My Sweet Summer Suite Explained

My Sweet Summer Suite
Type:single
Artist:Love Unlimited Orchestra
Album:My Sweet Summer Suite
B-Side:Just Living It Up
Genre:Disco
Length: (7" version)
(12" version)
(Album version)
Label:20th Century
Producer:Barry White
Prev Title:Midnight Groove
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Theme from King Kong (Part 1)
Next Year:1977

"My Sweet Summer Suite" is a 1976 instrumental single by Love Unlimited Orchestra and written by Barry White, taken from the My Sweet Summer Suite album. The single was #1 for three non consecutive weeks on the Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play chart,[1] and crossed over to both the soul charts, peaking at #28 (Hot R&B charts), and to the pop charts, where it reached number forty-eight.[2] This single is often cited as a model of "Los Angeles-style" disco song.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 356.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 363.