''Moving Along'' (self-titled in the US) is the fourth

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by Australian soul/R&B singer

Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (11 September 195317 January 2023) was an Australian singer who was an acclaimed jazz, soul and R&B musician.* 1st edition nline * 2nd edition rint She released 15 studio albums with '' Moving Along'' (1977) and ...

, and her first to be recorded in the US and released internationally. It was produced by famed Motown musician Frank Wilson who assembled the cream of US session players to back Geyer. Some notables were members of

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's band including

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's most famous bass guitarist and Funk Brother

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, on backing vocals,

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, and Mal and Barry from The Renée Geyer Band at Geyer's insistence. For this album, she re-recorded her Australian hit "

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" for the US market.

Reception

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'' said "Geyer is an Australian songstress with dynamic interpretive qualities in her voice and material that ranged from disco to MOR. Already with an established reputation in her homeland... she seems poised and ready for a listen by the Yanks."

Track listing

;Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0140 / PD-1-6101, 2391 275) Side One #"

" (Mark Punch, Garry Paige) – 3.00 #"Be There in the Morning" (Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Barry Sullivan) – 4.27 #"Quicker Than the Eye" (Harry Booker, Judy Wieder) – 4.09 #"Tender Hooks" (Ruth Copeland, Eric Thorngren) – 4.09 Side Two #" Stares and Whispers" (John Footman, Frank Wilson, Terri McFadden) – 4.09 #"Just to Make Love to You" (Greg Poree, Gralin Jerald) – 4.09 #"Touch" (Frank Wilson,

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) – 4.09 #"Moving Along" (Renée Geyer, Mal Logan, Barry Sullivan, Judy Wieder) – 6:11

Personnel

*Mal Logan - keyboards *Barry 'Big Goose' Sullivan - bass guitar *

, Greg Poree, Stephen Beckmeier - guitar *Harry Booker,

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- keyboards *Reginald Burke - piano *

- bass *Raymond Pounds - drums *

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, Pat Henerson, Tiemeyer McCain, Otis Stokes, Frank Wilson - backing vocals

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1977 albums Renée Geyer albums Mushroom Records albums Polydor Records albums Disco albums by Australian artists