Outline (album) explained

Outline
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gino Soccio
Cover:	GinoSoccioOutline.jpg
Released:	1979
Recorded:	1979
Venue:	Montreal
Genre:	Disco
Label:	RFC/Warner Bros.
Producer:	Mix Machine
Next Title:	S-Beat
Next Year:	1980

Outline is the debut album by Gino Soccio, released in 1979 on RFC Records, a Warner Bros. Records disco subsidiary run by Ray Caviano.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

The album peaked at No. 79 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 12 in Canada. "Dancer" is Soccio's only Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at No. 48, and his first No. 1 hit on the Disco Top 80 chart.

Track listing

All songs are written by Gino Soccio.

Personnel

• Gino Soccio – vocals, keyboards, drums, guitar
• Busta Jones – vocals, bass
• Heather Gauthier – vocals
• Julia Gilmore – vocals
• Laurie Niedzielski – vocals
• Sharon Lee Williams – vocals
• Al McNeil – bass
• Mark Hygden – drums
• Terry Martell – drums
• Carlyle Miller – flute, horns (4)
• Walter Rossi – guitar
• Richard Mortimer – horns
• Roger Walls – horns
• Yoram Levy – horns
• Luc Boivin – percussion
• Stanley Brown – synthesizer (1, 2, 4 and 5)

Production

• Producer: Mix Machine
• Engineer

Lindsay Kidd, Jose Bunting, Pierre Groulx

• Art direction and illustration: Greg Porto

Charts

Weekly

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Canada RPM Top Albums^[6]	12
	US Billboard 200^[7]	79
	US Billboard Top Soul Albums	34
	Australia	78

Year-end

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Dancer"	Canada RPM Top Singles^[9]	6
		US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	48
		US Billboard Hot Soul Singles	60
		US Billboard Disco Top 80	1
		UK Singles^[11]	46

Notes and References

1. Book: Black Music & Jazz Review: Vol. 2. 1979. IPC Specialist & Professional Press. January 26, 2021. Google Books.
2. Gino Soccio: The Mastermind of "Outline". 138. High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America. 29. 2. 1979. Billboard Publications. January 26, 2021. Google Books.
3. Book: High Fidelity: Vol. 29, Issues 1–6. 111. 1979. ABC Leisure Magazines. January 26, 2021. Google Books.
4. Outline. 102. Billboard. 91. 14. April 7, 1979. Nielsen Business Media. January 26, 2021. Google Books.
5. Book: Ortleb, Charles. Christopher Street: Vol. 4. 57. 1979. That New Magazine. January 26, 2021. Google Books.
6. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - June, 23, 1979.
7. Web site: Billboard 200. Billboard. May 12, 1979. January 26, 2021.
8. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - December 22, 1979.
9. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - June 23, 1979.
10. Web site: Dancer (US). Music VF. January 26, 2021.
11. Web site: Dancer (UK). Official Charts Company. January 26, 2021.