Garofalo – bass guitar (8, 10) *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd ('' Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and ...

– drums (7) *

Jim Horn James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician. Biography Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for ...

– horn (5) *

David Hungate William David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his T ...

– bass guitar (1-3, 6, 7) *

Bobby Kimball Robert Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the original and longtime frontman of the rock band Toto from 1977 to 1984 and again from 1998 to 2008. Kimball has also performed as a solo artist and ...

– background vocals (5) *Becky Lewis – background vocals (2, 7) *

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

– guitar (1, 6) *

Ira Newborn James Ira Newborn (born December 26, 1949) is an American musician, actor, orchestrator and composer, best known for his work composing motion picture soundtracks. Life and career Newborn was born in New York City. References to him as James I ...

– guitar (7, 8, 10), horns arrangements, conductor (8) *

Michael Omartian Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He spe ...

– Fender Rhodes piano (2, 3) *

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

– Fender Rhodes piano (7, 9), acoustic piano (7), organ (5), vocals (5) *

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working o ...

– drums (1-3, 5, 6), syndrums (all tracks) * Ray Parker Jr. – bass guitar (5), guitar (2, 3, 5, 9) *Ken Peterson – Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizers, clavinet (5) *Petsye Powell – background vocals (2, 7) *

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

– guitar (2, 3, 8, 10) *Stanley Schwartz – acoustic piano (8, 10) * Rick Shlosser – drums (8, 10) * Richie Zito – guitar (7) * Sherlie Matthews – background vocals (6) * Gene Page - string arrangements, conductor (1, 2, 6, 9) * Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor (4, 6, 10) * Richard Hewson - string arrangement, conductor ;Technical (7) *Howard Steele - recording and remix engineer *David Larkham - art direction *

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- photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Allmusic.com, charts and awards album ''Baby It's Me'', Billboard magazine.

Discogs.com, album ''Baby It's Me''.

Rateyourmusic.com, album ''Baby It's Me''.
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