Stardust

by The Persuasions

Overview

Recorded in 1969, but not officially released until 10 years later, these are the first studio efforts by the group that, more than anyone else, served as the keeper of the flame for the acapella R&B group vocal tradition. Take 6, for example, would have been all but unthinkable without the Persuasions as role models. Later albums would find the group performing contemporary pop and soul songs in their own style, but here they're doo-wop classicists, either covering genre hits like the Heartbeats "A Thousand Miles Away," or the earlier pop standards such as "Stardust," "Ebb Tide," and "Old Man River" that the original doo-wop groups were wont to deconstruct. Bottom line--what's here is gorgeously sung.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/21/2023
Label:	Essential Media Mod
UPC:	0894232823229

Tracks

1. Stardust
2. The Vow
3. A Thousnad Miles Away
4. Swanee
5. The Sun
6. Don't Let Him Tkae Your Love From Me
7. Ebb Time
8. I Won't Be the Fool
9. Man Oh Man
10. Ol' Man River
11. Rev's Medley
12. Gypsy Woman

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Persuasions   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Irving Caesar   Composer
William Miller   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Robert Maxwell   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
George Gershwin   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Zeke Carey   Composer
Horace Webb   Composer
George Motola   Composer
James Sheppard   Composer
The Persuasions   Composer
Leonard Lee   Composer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer