Don't Turn Around (album) explained

Don't Turn Around
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Black Ivory
Cover:	File:Black-ivory-dont-turn-around-album cover.jpg
Alt:	1
Released:	March 1972
Studio:	Sound Ideas, New York City Sigma Sound, Philadelphia Blue Rock, New York City
Genre:	R&B Philadelphia soul funk
Length:	34:01
Label:	Today Records/Perception Records
Producer:	Patrick Adams
Next Title:	Baby Won't You Change Your Mind
Next Year:	1972

Don't Turn Around is the debut album by American soul/R&B vocal group, Black Ivory. The album was produced and arranged by record producer, Patrick Adams. and released in March 1972 on Today Records/Perception Records

Album information

Black Ivory's debut single, "Don't Turn Around" (written by Patrick Adams) was released in April 1971 and peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard R&B/Soul singles chart in January 1972.^[1] The single along with the B-side, "I Keep Asking You Questions" was recorded at Sigma Sound Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two more singles were released, "You and I" (Written by Leroy Burgess and Stuart Bascombe), and "I'll Find a Way" (written by Black Ivory and Patrick Adams). "You and I" peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Soul/R&B singles chart, while "I'll Find a Way" peaked at No. 46 on the same chart.^[2] The album spent 19 weeks on the Billboard R&B albums chart, peaking at No. 13 in May 1972.^[3] The album crossed-over to Billboard‘s 200 chart peaking at No. 158.^[4]

Other songs on the album include the B-side to "Don't Turn Around", the upbeat tempo song, "I Keep Asking You Questions", written by Black Ivory and Patrick Adams; and a cover to Michael Jackson's hit single, "Got to Be There", written by Elliot Willensky.

Personnel

Black Ivory

• Leroy Burgess - vocals
• Stuart Bascombe - vocals
• Russell Patterson – vocals

Production

All songs were produced, conducted and arranged by Patrick Adams

• Vocal arrangements by Leroy Burgess
• String arrangements on "If I Could Be A Mirror, by Leroy Burgess

Don’t Turn Around/I Keep Asking You Questions (Singles)

• Patrick Adams, Robert Ayers: Piano
• Val Burke: Bass
• Norman Harris & Patrick Adams: Guitar
• Arnold Ramsey: Drums
• Vince Montana

Vibes

• Larry Washington: Conga

The album (all other songs)

• Patrick Adams: Bass, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Drums, Celeste, Moog Synthesizer, Timpani
• Larry Blackmon

Drums on You & I, Find The One Who Loves You

• Gordon Edwards: Bass
• Harry Lookofsky: Concertmaster (all songs)

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs.^[5]	158
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs^[6]	13

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US R&B^[7]
1971	"Don't Turn Around"	38
1972	"You and I"	32
	"I'll Find a Way"	46

External links

• Web site: Patrick Adams Credits Discogs . 17 July 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard R&B Singles Chart . 17 July 2020.
2. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard R&B Singles Chart . 17 July 2020.
3. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard Album Chart . 17 July 2020.
4. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard 200 Chart . 17 July 2020.
5. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard 200 Chart . 17 July 2020.
6. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard Album Chart . 17 July 2020.
7. Web site: Black Ivory Billboard R&B Singles Chart . 17 July 2020.