Jamerican Man

Jamerican Man
Studio album by David Oliver
Released 1977
Recorded 1977
Genre Soul
Funk
Label Mercury Records
Producer Wayne Henderson
David Oliver chronology
Jamerican Man
(1977)		 Mind Magic
(1978)

Jamerican Man is the debut album by vocalist David Oliver.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Originally released in 1977 as Jamerican Man with later pressings changing to the self titled "David Oliver". Charting at number eightteen on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. The single "Ms." would chart at number thirteen Soul Singles chart in 1978. This album would also contain the original version of "Friends & Strangers" that would be Ronnie Laws album of the same name in 1977.

Track listing

  1. What Kinda Woman - (Wayne Henderson, David Oliver) 4:59
  2. Love So Strong - (David Oliver, Ruth Robinson) 3:31
  3. Ms. - (David Oliver, Ruth Robinson) 5:20
  4. Friends & Strangers - (David Oliver, Ruth Robinson , William Jeffreys) 4:59
  5. Let's Make Happiness (David Oliver, Ruth Robinson , Wayne Henderson) 4:37
  6. Munchies - (David Oliver, Lawrence Smith) 5:08
  7. You And I - (Donny Beck) 5:00
  8. Playin' At Bein' A Winner - (David Oliver, Ruth Robinson) 4:35

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 128
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 18

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US
Soul
1978 "Ms" 13

External links

References

  1. ^ Music, All. David Oliver: Jamerican Man > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "David Oliver US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p25315/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 
  3. ^ "David Oliver US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p25315/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-09-23.