The Essential Patti LaBelle [3.0]

Original Release Date:  August 31, 2010

Track Listing

• 1. If Only You Knew
• 2. Love, Need and Want You
• 3. If You Don't Know Me By Now [Live]
• 4. The Best is Yet To Come
• 5. The Spirit's In It
• 6. New Attitude
• 7. On My Own
• 8. When You Talk About Love
• 9. My Love, Sweet Love [From Waiting To Exhale]
• 10. Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It is)
• 11. Down the Aisle (the Wedding Song)
• 12. The Bells
• 13. Last Dance [#]
• 14. Moon Shadow [Album Version] [Version]
• 15. I Sold My Heart To the Junkman [Version]
• 16. Lady Marmalade
• 17. What Can I Do For You
• 18. You Turn Me On
• 19. Open Up Your Heart
• 20. Messin' With My Mind
• 21. Isn't It a Shame
• 22. Joy To Have Your Love
• 23. You Are My Friend
• 24. It's Alright With Me
• 25. Music is My Way of Life [Album Version] [Version]
• 26. Release (the Tension) [Disco Version] [#][Version]
• 27. Over the Rainbow
• 28. Come What May
• 29. Love Has Finally Come
• 30. Mean Ol' Man's World
• 31. What'cha Doing To Me [*]
• 32. Give It Up (the Dawning of Rejection) [*]
• 33. Teach Me Tonight [Me Gusta Tu Baile] [*]
• 34. I Think About You [*]
• 35. I Don't Go Shopping [*]
• 36. Quiet Time [*]
• 37. My Best Was Good Enough [*]
• 38. Love and Learn [*]

