The Staple Singers

City In The Sky

1974 · Rhythm & Blues · Stax

US · STS-5515

Credits

Producer: Al Bell
Written by: Obie McClinton, Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes, Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Ray Jackson, Sir Mack Rice, Betty Cropper, Bettye Crutcher, Bobby Manuel, Larry Nix, Eddie Floyd
Cut by: Bo Bohannon, Larry Nix

Memphis Soul

Horn stabs, dragging backbeat, one take: the sound of a house band cutting hits in a converted cinema.

D.C. Go-Go

Percussion that never stops: congas, cowbell and crowd chants holding one groove across a whole night.

Otis Redding, Carla Thomas

Duo

Written by Eddie Floyd

Booker T & The MG's

The Booker T. Set

Written by Al Bell

Sam & Dave

Soul Men

Written by Homer Banks

Eddie Floyd

Knock On Wood

Written by Eddie Floyd

Steve Cropper

With A Little Help From My Friends

Written by Eddie Floyd

Johnnie Taylor

Who's Making Love

Written by Bettye Crutcher

Albert King, Steve Cropper, Pops Staples

Jammed Together

Produced by Al Bell

Albert King

Years Gone By

Written by Bettye Crutcher

Carla Thomas

Memphis Queen

Produced by Al Bell

Johnnie Taylor

Testify (I Wonna) / I Had A Fight With Love

Written by Bettye Crutcher