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Wide Receiver (album)

Wide Receiver is the fifth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1980 by Buddah Records.

Wide Receiver
Studio album by
Michael Henderson
Released1980
Recorded1980
Studio
  • Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • United Sound, Detroit, Michigan
  • Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan
  • Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
  • Allan Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length39:08
LabelBuddah
ProducerMichael Henderson
Michael Henderson chronology
Do It All
(1979) 		Wide Receiver
(1980) 		Slingshot
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Michael Henderson; except where indicated

  1. "You're My Choice" 3:03
  2. "Make Me Feel Like" 4:27
  3. "Reach Out For Me" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) 3:35
  4. "Wide Receiver" (Michael Henderson, Randall Jacobs) 8:05
  5. "I Don't Need Nobody Else" (Lou Courtney) 4:01
  6. "What I'm Feeling (For You)" (Michael Henderson) 4:03
  7. "Ask The Lonely" (George Hunter, William Stevenson) 3:10
  8. "There's No One Like You" (Randall Jacobs) 4:19
  9. "Prove It" 4:25

Personnel

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  • Michael Henderson - lead and backing vocals, bass, crowd voices
  • Randall Jacobs - guitar, piano, handclaps, crowd voices
  • Bobby Franklin, Cory Heath, Erik Wallace, Ollie E. Brown, Ron Pangborn - drums
  • Ray Parker Jr. - rhythm guitar
  • Ernestro Wilson, Gary Nester, Manon "Zoo" Saulsby - keyboards
  • Cory Heath, Lorenzo "Bag Of Tricks" Brown, Miguel Fuentes - percussion
  • Michael Iacopelli - synthesizer
  • Sylvester Rivers - acoustic piano
  • Eli Fontaine - saxophone
  • Evan Solot - trumpet
  • Little Sonny - harmonica
  • Cory Heath, Duane Harris, Gary Nester, Marvin White, Pamela Brown - crowd voices
  • Carol Hall, Cheryl Norton, Jeanette McGruder, Kathy Kosins, Roz Ryan, Sheila Horne, Venna Keith - backing vocals

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[2] 35
US Billboard Top Soul LPs[2] 6

Singles

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Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
R&B 		US
Dance
1980 "Wide Receiver" 4 42
"Prove It" 27 —
1981 "Reach Out For Me" 78 —

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Michael Henderson: Wide Receiver > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Henderson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  3. ^ "Michael Henderson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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