Paul Jabara & Friends

Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls, written and produced by Jabara in late 1982.[1]

Paul Jabara & Friends
Studio album by
Released1983
Recorded1983
GenrePop, soul, disco
Length34:15
LabelCBS Records
ProducerPaul Jabara
Paul Jabara chronology
The Third Album
(1979)
Paul Jabara & Friends
(1983)
De La Noche: The True Story - A Poperetta
(1986)

Paul Jabara & Friends was released in 1983 on the CBS Records label, with guest vocalists including The Weather Girls and Leata Galloway. It also features vocals of a 16-year-old (when recorded) relatively unknown R&B singer named Whitney Houston.[2]

The tracks "It's Raining Men" and "Hope" were both included on the Weather Girls' 1983 debut album Success and the album also featured a song co-written by Diana Ross and Paul Jabara ("Ladies Hot Line").

Track listing

Side one

1."Bad Habits" - 3:15
(Billy Fields, Tom Price)
2."Ladies Hot Line" - 4:40
(Diana Ross, Paul Jabara)
3."Hurricane Joe" [featuring Leata Galloway] - 4:58
(Greg Mathieson, Paul Jabara)
4."It's Raining Men" [featuring The Weather Girls] - 5:27
(Paul Jabara, Paul Shaffer)

Side two

1."Eternal Love" [featuring Whitney Houston] - 6:29
(Jay Asher, Paul Jabara)
2."What's Become of Love" [featuring Leata Galloway] - 4:10
(Jay Asher, Paul Jabara)
3."Hope" [featuring The Weather Girls] - 5:16
(Bob Esty, Paul Jabara)

Notes

Personnel

References

  1. "News On The Charts". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 12 February 1983. pp. 10–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. "Billboard - Top Albums Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 5 February 1983. pp. 56–. ISSN 0006-2510.



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