Gonna Take a Miracle: The Best of Deniece Williams

by Deniece Williams

Overview

This 16-track, 72-and-a-half-minute compilation contains Deniece Williams' two number one pop/R&B hits, "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (a duet with Johnny Mathis), as well as her remake of "It's Gonna Take a Miracle," an R&B number one and Top Ten pop hit, and "Free," which just missed the top of the R&B chart and made the pop Top 40. Otherwise, the collection is somewhat idiosyncratic, compilation producer Leo Sacks' idea of Williams' best, rather than her greatest hits. Her success on the R&B singles chart, where she scored 18 Top 40 hits, is shortchanged, as the set fails to contain such major R&B hits as "Never Say Never" and "You're All I Need to Get By." At the same time, Sacks finds room for the eight-minute album track "If You Don't Believe" and Williams' early gospel composition "God Is Amazing." Such tracks serve to emphasize the diversity in Williams' catalog, but R&B fans may find the set wanting. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/12/1996
Label:	Legacy
UPC:	0074646483923
Rank:	34473

Tracks

1. Free
2. I Found Love
3. Cause You Love Me, Baby
4. That's What Friends Are For
5. God Is Amazing
6. Baby, Baby, My Love's All for You
7. When Love Comes Calling
8. If You Don't Believe
9. Silly
10. It's Gonna Take a Miracle
11. Waiting
12. Do What You Feel
13. I'm So Proud
14. Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
15. Black Butterfly
16. Let's Hear It for the Boy

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Deniece Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Johnny Mathis   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Richard Elliot   Guest Artist,Lyricon
Victor Feldman   Guest Artist,Vibraslap,Vibraphone,Vocals (Background)
Philip Bailey   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Ray Parker, Jr.   Guest Artist,Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Ernie Watts   Guest Artist,Woodwind
George Duke   Guest Artist,Keyboards
Lee Oskar   Guest Artist,Harmonica
Jerry Peters   Keyboards
Plas Johnson   Woodwind,French Horn
David Foster   Keyboards
Maxine Willard Waters   Vocals (Background)
Michel Rubini   Keyboards
Oren Waters   Vocals (Background)
Michael Baird   Drums,Percussion
David Garibaldi   Drums,Percussion
Bob Babbitt   Bass,Percussion
Nathan Watts   Bass,Vocals (Background)
George Bohannon   Trumpet,Trombone
Alan Estes   Drums,Percussion
Don Myrick   Trumpet,Trombone
Bill Neale   Guitar,Conductor,Vocals (Background)
George Patterson   Trombone,Trumpet
Jeanne Ashby   Harp
Bob Zimmitti   Drums,Percussion
Alan Robinson   French Horn
Randall Aldcroft   Trumpet,Trombone
Marilyn Robinson   French Horn
Mike Baird   Percussion,Drums
Ray Pizzi   Woodwind,French Horn
Oscar Brashear   Trumpet
Michael Sembello   Guitar
Michael Harris   Trumpet
Ollie E. Brown   Drums,Percussion
Carl Carwell   Vocals (Background)
George Merrill   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Timothy May   Guitar
Al McKay   Guitar
Thom Bell   Conductor,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
David Sheilds   Bass
Gary Coleman   Vibraslap,Vibraphone,Vocals (Background)
Joseph B. Jefferson   Vocals (Background)
Verdine White   Bass,Vocals
Scott Edwards   Bass
Larry Dunn   Keyboards
Marlo Henderson   Guitar
Larry Washington   Drums,Percussion
"Ready" Freddie Washington   Bass
Freddie White   Drums,Percussion
Greg Phillinganes   Keyboards
Gale Robinson   French Horn
Dorothy Ashby   Harp
Charles Collins   Drums,Percussion
Shannon Rubicam   Vocals (Background)
David Hungate   Bass,Vocals
Russell Ferrante   Keyboards
David T. Walker   Guitar
Lee Ritenour   Guitar
Jeff Porcaro   Drums,Percussion
Leland Sklar   Bass
John Rowin   Guitar
John Heitmann   Woodwind,French Horn
Ed Shay   Drums,Percussion
Tommy Vig   Drums,Percussion
Bill Green   Woodwind
Carl Helm   Vocals (Background)
Dyanne Chandler   Vocals (Background)
Larry Farrow   Keyboards
Sidney Muldrow   French Horn
Don Renaldo   Horn,Strings
Sylvester Rivers   Keyboards
Paul Jackson, Jr.   Guitar
Terry Harrington   Woodwind,French Horn
Sidney Barnes   Vocals (Background)
Paulinho Da Costa   Drums,Percussion
Steve Madaio   Trumpet
Andrew Woolfolk   Trumpet,Trombone
Steve Lukather   Guitar
Azar Lawrence   Trumpet,Trombone
Bill Champlin   Vocals (Background)
Bobby Eli   Guitar
Chuck Findley   Trumpet
Charles Fearing   Guitar
Denny Seiwell   Drums,Percussion
Louis Johnson   Bass
Nathan East   Bass,Percussion
Maurice White   Drums,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Louis Satterfield   Trumpet,Trombone
Melvin Ragin   Guitar
Sheridon Stokes   Woodwind
Ricky Lawson   Drums,Percussion
Charles Loper   Trumpet,Trombone
Ed Greene   Drums,Percussion
Gene Page   Conductor
Jeff Baxter   Guitar

Technical Credits

Nat Kipner   Composer
David Foster   Mixing,Composer,Producer
George Massenburg   Engineer
Nathan Watts   Composer
Bill Neale   Arranger,Producer
Dean Rod   Engineer
Tony Sellari   Artwork,Art Direction
Viriginia Prescott   Liner Notes
Tom "Curly" Ruff   Digital Mastering,Mastering
Fritz Baskett   Composer
Hank Redd   Composer
Ray Gerhardt   Engineer
Ray Parker, Jr.   Producer
Mick Guzauski   Engineer
Mike Tarsia   Engineer
Tom Snow   Composer
George Duke   Composer,Producer
Tom Tom 84   Mixing,Horn Arrangements
Arthur Stoppe   Engineer
Tommy Vicari   Engineer
Thom Bell   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Dick Bogert   Engineer
Verdine White   Composer
Jerry Peters   Producer
Jack Rouben   Engineer
Jack Gold   Producer
Lani Groves   Composer
Clarence McDonald   Composer
Larry Washington   Executive Producer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Dirk Devlin   Engineer
Jay Gallagher   Engineer
John Vallins   Composer
Joe Tarsia   Engineer
Dean Pitchford   Composer
Murray Dvorkin   Engineer
Mitch Gibson   Engineer
Sylvester Rivers   Rhythm Arrangements
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
Susaye Greene   Composer
Steve Hodge   Engineer
Bob Weinstein   Composer
Johnny Mathis   Performer
Leo Sacks   Compilation Producer
Peter Chaikin   Engineer
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements
Lou Stallman   Composer
Maurice White   Producer
Barry Mann   Composer
Don Murray   Engineer
Gene Page   Mixing,Arranger,Horn Arrangements
Charles Stepney   Producer
Humberto Gatica   Engineer
Warren Dewey   Engineer
Deniece Williams   Composer,Producer