Friends & People is the fifth studio album by R&B group The Friends of Distinction, released in 1971 on the RCA Victor label.

Friends & People
Studio album by
Released1971
StudioRCA's Music Center of the World
(Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerJerry Peters, Ray Cork, Jr.
The Friends of Distinction chronology
Whatever
(1970)
Friends & People
(1971)
Love Can Make It Easier
(1973)

Commercial performance

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The album peaked at No. 166 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album features the single "I Need You", which peaked at #28 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."People"Jule Styne, Bob Merrill11:30
2."Faces on the Bus"Anita Poree, Jerry Peters5:20
3."I Can't Get You Out of My Mind"Jerry Peters, Skip Scarborough3:30
4."Down I Go"Floyd Butler, Jerry Peters3:10
5."Dying to Live"Edgar Winter4:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Oh, How I Miss You"Jerry Peters9:23
7."Jenny Wants to Know"Jerry Peters2:52
8."Let Me Be"Skip Scarborough2:49
9."I Need You"Jerry Peters3:12
10."It's Time to See Each Other"Jerry Peters11:12

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1971) Peak
[1]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 166

Singles

Year Single Peak
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
1971 "I Need You" 79 28

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "US Charts > The Friends of Distinction". Billboard. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
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