Subway Serenade Explained

Subway Serenade
Type:	studio
Artist:	Looking Glass
Cover:	SubwaySerenade.jpg
Recorded:	Regent Sound Studios, New York City, New York Atlantic Studios
Genre:	Pop
Length:	34:39
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Arif Mardin
Prev Title:	Looking Glass
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Highway to Hollywood
Next Year:	1974

Subway Serenade was the second and final album released by the band Looking Glass. It contained their second charting single, "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne". Following the departure of vocalist Elliot Lurie to pursue a solo career, the band would release one final single called "Highway to Hollywood" (written by keyboardist Larry Gonsky)^[1] under the slightly altered name of "Lookinglass" in 1974 before drastically reforming their lineup and style into the heavy metal/power pop group Starz.

Personnel

• Elliot Lurie - Guitars, lead vocals
• Pieter "Piet" Sweval - Bass, lead vocals, harp
• Larry Gonsky - Keyboards, vocals
• Jeff Grob (credited as Joe Dube) - drums and percussion, traps
• Maxine Dixon - Additional background vocals
• Nancy Nalence - Additional background vocals
• Nancy Farrell - Additional background vocals
• Steve von Schreiber - Additional background vocals
• Ralph MacDonald - Conga and percussion on "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" and "City Lady"
• Seldon Powell - Saxophone on "Sweet Jeremiah"
• Arif Mardin - Horns and strings arrangements
• Peggy Byrnes - Special Thanks
• Don Ellis - Special Thanks
• James Greene - Engineer
• Bill Scruggs - Engineer
• Ken Robertson - Engineer
• Lew Hahn - Audio
• Gene Paul - Audio
• Chappell & Co. - Sole selling agent

All songs published by Spruce Run/EvieMusic Co. ASCAP

Notes and References

1. https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Looking%20Glass&title=Highway%20To%20Hollywood