| Sunshower | ||||
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| Studio album by Thelma Houston | ||||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 - 1969 | |||
| Genre | Soul, Pop | |||
| Label | Dunhill Records | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Webb | |||
| Thelma Houston chronology | ||||
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Sunshower is the debut album of Thelma Houston released in 1969 on Dunhill Records. It was produced by Jimmy Webb and became a critically acclaimed album, it charted at #50 on the Billboard R&B charts.[2]
Previous to signing at Dunhill Records, Houston had recorded three singles, in 1967 at Capitol Records, as lead vocalist of the group called The Art Reynolds Singers, none of these singles made any mark on the singles charts. This album also provided four singles; "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon", "Sunshower", "If This Was The Last Song" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Houston recorded several other tracks while signed to Dunhill, these were issued on an expanded CD re-issue of Sunshower in 2010 by the Soulmusic.com label.
For the 1969 album release on Dunhill Records; Dunhill DS-50054
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Side Two:
CD Bonus tracks on 2010 Soulmusic.com re-issue; SMDC 05 CD
13. "Save the Country" - 1970 A-side single release on Dunhill-ABC Records (Laura Nyro) - 2:47
14. "I Just Can't Stay Away" - 1970 B-side single release on Dunhill-ABC Records (Harvey Price, Dan Walsch) - 2:16
15. "I Just Gotta be Me" - 1970 A-side single release on Dunhill-ABC Records (Lambert, Potter) - 2:23
16. "Crying in the Sunshine" - 1970 B-side single release on Dunhill-ABC Records (Kliningman) - 2:51
17. "(The) Good Earth" - 1970 A-side UK single release only on EMI-Stateside Records (Karen O’Har, Denny McReynolds) - 3:01
18. "Ride Louis, Ride (Change in Louise)" - 1970 B-side UK single release only on EMI-Stateside Records (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) - 2:38