alto saxophone Don Myrick
arranged by James Mack
arranged by Riley Hampton
arranged by Tom Tom 84
backing vocals Al Thompson
backing vocals Barbara Acklin
backing vocals Bernadene Davis
backing vocals Cenita Robinson
backing vocals Cynthia Rainey
backing vocals Jeune Jackson
backing vocals Jo Ann Graham
backing vocals Joanne Brown-El
backing vocals Kim Steele
backing vocals Lillian Tynes
backing vocals Sonny Sanders
backing vocals Wales Wallace
baritone saxophone Willie Henderson
bass Bernard Reed
cello Elaine Mack
cello Karl Fruh
design [cover painting] Joan Wiater
directed by [musical director] Sonny Sanders
drums Quinton Joseph
engineer Bob Kachur
engineer [assistant] Al Ursini
engineer [assistant] Ed Cherney
engineer [assistant] Timothy Brown
flute James Mack
flute Kaye Clements
french horn Gene Chausow
french horn Norman Schweikert
french horn Rudolph Macciocchi
french horn William Klingelhoffer
guitar Danny Leake
guitar John Bishop
guitar Pat Ferreri
guitar Ron Steele
oboe John Gustafson
percussion Tony Carpenter
photography Jeff Dunas
piano Gregory Bibb
piano Tennyson Stephens
piano Tom Tom 84
producer Carl Davis
tenor saxophone Cliff Davis
tenor saxophone George Patterson
tenor saxophone Sonny Seals
trombone John Watson
trombone Louis Satterfield
trombone Steve Berry
trumpet Arthur Hoyle
trumpet Bobby Lewis
trumpet Lionel Bordelon
trumpet Michael Harris
vibraphone Bobby Christian
viola Harold D. Klatz
viola Mariel Lewy
viola Martin Abrams
viola Roger Moulton
viola Suzanne Sporny
violin Ed Green
violin Elliott Golub
violin Everett Zlatoff-Mirsky
violin Frank Borgognone
violin Marlou Johnston
violin Sol Bobrov