No Night So Long is a studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was released by Arista Records on July 18, 1980, in the United States. Her second album for the label, Warwick worked with producer Steve Buckingham on the album, which was recorded during the spring of that year.
Singles The album's title track, "No Night So Long", was written by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings, the same team that wrote Warwick's 1979 comeback hit "I'll Never Love This Way Again". The title track is one of two US charting songs from the album, reaching number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other single, "Easy Love," peaked at number 62 on the same chart. Both songs were also hits on the Adult Contemporary chart with "Easy Love" peaking at number 12 and "No Night So Long" spending three weeks at number 1.
Track listing All tracks produced by Steve Buckingham.
Personnel
Musicians
Dionne Warwick – lead vocals, backing vocals Randy McCormick – keyboards, rhythm track arrangements Joe Neil – synthesizers Isaac Hayes – organ Steve Buckingham – guitars, rhythm track arrangements Larry Byrom – guitars Tom Robb – bass James Stroud – drums Mickey Buckins – percussion Steve Dorff – timpani, orchestra bells, string arrangements and conductor Jimmy Getzoff – concertmaster Jay Scott – alto saxophone solo Tower of Power Horn Section: Greg Adams – horn arrangements Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone Stephen Kupka – baritone saxophone Lenny Pickett – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone Mic Gillette – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn Kim Carnes – additional backing vocals Mark Piscitelli – additional backing vocals Nick Uhrig – additional backing vocals Maxine Waters – additional backing vocals Julia Waters – additional backing vocals
Production
Steve Buckingham – producer Joe Neil – recording engineer, mixing Alan Chinowsky – horn recording engineer Lenny Roberts – string recording engineer Russell Bracher – assistant string engineer Alex Kashevaroff – assistant horn engineer Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Kathy Andrews – production assistant Jan Bidewell – production assistant Donn Davenport – art direction Harry Langdon – photography Clifford Peterson – hair stylist Lisa Pharren – make-up Wynona Price – make-up Suzy Creamcheese – gowns Dionne Warwick – jewelry, fur coat
Charts + Chart performance for No Night So Long Chart (1980) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 98 Canada Top 100 Albums (RPM) 73 US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 23 US Soul LPs (Billboard) 22 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box) 24 US Top 75 Black Contemporary Albums (Cash Box) 19 US The Album Chart (Record World) 36 US Black Oriented Album Chart (Record World) 27
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