Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.

Romantic Journey
Studio album by
Released1977
Recorded1977
StudioThe Sound Labs and United-Western Recorders Hollywood, California
GenreSoul, jazz, jazz fusion
Length43:15
LabelBuddah
ProducerSkip Drinkwater
Norman Connors chronology
You Are My Starship
(1976)
Romantic Journey
(1977)
This Is Your Life
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 7:00
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
  2. "Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell) – 5:49
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  3. "Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38
    Arranged by Hubert Eaves, Reggie Lucas, and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
    Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  4. "Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors) 5:26
    Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
    Electric guitar – Ray Gomez
Side two
  1. "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 6:43
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
  2. "For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52
    Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
    Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
  3. "Thembi" (Pharoah Sanders) – 8:04
    Arranged by Norman Connors
    Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders

Charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[2] 94
US Top R&B Albums[2] 24
US Jazz Albums[2] 10

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1977 "Once I've Been There" 16 30

Personnel

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Musicians
Production
  • Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
  • Skip Drinkwater – producer
  • John Mills and Don Murray – audio engineers
  • George Belle and Linda Tyler – engineers assistants
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Don Murray and Skip Drinkwater – mixing

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r33812/review
  2. ^ a b c "Norman Connors US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  3. ^ "Norman Conners US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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