''Of a Simple Man'' is the second album by
Lobo, released in 1972 on
Big Tree Records
Big Tree Records was a record label founded by Doug Morris in 1970. It was best known for releases by Lobo, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Brownsville Station, Johnny Rivers, Dave and Ansel Collins, Canadian band April Wine, pop/R&B vocal t ...
.
It is Lobo's most popular album, peaking at #37 on the
US Top LP chart. Two of its singles were Top 10 hits on the
Billboard Hot 100
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and chart toppers on the
Easy Listening
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chart.
Track listing
All songs are written by
Kent LaVoie.
Personnel
;Production
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Producer:
Phil Gernhard
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Engineer
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: Bob Richardson
*Photography: Marion Moorman
Musicians
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ohn Abbott - String Arrangements*
hil Benton - Electric Guitars*
teve Feldman - Keyboard/Congas/Vibes*
. Michael Gatley - Vocal Harmonies*
hil Gernhard - String Arrangements*
llie Greenwich - Vocal Harmonies*
arwood. Barry - Electric Guitars*
obert John - Vocal Harmonies*
en Lanzarone - Keyboard*
ent "Lobo" LaVoie - Acoustical Guitars/Vocals/Vocal Harmonies/Electric Guitars/Keyboard*
eorge Marge - Flute/Recorder/Sax*
ohn Mulkey - Bass*
arbara Sipple - Vocal Harmonies*
teve Tadanger - Vocal Harmonies*
humpy - Australian Marching Drums*
oy Yeager - Drums
Charts
;Album
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
;Singles
References
External links
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1972 albums
Big Tree Records albums
Lobo (musician) albums