Baby It's Me is a 1977 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label that peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 and #7 on the R&B album chart. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The LP yielded one Top 40 hit, "Gettin' Ready for Love", reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Other charting singles released from the album include "You Got It" and "Your Love is so Good for Me," the latter receiving a Grammy nomination.
Adult Contemporary drove the success of this album, with both "Gettin' Ready for Love" (#8)[5] and "You Got It" (#9) being Top 10 hits, while the newly formed Billboard Dance charts ranked "Your Love is so Good For Me" Top 15. Although this album never made the UK charts it was certified Silver for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.[6]
The album's success was driven by Adult Contemporary Airplay which traditionally is slower to impact commercial aspirations.
Ross would continue to work with Perry including on her pairing with international vocalist, Julio Iglesias on their duet, "All of You" several years later.
Track listing
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1. | "Gettin' Ready for Love" | | 2:45 |
2. | "You Got It" | | 3:55 |
3. | "Baby It's Me" | | 3:09 |
4. | "Too Shy to Say" | Stevie Wonder | 3:15 |
5. | "Your Love Is So Good for Me" | Ken Peterson | 4:14 |
6. | "Top of the World" | Snow | 3:06 |
7. | "All Night Lover" | | 3:33 |
8. | "Confide in Me" | | 3:32 |
9. | "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" | Bill Withers | 3:56 |
10. | "Come in from the Rain" | | 3:58 |
Personnel
- Diana Ross – lead vocals (all tracks)
- James Newton Howard – keyboards, synthesizers (4)
- Tom Scott –saxophone solo (1)
- Bud Shank – flute (7)
- David Foster – horns arrangements, conductor (3)
- Clydie King – background vocals (6)
- Tom Snow – acoustic piano (1,6, , fender rhodes (7,8,10)
- Bobbye Hall – congas (7)
- Jack Ashford – percussion (1,6), tambourine (7)
- Ben Benay – guitar (9)
- Pattie Brooks – background vocals (2,7)
- Ollie E. Brown – drums (9)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (2,3,9)
- Don Dunn – guitar (3)
- Scott Edwards – bass (6)
- Chuck Findley – horn (5)
- Bryan Garofalo – bass (8,10)
- Ed Greene – drums (7)
- Jim Horn – horn (5)
- David Hungate – bass (1-3,6,7)
- Bobby Kimball – background vocals (5)
- Becky Lewis – background vocals (2,7)
- Steve Lukather – guitar (1,6)
- Ira Newborn – guitar (7,8,10), horns arrangements, conductor (8)
- Michael Omartian – fender rhodes (2,3)
- David Paich – fender rhodes (7,9), acoustic piano (7), organ (5), vocals (5)
- Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-3,5,6), syndrums (all tracks)
- Ray Parker, Jr. – bass (5), guitar (2,3,5,9)
- Ken Peterson – fender rhodes, synthesizers, clavinet (5)
- Petsye Powell – background vocals (2,7)
- Lee Ritenour – guitar (2,3,8,10)
- Stanley Schwartz – acoustic piano (8,10)
- Rick Shlosser – drums (8,10)
- Richie Zito – Guitar (7)
- Sherlie Matthews – background vocals (6)
- Gene Page - string arrangements, conductor (1,2,6,9)
- Del Newman - string arrangements, conductor (4,6,10)
- Richard Hewson - string arrangement, conductor
- Technical (7)
- Howard Steele - recording and remix engineer
- David Larkham - art direction
- Victor Skrebneski - photography
Charts
Album
Chart |
Position |
Pop Albums |
18 |
Black Albums |
7 |
UK albums chart |
Did not chart |
Singles
Single |
Chart |
Position |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
27 |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
Black Singles |
16 |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
US AC chart[8] |
8 |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
Canadian RPM singles chart |
29 |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
Canadian AC chart [9] |
6 |
Gettin' Ready For Love |
UK Singles Chart |
23 |
Your Love Is So Good For Me |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
49 |
Your Love Is So Good For Me |
Black Singles |
16 |
Your Love Is So Good For Me/Top of the World |
Club Play Singles |
15 |
Top of the World |
UK Single Chart |
— |
You Got It |
US Billboard Hot 100 |
49 |
You Got It |
Black Singles |
39 |
You Got It |
US AC chart |
9 |
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