Making Our Dreams Come True (Cyndi Grecco album)

Making Our Dreams Come True is the debut album by pop singer Cyndi Grecco, recorded and released in 1976 on Private Stock Records. This album was produced by Charles Fox and Janna Merlyn Feliciano. It includes the title cut with The Ron Hicklin Singers, featuring group members Ron Hicklin himself, Tom Bahler and Jim Haas, a cover of the José Feliciano tune, "Find Somebody" and a girl-group pop cover version of the Joe Simon tune, "Drowning in the Sea of Love" plus another cover version of the Holly Near tune, "Feeling Better".

Track listing

1. Find Somebody (Carl Marsh/Janna Merlyn Feliciano/Steve Cropper)

• Arranged By – Carl Marsh
• Backing Vocals – Brooks Hunnicutt, Gwen Edwards, Lisa Roberts
• Bass – James Jamerson
• Clavinet – Cyndi Grecco
• Drums – Jim Gordon (musician)
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Greg Poree, Lee Ritenour
• Horns – Bud Shank, Buddy Childers, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. Watching You (Charles Fox/Janna Merlyn Feliciano/Norman Gimbel)

• Arranged By – Charles Fox, Janna Merlyn Feliciano
• Backing Vocals – Myrna Matthews, Patricia Henderson, Sherlie Matthews
• Bass – Henry Davis
• Drums – John Guerin
• Flute – Bud Shank, Buddy Collette
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Dennis Budimir, Steve Cropper
• Horns – Bobby Shew, David Luell, Dick Hyde (musician), Phil Teele, William Peterson
• Keyboards – Joe Sample
• Orchestrated By – Charles Fox
• Percussion – Victor Feldman
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. Sweet #1 (Set Me Free) (Charles Fox/Janna Merlyn Feliciano/Norman Gimbel)

• Arranged By – Charles Fox
• Backing Vocals – Brooks Hunnicutt, Maxine Willard Waters, Verna Richardson
• Drums – Jim Gordon
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Greg Poree
• Horns – Bud Shank, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele, Buddy Childers
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Percussion – Charles Fox
• Saxophone played by – David Luell
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. Love Him in December (Bill Courtright)

• Arranged By – Bill Courtright
• Bass – Henry Davis
• Drums – John Guerin
• Guitar – Dean Parks, Greg Poree
• Keyboards – Bill Courtright, Charles Fox
• Orchestrated By – Barry Fasman
• Saxophone – David Luell
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. Drowning in the Sea of Love (Gamble and Huff)

• Arranged By – Barry Fasman
• Backing Vocals – Brooks Hunnicutt, Gwen Edwards, Lisa Roberts
• Bass – Henry Davis
• Clavinet – Cyndi Grecco
• Drums – John Guerin
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Greg Poree
• Horns – Bud Shank, Buddy Childers, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Lead Guitar – Dennis Budimir
• Orchestrated By – Carl Marsh
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. I Think I Can Make It (Janna Merlyn Feliciano/José Feliciano)

• Arranged By – José Feliciano
• Backing Vocals – Cyndi Grecco
• Bass – José Feliciano
• Drums – John Guerin
• Guitar – Dennis Budimir, Greg Poree
• Horns – Bud Shank, Buddy Childers, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Orchestrated By – Barry Fasman
• Percussion – Cyndi Grecco, Janna Merlyn Feliciano

1. Hello Again (Bill Courtright/Janna Merlyn Feliciano)

• Arranged By – Carl Marsh (2), Janna Merlyn Feliciano
• Backing Vocals – Cyndi Grecco
• Bass – Henry Davis
• Drums – Jim Gordon
• Electric Piano – Cyndi Grecco
• Flute – Rick Riccio
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Dennis Budimir, Greg Poree
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Orchestrated By – Carl Marsh
• Vibraphone – Kenneth Watson

1. Dancing, Dancing (Charles Fox/Janna Merlyn Feliciano/Norman Gimbel)

• Arranged By – Charles Fox
• Backing Vocals – Brooks Hunnicutt, Gwen Edwards, Lisa Roberts
• Bass – James Jamerson
• Drums – Jim Gordon
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Dennis Budimir, Greg Poree, Lee Ritenour
• Horns – Bud Shank, Buddy Childers, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele
• Keyboards – Larry Nash
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

1. Feeling Better (Holly Near/Jeff Langley)

• Arranged By – Barry Fasman
• Bass – Henry Davis
• Drums – Jim Gordon
• Guitar – Ben Benay, Dennis Budimir, Greg Poree
• Horns – Bud Shank, Buddy Childers, David Luell, Graham Young, J.J. Johnson, Phil Teele
• Keyboards – Larry Von Nash
• Tack Piano – Cyndi Grecco
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings
• Viola Solo played by – Sid Sharp

1. Making Our Dreams Come True (Norman Gimbel/Charles Fox)

• Arranged By – Charles Fox
• Vocal Group – The Ron Hicklin Singers (Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler, Jim Haas)
• Bass – Max Bennett
• Drums – Mike Baird
• Flute – Bud Shank, Buddy Collette
• Guitar – Ben Benay
• Horns – Bobby Shew, David Luell, Dick Hyde, Phil Teele, William Peterson
• Keyboards – David Foster
• Percussion – Victor Feldman
• Saxophone solo played by – David Luell
• Strings – Sid Sharp And His Magic Strings

• Produced by Charles Fox & Janna Merlyn Feliciano

References

• http://www.fozfan.com/2015/03/15/making-our-dreams-come-true-theme-from-laverne-shirley/

External links

• https://cyndigrecco.bandcamp.com/album/making-our-dreams-come-true
• https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Grecco-Making-Our-Dreams-Come-True/master/482151