Happiness Is Being with the Spinners

Happiness Is Being with the Spinners
Studio album by The Spinners
Released	July 1976
Recorded	Sigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Kaye-Smith Studios (Seattle, Washington)
Genre	R&B
Length	35:35
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Thom Bell
The Spinners chronology
Pick of the Litter (1975) Happiness Is Being with the Spinners (1976) Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B-[2]

Happiness Is Being with the Spinners is the seventh studio album recorded by American R&B group The Spinners, released in July 1976 on the Atlantic label. It was produced by Thom Bell and recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia and Kaye-Smith Studios in Seattle.

History

The album reached the top ten of the R&B albums chart, their last to do so, peaking at number five. It also reached #25 on the Billboard 200. The single edit version of the seven-minute "The Rubberband Man" became the group's sixth and final R&B chart-topper and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart. Another single, "Wake Up Susan", had moderate success on the charts.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Now That We're Together"	Philip Terry, Talmadge G. Conway, Theodore Life	3:35
2.	"You're All I Need in Life"	Thom Bell, Linda Creed	4:28
3.	"If You Can't Be in Love"	Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons	3:52
4.	"The Rubberband Man"	Linda Creed, Thom Bell	7:22

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Toni My Love"	Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons	3:41
6.	"Four Hands in the Fire"	Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons	4:00
7.	"The Clown"	Michael Burton	5:08
8.	"Wake Up Susan"	Sherman Marshall, Thom Bell	3:29

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	25
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US [3]	US R&B [3]	UK [4]
1976	"Wake Up Susan"	56	11	—
	"The Rubberband Man"	2	1	16

Personnel

• Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson, Bobby Smith, Philippé Soul Wynne – vocals
• Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram – backing vocals
• Tony Bell, Sr., Bobby Eli – guitars
• Thom Bell – keyboards
• Bob Babbitt – bass guitar
• Andrew Smith – drums
• Larry Washington – percussion
• MFSB – orchestra

References

1. Elias, Jason. Happiness Is Being with the Spinners review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Happiness Is Being with the Spinners review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
3. "US Charts > The Spinners". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
4. "UK Charts > Detroit Spinners". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

External links

• Happiness Is Being with the Spinners at Discogs (list of releases)