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Green label, first issue.
The Persuasions - We Came To Play album
- Performer: The Persuasions
- Genre: Soulful music
- Title: We Came To Play
- Released: 1971
- Style: Soul, Doo Wop
- Country: US
- MP3 version size: 1481 mb
- FLAC version size: 1731 mb
- Other: MP2 MP4 WAV MPC AHX AIFF ADX
- Rating: 4.1
- Votes: 564
Description
This recording taken from the 1996 CD "A Tower Records Tribute To The Beatles".
The Persuasions are the undisputed heavyweight champions of a cappella. Weekly wrote, "to singing what Muhammad Ali was to boxing-invincible, innovative, original, beautiful. The original five Persuasions-Jerry Lawson, Jimmy Hayes, Joe Russell, Jayotis Washington, and Toubo Rhoad-fell together by chance in 1962, harmonizing on outdoor basketball courts in Brooklyn after pick-up games.
Listen to Ain't We Crazy from The Persuasions's A Child's Celebration of Silliest Songs for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. All I Have To Do Is Dream. My Daddy Do, Too. The Persuasions. The Persuasions are an a cappella group that began singing together in Brooklyn, New York in the mid-1960s. The Persuasions were formed in Brooklyn in 1962, singing a cappella under corner streetlights and in subway corridors. View full artist profile.
The Persuasions albümlerini ve albümlere ait şarkıları sitemizde görebilir ve dinleyebilirsiniz. Tüm The Persuasions şarkıları ve albümleri muzikdinle. The Persuasions Albümleri. Street Corner Symphony. Man, Oh Man: The Power of Persuasion.
We Came To Play 1971. Street Corner Symphony 1972. Spread The Word 1973. We Still Ain't Got No Band 1974. I Just Want To Sing With My Friends 1974.
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Jerry Lawson & The Persuasions. The Persuasions performed with everyone from Liza Minnelli to Joni Mitchell to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and covered the songs of Motown, Sam Cooke and Paul Simon. The eclecticism that made them so beloved also kept them from reaching pop stardom.
Campfire" by Wu-Tang Clan sampled The Persuasions's "Gypsy Woman". Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Sample appears at 0:00.
Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Chain GangWritten-By – Sam Cooke |
1:55 |
| A2 | Man, Oh ManWritten-By – Curtis Mayfield |
2:15 |
| A3 | It's You That I NeedWritten-By – E. Holland*, N. Whitfield* |
2:25 |
| A4 | The SunWritten-By – R. Lee, Jr.* |
2:42 |
| A5 | Don't It Make You Want To Go HomeWritten-By – Joe South |
2:30 |
| B1 | Walk On The Wild SideWritten-By – E. Bernstein*, M. David* |
2:18 |
| B2 | Another Night With The BoysWritten-By – G. Goffin-C. King* |
2:50 |
| B3 | Gypsy WomanWritten-By – Curtis Mayfield |
3:45 |
| B4 | Don't Know Why I Love YouWritten-By – Hunter*, Hardaway*, Riser*, Wonder* |
2:42 |
| B5 | Let It BeWritten-By – J. Lennon-P. McCartney* |
2:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Produced For – Capitol Records
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
- Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Record Company – Capitol Industries, Inc.
Credits
- Advisor [Musical Advisor] – Rev. Skip Jackson*
- Baritone Vocals – Herbert Rhoad
- Bass Vocals – Jimmy Hayes
- Design [Album Design], Photography – David Coleman
- Lead Vocals – Jerry Lawson
- Other [Godfather] – Les Carter
- Other [Uniforms] – Levy's Of Jersey City
- Producer – Dave Dashev*, Eric Malamud, Stan Krause*
- Tenor Vocals [First Tenor] – Jayotis Washington
- Tenor Vocals [Second Tenor] – Jesse Russell
Notes
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles pressing denoted by ✲ stamp in runouts.Green label, first issue.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side A): ST 1-791
- Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side B): ST 2-791
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; 2 ✲ stamped): 1-791-F-2• 2 ✲
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched; 1 ✲ stamped): 2-791-F-2• 1 ✲
- Rights Society (A1 to A5, B2 to B5): BMI
- Rights Society (A1): ASCAP
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST-791 | The Persuasions | We Came To Play (LP, Album) | Capitol Records | ST-791 | US | 1971 |
| ST-791 | The Persuasions | We Came To Play (LP, Album, RE, Win) | Capitol Records | ST-791 | US | 1973 |
| SM-791 | The Persuasions | We Came To Play (LP, Album, RE) | Capitol Records | SM-791 | US | 1975 |
| FD-CD-7511 | The Persuasions | We Came To Play....Plus (CD, Album, RE) | Fever Dream | FD-CD-7511 | Poland | 2015 |
| SM-791 | The Persuasions | We Came To Play (LP, RE, Jac) | Capitol Records | SM-791 | US | 1979 |
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