I Had to Fall in Love was the 1978 debut and only solo album released by former Supremes lead singer Jean Terrell, on the A&M label.
Track listing "Don't Stop Reaching for the Top" (Jimmie Davis, Jeffrey Osborne) - (4:13) "No One Like My Baby" (Fred Bliffert) - (3:45) "Rising Cost of Love" (Bobby Martin, Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:34) "Change Up" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (5:00) "How Can You Live (Without Love)" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:21) "I Had to Fall in Love" (Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle) - (4:16) "That's the Way Love Grows" (Frank McDonald, Chris Rae, Gerry Shury, Ron Roker) - (3:30) "You've Been So Good for Me" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (4:23) "No Limit" (Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey) - (3:19)
Personnel Adapted from liner notes.Jean Terrell – I Had to Fall in Love (liner notes): 1978. Singers Jean Terrell – lead vocals Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Lynda Laurence – backing vocals
Musicians Scotty Harris, Melvin Webb, James Gadson – drums Danny Whatley, Harry E. Davis, Tony Newton – bass guitar Benorce Blackman, Paul Flaherty, Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Johnny McGhee – guitar Leo Ron Hanks – keyboards, acoustic piano Jimmie Davis, Billy Osborne – keyboards Jeffrey Osborne, Eddie "Bongo" Brown – percussion Sylvester Rivers – piano, Fender Rhodes Fred Jackson – alto saxophone
Production credits Produced by Bobby Martin for Bobby Martin Productions Recorded and Mixed at Total Experience Recording Studios, Hollywood Douglas Greaves – engineering Norman Seeff – photography
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