''At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings'' is an album by

Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American retired comedian, actor, and media personality. Often cited as a trailblazer for African Americans in the entertainment industry, Cosby was a film, television, and stand-up comedy ...

. It is his fifth music-based album and the only one released on the

Stax Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in September 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. ...

-distributed Partee Records. It features appearances from former

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...

band members like future R&B star

Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song for the 1984 film '' Ghostbusters'' and also sounds from the animated series '' The ...

on guitar, and also features a second collaboration with his songwriting partner

Stu Gardner Stuart Gardner is an American musician and composer. He is known for his collaborations with Bill Cosby, and for co-writing "Kiss Me", the theme song of Cosby's sitcom ''The Cosby Show''. He produced the album '' A House Full of Love: Music fro ...

, who plays organ on the album. A truncated, instrumental version of "Kiss Me" would serve as the theme for ''

The Cosby Show ''The Cosby Show'' is an American television sitcom created by (along with Ed. Weinberger and Michael J. Leeson) and starring Bill Cosby that originally aired on NBC from September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992, with a total of 201 half-hour e ...

'' ten years later.

Track listing

Side one

#"Train to Memphis" (Stuart Gardner/Bill Cosby) #"Kiss Me" (Gardner/Cosby) #"No One Can Love the Way You Do" (Gardner/Cosby) #"Dedicated to Phyllis" (Cosby)

Side two

#"It's Strange" (Gardner/Cosby) #"Put Love In Its Proper Place" (Gardner) #"Dance of the Frozen Lion" (Cosby/Gardner) #"Special Lady Sweetness" (Gardner) #"Take Your Time" (Gardner/Cosby)

Personnel

– vocals, spoken word *

– piano, organ *

– guitar *

Ollie E. Brown Ollie E. 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 the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Brown was also ...

– drums *Rudy Johnson – flute, saxophone *

Sylvester Rivers Sylvester Rivers (born October 28, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, pianist and producer, based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, he has recorded with numerous major artists including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, ...

– piano *Alexandra Richman – piano, synthesizer *

Michael Boddicker Michael Lehmann Boddicker (born January 19, 1953) is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. He is a three times National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (N.A.R.A.S.) Most Valuable Player "Synthes ...

– synthesizer *George Bohannon – trombone

References

External links

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At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings Discogs page
{{Authority control Bill Cosby albums 1974 albums Stax Records albums