Moonlight Madness (Teri DeSario album) explained

Moonlight Madness
Type:	studio
Artist:	Teri DeSario
Cover:	Moonlight_Madness_TN.jpg
Released:	1979
Studio:	Westlake Audio, Los Angeles and Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles
Genre:	Disco
Length:	41:40
Label:	Casablanca, Filmworks
Producer:	Harry Wayne Casey
Prev Title:	Pleasure Train
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Caught
Next Year:	1980

Moonlight Madness is the second studio album by singer Teri DeSario, released in 1979 by Casablanca Records and Filmworks (NBLP-7178).^[1] It includes the hit single "Yes, I'm Ready", a duet with K.C. of KC and the Sunshine Band.

The album contains mostly disco music, including "Dancin' in the Streets" and "I'm Ready".^[2]

Personnel

• Recorded at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles and Devonshire Studios, Los Angeles^[3]

Musicians

• Teri DeSario – main artist, vocals (lead and backing)
• Sid Sharp – concertmaster
• Al Ciner, Mitch Holder, Snuffy Walden – guitars
• Dennis Belfield – bass guitar
• Michael Boddicker, Harry Wayne Casey, Tom Hensley, Michael Lang, Bill Purse – keyboards
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa and Alan Estes – percussion
• Vincent DeRosa – French horn
• Joey Carbone, H.W. Casey, Patricia Henderson, and Julia and Maxine Waters – backing vocals
• Gary Herbig, Jim Horn, and Kim Hutchcroft – saxophone
• Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
• Dick Hyde – trombone
• Jerry Hey, Steve Madaio and Dalton Smith – trumpet

Production

• H.W. Casey – production and management
• Erick Zobler – audio engineering
• Mixed at Devonshire Studios by Humberto Gatica and Mike Mancini (assistant)
• SNB – mastering
• Don Foster – management
• Shaun Harris – contractor
• Harry Langdon – photography
• Edward Beckett and Gribbitt! – design
• Alice Gellis – wardrobe
• Armando Cosio – hair and make-up

Additional album credits

Strings and rhythm sections arranged by Bill Purse, horns section arranged by Jerry Hey.

Side 1

1. Teri Desario-Bill Purse. Blitfistly Music (BMI)
2. Joey Carbone Resurrection Music Inc.
3. Joey Carbone-Karen Tobin Resurrection Music/Sixty-Ninth Street Music (BMI)
4. Frannie Golde, Albert Hammond Albert Hammond Music (ASCAP) Braintree Music/Goldie's Gold (BMI)
5. William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Hunter Jobete Music Company Inc.

Side 2

1. Lionel Azulay Carbet Music/Harrick music Inc.
2. Joey Carbone, Richie Zito, Larry McNally Resurrection Music/Sixty-Ninth Street Music (BMI)/McNally Music Publishing (ASCAP)
3. Words by Carol Bayer Sager Music by Marvin Hamlisch Chappel Music/Red Buller Music/Begonia Melodies (BMI)
4. Barbara Mason Dandelion Music Co. (BMI)
5. H.W. Casey, Bill Purse, Teri Desario Harrick Music/Sherlyn Music/Blitfistly Music (BMI)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Disco Music.com . 2009-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080530215126/http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/8712_0_2_0_C/ . 2008-05-30 . dead .
2. http://www.bsnpubs.com/word/dayspring/dayspring.html DaySpring Record Discography
3. All Information retrieved from Album Cover, reverse or inner sleeve.