Charlene (Charlene album)

Charlene
Charlene
Studio album by Charlene
Released	1977
Studio	Motown/Hitsville U.S.A.
Genre	Soul, R&B, pop
Label	Prodigal Records
Producer	Ron Miller (tracks 1, 3-6, 8 and 10; co-producer on tracks 2, 7 and 9), Berry Gordy (track 2), Don Costa (track 2), Clayton Ivey (track 3), Mike Lewis (track 3), Terry Woodford (track 3), Larry Duncan (track 7), Bob Gaudio (track 9)
Singles from Charlene
	"It Ain't Easy Comin' Down"; "I've Never Been to Me";

Charlene is the 1977 debut album by Charlene.^[1] The second single from the album, "I've Never Been to Me", was her first entry into the record charts when it reached No. 97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1977, though the single did not really impact until re-released again in 1982, when the re-issued single reached No. 3 in the US, and No. 1 in the UK.

Track list[edit]

"It Ain't Easy Comin' Down" 3:38
"I've Never Been to Me" 4:05
"Rings" 3:02
"Somewhere in My Life" 4:30
"I Want to Come Back as a Song" 2:26
"Hey Mama" 4:00
"I Love Every Little Thing About You" 3:00
"It's Really Nice to Be in Love Again" 3:56
"Shake a Hand" 2:58
"On My Way to You" 3:56

References[edit]

^ Jon Kutner 1000 UK Number One Hits 2010 0857123602 "They teamed her up with the song-writing duo, Ron Richards and Ken Hirsch, but her first single, 'All That Love Went To Waste' did just that. In 1977 she had dropped her surname altogether and released her first album, Charlene, which confusingly credited her as Charlene Duncan on the sleeve. The first single from it, "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down", barely scraped into the US chart."

[1] Jon Kutner 1000 UK Number One Hits 2010 0857123602 "They teamed her up with the song-writing duo, Ron Richards and Ken Hirsch, but her first single, 'All That Love Went To Waste' did just that. In 1977 she had dropped her surname altogether and released her first album, Charlene, which confusingly credited her as Charlene Duncan on the sleeve. The first single from it, "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down", barely scraped into the US chart."

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