Tighten Up is an album by American funk band Archie Bell & the Drells, released by Atlantic Records in 1968. Credits Instrumental backing was provided by the T.S.U Tornadoes. Members included Cal Thomas and Will Thomas on guitar, Jerry Jenkins on bass, Robert Sanders on organ, Dwight Burns on drums, Darryl Bursby on sax, Clarence Harper on trumpet, and Leroy Lewis and Nelson Mills on horns. The design of the album cover was by Loring Eutemey.
Chart performance The album peaked at No. 142 on the Billboard Top LPs. during an eight-week run on the chart. Track listing "Tighten Up (Part One)" (Archie Bell, Billy Buttler) - 3:10 "Tighten Up (Part Two)" (Bell, Buttier) - 2:48 "I Don't Wanna Be a Playboy" (Earl Hines, James Bonner) - 3:01 "You're Mine" (Cal Thomas) - 3:45 "Knock on Wood" (Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper) - 2:33 "Give Me Time" (Sunny Ozuna) - 2:32 "In the Midnight Hour" (Steve Cropper, Wilson Pickett) - 2:28 "When You Left Heartache Began" (Bell) - 2:36 "A Thousand Wonders" (Thomas) - 2:08 "A Soldier's Prayer, 1967" (Bell) - 2:45 Charts Chart (1968) Peakposition US Billboard Top LPs142 References