tracks a1, a5, b1 arranged by [horns] Harrison Calloway
tracks a2, b3, b4 arranged by [horns] Meco Monardo
arranged by [strings] Meco Monardo
tracks a1, a5, b1 baritone saxophone Ronald Eades
bass Steve York
tracks a2, b3, b4 bass trombone David Taylor
cello Jesse Levy
coordinator Jose Villela
design [album design] Fabio Nicoli
drums Trevor Morais
engineer [assistant] Andy Abrams
engineer [assistant] Frankie D'Augusta
engineer [assistant] Jay Krugman
engineer [assistant] Ross Cullum
engineer [recording, mixing] Carmine Rubino
engineer [recording] Steve Nye
tracks a2, b3, b4 flute, baritone saxophone Lew Del Gatto
tracks a2, b3, b4 flute, tenor saxophone George Young
guitar Isaac Guillory
tracks a4, b2, b3 guitar Jerry Friedman
tracks a2, b4 guitar Pete Gage
tracks a2, a3, b4 harp Corky Hale
tracks a1, a5, b1 horns Muscle Shoals Horns
tracks a2, b3, b4 horns The New York Horns
keyboards Jean Roussel
mastered by Bob Ludwig
producer Leiber & Stoller
tracks b1 tambourine Carl Hall
tracks a5, b3, b5 tambourine George Devens
tracks b1 tambourine Peggi Blu
tracks a1, a5, b1 tenor saxophone Harvey Thompson
tracks a2, b3, b4 trombone Barry Rogers
tracks a1, a5, b1 trombone Charles Rose
tracks a1, a5, b1 trumpet Harrison Calloway
tracks a2, b3, b4 trumpet, flugelhorn Danny Kahn
tracks a2, b3, b4 trumpet, flugelhorn Robert Millikan
tracks a1, a3, a4, b3, b4 vibraphone [vibes] George Devens
viola Julien Barber
violin Carol Webb
violin Elliot Rosoff
violin Guy Lumia
violin Joseph Goodman
violin Richard Sortomme
violin Tony Posk
tracks a2, a4, b3, b4 vocals Barbara Ingram
tracks a1, a5 to b2, b5 vocals Carl Hall
tracks a2, a4, b3, b4 vocals Carla Benson
tracks a2, a4, b3, b4 vocals Evette Benton
tracks b2 vocals George Chandler
tracks b2 vocals Jimmy Chambers
tracks b2 vocals Lee Vanderbilt
tracks a1, a5 to b2, b5 vocals Mary Ellen Johnson
tracks a1, a5 to b2, b5 vocals Peggi Blu
(P)+(C) 1977 A & M Records Inc.