Life Is Music Explained

Life Is Music
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Ritchie Family
Cover:	Life Is Music album the ritchie family.jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre:	Disco
Length:	34:19
Label:	Marlin
Producer:	Jacques Morali, Richie Rome
Prev Title:	Arabian Nights
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	African Queens
Next Year:	1977

Life Is Music is the third studio album recorded by American female vocal trio The Ritchie Family, released in 1977 on the Marlin label.

History

The album features the title track, which peaked at No. 8 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart along with songs "Lady Luck" and "Disco Blues". "Life Is Music" also peaked at No. 74 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Personnel

• Cheryl Mason Jacks, Cassandra Ann Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver  - vocals
• Richie Rome  - electric piano, acoustic piano
• Charles Collins  - drums
• Bobby Eli, Craig Snyder, Dennis Harris  - guitars
• Larry Washington,  - congas
• Don Renaldo  - strings, horns
• Jose Hermeto Michelena Do Santos  - maracas
• David "Tambourine" Campbell  - tambourine
• Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman  - bass
• Buddy Turner, Johnny Belmon, Jerry Atkins, Victor Drayton  - male vocals

Production

• Jacques Morali, Richie Rome  - producers, arrangers
• Henri Belolo  - general supervisor
• Ken Present  - engineer
• Darrell Rogers, Jeff Stewart, Dirk Devlin, Carla Bandini  - assistant engineers
• Rodolphe Haussaire  - photographer

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	23
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	100

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US R&B	US Dan
1977	"Life Is Music"	74	8
	"Lady Luck"	-
	"Disco Blues"	-

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 253.