Paul Jabara & Friends
Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls, written and produced by Jabara in late 1982.
Paul Jabara & Friends was released in 1983 on the CBS Records label, with guest vocalists including the Weather Girls and Leata Galloway. It also features the vocals of R&B singer Whitney Houston, who was still a teenager at the time of recording and relatively unknown.
The tracks "It's Raining Men" and "Hope" were both included on the Weather Girls' 1983 debut album Success and the album also featured a song co-written by Diana Ross and Paul Jabara.
Track listing
Side oneSide two
Personnel
- Buddy Williams, Carlos Vega, Keith Forsey - drums
- Marcus Miller - Fender bass
- Lee Sklar, Les Hurdle, Neil Jason - bass
- Bob Esty, Greg Mathieson, Leon Pendarvis, Jr., Paul Shaffer - keyboards
- David Spinozza, George Waldenius, Marty Walsh, Michael Landau - guitar
- Bob Esty, Paul Delph, Paul Shaffer - synthesizer
- Jerry Solomon - recording, mixing
- Charles Koppelman - executive producer