Norma Jean (album)

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Norma Jean
Studio album by Norma Jean Wright
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Genre	Disco / Funk / R&B / Jazz / Samba
Length	34:38
Label	Bearsville Records Sequel
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]

Norma Jean is the debut solo studio album by American R&B singer Norma Jean Wright, released on Bearsville Records in 1978. The album was produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers of the band Chic, and was the project directly following the band's successful selftitled debut album Chic, which featured Wright on vocals.
Norma Jean includes the singles "Saturday", a US R&B Top 20 hit (#15) in July 1978, "Having A Party" and "Sorcerer", and was followed by non-album single "High Society" (R&B #19, January 1980), also produced by the Chic team.
The album was reissued on CD with five bonus tracks by Sequel Records in 2000.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers unless otherwise noted.
Side A:

1. "Saturday" (Carter, Edwards, Rodgers) - 6:06 Listen (help·info)
2. "Having a Party" (Cooke) - 4:31
3. "I Believe in You" (Dawkins, Whiteside) - 5:13

Side B:

1. "Sorcerer" - 5:01
2. "So I Get Hurt" - 4:50
3. "This Is the Love" (Miller, Wright) - 3:09
4. "I Like Love" - 5:48

Bonus tracks 2000 CD reissue:

1. "Hold Me Lonely Boy" - 3:40
2. "High Society" (12" Mix) - 6:09
3. "Saturday Nite" (Single Mix) - 3:28
4. "Sorcerer" (12" Mix) - 7:15
5. "Having a Party" (12" Mix) (Cooke) - 5:45

[edit] Personnel

• Norma Jean Wright - lead vocals
• Luther Vandross - vocals
• David Lasley - vocals
• Alfa Anderson - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - vocals
• Nile Rodgers - vocals
• Robin Clark - vocals
• Diva Gray - vocals
• Bernard Edwards - bass guitar
• Nile Rodgers - guitars
• Kenny Lehman - woodwinds
• Tony Thompson - drums
• David Friedman - tubular bells, vibraphone
• Robert Sabino - keyboards
• Andy Schwartz - keyboards
• Tom Coppola - keyboards
• George Young - flute, tenor saxophone
• Vito Rendace - flute, tenor saxophone
• Jon Faddis - trumpet
• Barry Rodgers - trombone
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion
• Alfred Brown - strings contractor
• Gloria Augustini - harp

[edit] Production

• Bernard Edwards - record producer
• Nile Rodgers - producer

v • d • e Chic Main albums Chic (1977) · C'est Chic (1978) · Risqué (1979) · Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) · Real People (1980) · Take It Off (1981) · Soup For One (soundtrack) (1982) · Tongue in Chic (1982) · Believer (1983) · Chic-Ism (1992) · Chic Freak and More Treats (1996) · Live at the Budokan (1999) · A Night in Amsterdam (2006) Produced by Chic Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) · Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) · Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) · Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) · Diana Ross: diana (1980) · Deborah Harry: Koo Koo (1981) Main compilations Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) · Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) · Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) · The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) · Everybody Dance (1995) · Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) · The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) · The Very Best of Chic (2000) · Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) · The Definitive Groove Collection (2006)