Credits

• Babyface: Synthesizer, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Producer
• Labelle: Arranger
• Patti LaBelle: Composer, Vocals (Background), Associate Producer
• Art Neville: Organ
• Laura Nyro: Piano
• Tom Coster: Arp String Ensemble
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• James Booker: Organ
• Burt Bacharach: Piano, Arranger, Composer, Producer
• David Foster: Synthesizer
• Carole Bayer Sager: Arranger, Composer, Producer
• Jimmy Maelen: Percussion
• Bunny Sigler: Vocals (Background), Producer
• Dexter Wansel: Arranger, Producer
• Chanté Moore: Vocals (Background)
• Yvonne Fair: Vocals (Background)
• Jack Adams: Producer
• David Barard: Bass
• Edward Batts: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Spencer Bean: Guitar
• Jamecia Bennett: Vocals (Background)
• Carla Benson: Vocals (Background)
• Evette Benton: Vocals (Background)
• Carl Blouin: Sax (Baritone)
• Peter Bunetta: Producer
• Lester Caliste: Trombone
• Roland Chambers: Guitar
• Rick Chudacoff: Producer
• Leroi Conley: Conga, Tambourine
• Luis Conte: Percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion
• Mac Cridlin: Bass
• Nathan East: Bass
• Herman V. Ernest III: Drums
• Jack Faith: Arranger
• Clarence Ford: Sax (Alto)
• Miguel Fuentes: Percussion, Glockenspiel, Triangle, Xylophone
• James Gadson: Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Johnny Graham: Guitar
• Gary Grant: Brass
• Charlene Holloway: Vocals (Background)
• E.Y. "Yip" Harburg: Composer
• Annette Hardeman: Vocals (Background)
• Norman Harris: Guitar
• Jim Helmer: Drums
• Gary Herbig: Brass
• Paula Holloway: Vocals (Background)
• Steve Howard: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
• Leon Huff: Producer, Executive Producer
• Steve Hughes: Guitar
• Barbara Ingram: Vocals (Background)
• Clydene Jackson: Vocals (Background)
• Jimmy Jam: Producer, Musician
• Darryl Jones: Bass
• Quinton Joseph: Percussion
• Andre Lewis: Organ, Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Piano (Electric)
• Terry Lewis: Producer, Musician
• Vernon Manuel: Vocals (Background)
• Eddie Martinez: Guitar
• Nelson Martinez: Guitar
• Lew McCreary: Brass
• Kurt McGettrick: Brass
• Vince Montana: Percussion
• Jim Moore: Flute, Saxophone
• Sidney Muldrow: Brass
• Nate Neblett: Drums
• Leo Nocentelli: Guitar
• Lenny Pakula: Organ
• Ray Parker Jr.: Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Greg Phillinganes: DX-7
• John Phillips: Brass
• George Porter, Jr.: Bass
• Lon Price: Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Hank Redd: Guitar
• Howie Rice: Producer
• Alexander Richbourg: Drum Programming
• Carmine Rojas: Bass
• John Rowin: Guitar
• David Rubinson: Arranger, Producer
• Skip Scarborough: Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Rhythm Arrangements
• Jim Self: Brass
• Jeffrey Shannon: Percussion
• James Herb Smith: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Michael Stanton: Piano, Clavinet
• Neil Stubenhaus: Bass
• Ernest Straughter: Fender Rhodes
• Alvin Thomas: Flute, Sax (Tenor)
• Emry Thomas: Drums
• Allen Toussaint: Percussion, Piano, Arranger, Composer, Piano (Electric), Clavinet, Producer, Vocoder, Fender Rhodes, Piano (Grand)
• Carlos Vega: Drums
• Dale Warren: Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements
• Grover Washington, Jr.: Producer
• Larry Washington: Bongos, Conga
• The Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Waters Family: Vocals (Background)
• Luther Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Oren Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Wah-Wah Watson: Guitar
• Craig White: Tape Transfer
• Vicki Wickham: Producer
• Mark Wilder: Mastering
• Kenneth "Afro" Williams: Percussion
• Cecil Womack: Producer
• Philip Woo: Synthesizer, Keyboards
• J. Harris: Composer
• Leo Sacks: Producer, Compilation
• Julia Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Nydia Mata: Bongos, Conga
• Sherri Barman: Vocals (Background)
• Rosie Casals: Vocals (Background)
• Brian Chin: Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
• A. DePalma: Brass
• Don Hunstein: Photography
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Keith Major: Photography
• David Crawford: Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements
• John Longo: Trumpet
• Rob Santos: A&R
• Julia Tillman: Vocals (Background)
• Jay Van Hall: Vocals (Background)
• Louis Russell: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Michael Kull: Tape Research
• Cherrelle Norton: Vocals (Background)
• Kevin Ford: Vocals (Background)
• Ronald Smith: Guitar
• Ronnie Baker: Bass
• Dan Huff: Guitar
• Carlo Dalla Chiesa: Photography
• Steve Berkowitz: A&R
• Maria Triana: Digital Editing
• Jim Parham: Project Director
• Jessica Lizzio: Project Manager
• Robert Manchurian: Conductor, Orchestral Arrangements
• Peter Wolf: Synthesizer
• Buzz Feiten: Guitar
• Maxine Waters: Vocals (Background)
• Michael Boland: Design
• Jeffrey Cohen: Associate Producer
• L. Kirkland: Composer
• C. Womack: Composer
• A. Levinson: Composer
• S. Scarborough: Composer
• C. Stevens: Composer
• C. Biggs: Composer
• A. Edwards: Composer
• P. Allen: Composer
• K. Nolan: Composer
• K. Gamble: Composer
• James Sigler: Arranger
• E. Curry: Composer
• D. Lasley: Composer
• J. Ellison: Composer
• Kenneth Gamble: Producer, Executive Producer
• B. Ellison: Composer
• Mike Scott: Guitar
• Michael Thompson: Guitar
• Sam Henry Jr.: Fender Rhodes
• Samuel Peake: Saxophone, Soloist
• Norma Harris: Vocals (Background)
• Big Jim Wright: Keyboards, Producer
• Maxine Willard: Vocals (Background)
• Emma Coleman: Vocals (Background)
• Larry Davis: Drums
• Robert Russell: Bass
• Johnny Ingram: Drums, Vocals (Background)
• M.A. Nocentelli: Composer
• Felton Pilate III: Synthesizer, Soloist
• J.R. Parker: Composer
• Earl Turbuinton: Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Clyde Kerr Jr.: Trumpet
• Alex Allessandroni: Piano
• Joe Marioni: Guitar
• James "Budd" Ellison: Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Clavinet, Producer, Associate Producer, Production Assistant, Musical Direction
• The Sweeties: Vocals (Background)
• Oscar Bashear: Brass