Keni Burke (album) explained

Keni Burke
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Keni Burke
Cover:	Keni Burke Cover.jpg
Released:	16 August 1977
Recorded:	1977
Studio:	Sound Factory West, Los Angeles, CA; Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Soul
Length:	34:49
Label:	Dark Horse
Producer:	Keni Burke
Next Title:	You're the Best
Next Year:	1981

Keni Burke is the debut solo album by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke.^[1] Released in 1977, on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label.^[1] "Shuffle" and "Day", were released as singles in the US, with "From Me to You" and "Keep On Singing" as B-sides, respectively.^[2] The sleeve states: "Special thanks to George Harrison and Dennis Morgan for making this album possible."

Track listing

Side one

1. "Keep on Singing" (Keni Burke, Day Askey Burke) – 4:40
2. "You Are All Mine" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke)– 3:02
3. "Day" (K. Burke) – 2:48
4. "It's the Last Time" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke)– 4:06
5. "Shuffle" (K. Burke, D. A. Burke) – 3:39

Side two

6. "Give All You Can Give" (K. Burke, Ronnie Vann) – 4:00
7. "Tell Me That You Love Me" (K. Burke, Vann) – 4:03
8. "Something New (Like a Sweet Melody)" (K. Burke, Vann) – 4:23
9. "From Me to You" (K. Burke) – 4:08

Personnel

• Keni Burke - vocals, bass, Fender Rhodes, guitar, Mini Moog, backing vocals
• Johnny McGhee, John McLain - guitar
• Ronnie Vann - rhythm guitar
• Don Farrell, Jim Studer, Dean Gant, Sonny Burke - keyboards
• Alvin Taylor, Teddy Sparks - drums
• Mayuto Correa, James "Alibe" Sledge, Babatunde Olatunji - percussion
• Ernest J. Watts, George R. Bohanon, Oscar Brashear - horns
• Deidre "Day" Askey Burke, Ivory Stone, Ricky Williams - backing vocals
• Strings and horns arranged by Keni Burke and Gil Askey

External links

• Keni Burke-Keni Burke at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Keni Burke Page . Soulwalking.co.uk . 11 March 2013.
2. Web site: Funky Discography: Keni Burke - Keni Burke . The_mothership.tripod.com . 11 March 2013.