Feel My Soul

Feel My Soul
Studio album by Jennifer Holliday
Released	October 3, 1983
Recorded	1983, The Complex, Westlake Audio, Ocean Way Recording, Evergreen Studios
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	40:50
Label	Geffen
Producer	Maurice White
Jennifer Holliday chronology
Feel My Soul (1983) Say You Love Me (1985)

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Feel My Soul is the 1983 debut album of Jennifer Holliday, released on Geffen Records. Feel My Soul rose to nos. 6 & 31 upon the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. The album was also Grammy nominated within the category of Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female.^[1][2][3][4]

Overview

Feel My Soul followed Holliday's success in her role as Effie White in the original Broadway production of the musical Dreamgirls.^[1]

As well the album was produced by Maurice White, founder and leader of the funk band Earth, Wind and Fire.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Just Let Me Wait" (Jon Lind, Bill Meyers) - 4:50
2. "I am Ready Now" (David Lasley, Willie Wilcox) - 4:56
3. "This Game of Love (I'm Never Coming Down)" (Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:03
4. "I Am Love" (David Foster, Maurice White, Allee Willis) - 4:36
5. "Shine a Light" (Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn, Maurice White) - 4:46
6. "Just for a While" (Gino Vannelli, Ross Vannelli) - 5:04
7. "My Sweet Delight" (David Foster, Tony Haynes, Maurice White) - 4:28
8. "A Change is Gonna Come" - (Maurice White) 4:44
9. "This Day" (Edwin Hawkins) - 3:23

Personnel

• Jennifer Holliday: Main Vocal, Vocal Backing
• Crystal Wilson, Jeanette Hawes, Maurice White, Wanda Vaughn (aka "The Cornbread Choir"): Vocal Backing
• Caleb Quaye, Carlos Rios: Guitars
• Roland Bautista: Guitar Solo on track 3
• Nathan East: Bass
• Bill Meyers, David Foster, Edwin Hawkins, Wayne Vaughn: Keyboards
• Robbie Buchanan: Synthesizers, synth solo on track 1
• Greg Phillinganes: Synthesizers and synth solo on track 7
• Fred White, Ricky Lawson: Drums
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Vocal Backing arrangements by Maurice White and Wanda Vaughn
• Strings and horns on track 1-3 and 7 arranged by Bill Meyers
• Horns on tracks 4, 5 and 8 arranged by Jerry Hey
• Strings on tracks 4 and 9 arranged by Jeremy Lubbock

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