You Are My Starship

You Are My Starship
Studio album by Norman Connors
Released 1976
Recorded February and March, 1976 at Electric Lady Studios and Sound Ideas Studios, New York CityNew York
Genre Soul
Jazz
Jazz fusion
Length 35:12
Label Buddah Records
Producer Jerry Schoenbaum, Skip Drinkwater, Norman Connors, Onaje Allan Gumbs
Norman Connors chronology

Saturday Night Special
(1975)
You Are My Starship
(1976)
Romantic Journey
(1977)
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You Are My Starship is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. Released in 1976 on Buddah Records, it featured bass player/vocalist Michael Henderson and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania vocalist Phyllis Hyman. The album reached number five on the US R&B chart and number one on the Jazz chart.

The single, "You Are My Starship", charted at number four on the US R&B single chart. The boat on the front cover belonged to actor John Wayne.

Track listing

  1. "We Both Need Each Other" (Michael Henderson) 4:07 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson & Phyllis Hyman
  2. "Betcha By Golly Wow" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell) 6:17 Lead Vocals – Phyllis Hyman
  3. "Bubbles" (Shunzo Ono) 6:11
  4. 'You Are My Starship" (Michael Henderson) 4:23 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson
  5. "Just Imagine" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) 3:58
  6. "So Much Love" (Norman Connors) 2:35 Lead Vocals – Norman Connors
  7. "The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)" (Leon Thomas, Pharoah Sanders) 6:50

Personnel

Charts

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
Jazz Albums
1976 You Are My Starship 39 5 2

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1976 "We Both Need Each Other" 23
"You Are My Starship 27 4
"Betcha By Golly Wow" 29

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