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| released = August 1979<ref name="BillboardMag">{{cite magazine|title=The three secrets to Barry White's success are on this album |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=91 |issue=31 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=August 4, 1979 |page=63|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
| released = April 10, 1979
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| recorded = December 1978 – February 1979
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| label = [[20th Century-Fox Records]]
| label = [[20th Century-Fox Records]]
| producer = [[Barry White]]
| producer = [[Barry White]]
| prev_title = [[The Man (Barry White album)|The Man]]
| prev_title = [[The Message Is Love]]
| prev_year = 1978
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[The Message Is Love]]
| next_title = [[Sheet Music (Barry White album)|Sheet Music]]
| next_year = 1979
| next_year = 1980
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| single2 = How Did You Know It Was Me?
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'''''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing''''' is the self-produced ninth album by [[United States|American]] [[R&B]] singer [[Barry White]], released in 1979 on the [[20th Century-Fox Records]] label.
'''''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing''''' is the self-produced ninth album by [[United States|American]] [[R&B]] singer [[Barry White]], released in August 1979<ref name="BillboardMag"/> on the [[20th Century-Fox Records]] label.


==Overview==
''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' fulfilled White's 20th Century-Fox Records contract. White was increasingly dissatisfied with that label's management when [[Russ Regan]] left the label to form [[Millennium Records]] and felt that he was being ignored in terms of promotion at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/fox/index.html |title= 20th Century Fox Records|last1=Callahan |first1=Mike |first2=David |last2=Edwards |first3=Patrice|last3=Eyries |date=February 7, 2006 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref> He then left the company and signed a custom label contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] to release future material under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, ''[[The Message Is Love]]'', was released seven months and six days after ''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing''. With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, ''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' passed by largely unnoticed. It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B chart]], which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either.
''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' fulfilled White's 20th Century-Fox Records contract. White was increasingly dissatisfied with that label's management when [[Russ Regan]] left the label to form [[Millennium Records]] and felt that he was being ignored in terms of promotion at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/fox/index.html |title= 20th Century Fox Records|last1=Callahan |first1=Mike |first2=David |last2=Edwards |first3=Patrice|last3=Eyries |date=February 7, 2006 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}</ref> He then left the company and signed a custom label contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] to release future material under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, ''[[The Message Is Love]]'', had been released earlier in the year.<ref name="BillboardMag2">{{cite magazine|title=The more he does it, the better he gets |work=Billboard|volume=91 |issue=12 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |date=March 24, 1979 |page=5|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, ''I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing'' passed by largely unnoticed.<ref name="AllMusic"/> It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|R&B chart]],<ref name="Billboard R&B">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/barry-white/chart-history/blp/|title=Barry White Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 25, 2023}}</ref> which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either.


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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Revision as of 20:37, 25 September 2023

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
Studio album by
Barry White
ReleasedAugust 1979[1]
RecordedDecember 1978 – February 1979
GenreR&B, Soul
Length36:19
Label20th Century-Fox Records
ProducerBarry White
Barry White chronology
The Message Is Love
(1979) 		I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
(1979) 		Sheet Music
(1980)
Singles from I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing
  1. "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing"
    Released: August 1979[1]
  2. "How Did You Know It Was Me?"
    Released: December 1979[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing is the self-produced ninth album by American R&B singer Barry White, released in August 1979[1] on the 20th Century-Fox Records label.

Overview

I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing fulfilled White's 20th Century-Fox Records contract. White was increasingly dissatisfied with that label's management when Russ Regan left the label to form Millennium Records and felt that he was being ignored in terms of promotion at the time.[4] He then left the company and signed a custom label contract with CBS Records to release future material under his own Unlimited Gold imprint. White's first album on his new label, The Message Is Love, had been released earlier in the year.[5] With attention and interest focused on his well-publicized CBS deal, I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing passed by largely unnoticed.[3] It was the least successful album of his 20th Century career, only reaching #40 on the R&B chart,[6] which six of his eight previous albums had topped. None of the single releases made any impact either.

Track listing

  1. "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" (Barry White, Paul Politi, Frank Wilson) - 2:50
  2. "Girl, What's Your Name" (White, Danny Pearson, Wilson) - 4:08
  3. "Once Upon a Time (You Were a Friend of Mine)" (Rahn Coleman) - 6:01
  4. "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm Such a Lucky Guy)" (White, Wilson, Politi, Raymond Cooksey) - 5:04
  5. "I Can't Leave You Alone" (White, Tony Sepe, Wilson) - 3:25
  6. "Call Me Baby" (Coleman) - 8:04
  7. "How Did You Know It Was Me?" (Coleman) - 6:47

Personnel

  • Barry White - lead vocals, arranger
  • John Roberts, Ronald Coleman - orchestration
Technical
  • Frank Kejmar, Paul Elmore - engineer
  • Glen Christensen - art direction, design

Singles

Year Single
US
R&B
[2]
1979 "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" 53
"How Did You Know It Was Me?" 64

References

  1. ^ a b c "The three secrets to Barry White's success are on this album". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 31. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 4, 1979. p. 63. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ a b "Barry White Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Hogan, Ed. "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979): Review". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Callahan, Mike; Edwards, David; Eyries, Patrice (February 7, 2006). "20th Century Fox Records". Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "The more he does it, the better he gets". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 24, 1979. p. 5. ISSN 0006-2510.
  6. ^ "Barry White Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
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