Wide Receiver (album) explained

Wide Receiver
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Michael Henderson
Cover:	Wide Receiver (album).jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	1980
Studio:	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United Sound, Detroit, Michigan Sound Suite, Detroit, Michigan Record Plant, Los Angeles, California Allan Zentz Recording, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Soul funk
Length:	39:08
Label:	Buddah
Producer:	Michael Henderson
Prev Title:	Do It All
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Slingshot
Next Year:	1981

Wide Receiver is the fifth album by American bass guitarist Michael Henderson. It was released in 1980 by Buddah Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Michael Henderson; except where indicated

1. "You're My Choice" 3:03
2. "Make Me Feel Like" 4:27
3. "Reach Out For Me" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) 3:35
4. "Wide Receiver" (Michael Henderson, Randall Jacobs) 8:05
5. "I Don't Need Nobody Else" (Lou Courtney) 4:01
6. "What I'm Feeling (For You)" (Michael Henderson) 4:03
7. "Ask The Lonely" (George Hunter, William Stevenson) 3:10
8. "There's No One Like You" (Randall Jacobs) 4:19
9. "Prove It" 4:25

Personnel

• Michael Henderson - lead and backing vocals, bass, crowd voices
• Randall Jacobs - guitar, piano, handclaps, crowd voices
• Bobby Franklin, Cory Heath, Erik Wallace, Ollie E. Brown, Ron Pangborn - drums
• Ray Parker Jr. - rhythm guitar
• Ernestro Wilson, Gary Nester, Manon "Zoo" Saulsby - keyboards
• Cory Heath, Lorenzo "Bag Of Tricks" Brown, Miguel Fuentes - percussion
• Michael Iacopelli - synthesizer
• Sylvester Rivers - acoustic piano
• Eli Fontaine - saxophone
• Evan Solot - trumpet
• Little Sonny - harmonica
• Cory Heath, Duane Harris, Gary Nester, Marvin White, Pamela Brown - crowd voices
• Carol Hall, Cheryl Norton, Jeanette McGruder, Kathy Kosins, Roz Ryan, Sheila Horne, Venna Keith - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs^[1]	35
US Billboard Top Soul LPs	6

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[2]
		US R&B	US Dance
1980	"Wide Receiver"	4	42
	"Prove It"	27	-
1981	"Reach Out For Me"	78	-

External links

• Michael Henderson-Wide Receiver at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p85876/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Michael Henderson US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-03.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p85876/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Michael Henderson US singles chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-08-03.