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Bad for Me
Studio album by
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released1979
GenreJazz
Length37:05
LabelElektra
ProducerGeorge Duke
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Just Family
(1977) 		Bad for Me
(1979) 		Dee Dee Bridgewater
(1980)
Singles from Bad for Me
  1. "Bad for Me"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Cashbox(favourable)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

Bad for Me is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, released in 1979 by Elektra Records.[4] The album reached at No. 29 on the Cashbox Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[5][6]

Overview

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Bad for Me was produced by George Duke. Artists such as Sheila E., Roland Bautista, Ricky Lawson, Alphonso Johnson and Larry Dunn appeared on the album.[4]

Singles

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The title track was released as the only single and peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[7]

Covers

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Bridgewater covered Carole Bayer Sager's "It's the Falling in Love" on the album.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bad for Me"
5:36
2."Back of Your Mind"
3:18
3."For the Girls"
4:47
4."Love Won't Let Me Go"Denise Eileen Garrett4:01
5."Streetsinger"Don Kerr3:35
6."It's the Falling in Love"
3:36
7."Tequila Mockingbird"
4:03
8."Don't Say It (If You Don't Mean It)"Bobby Lyle4:13
9."Is This What Feelings Gets?"
3:56
Total length:37:05

Personnel

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  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – lead vocals, backing vocals (on tracks 3, 6, 8)
  • George Duke – Yamaha electric grand piano (1, 3), backing vocals (2), Fender Rhodes piano and synthesizer (9)
  • Bobby Lyle – Fender Rhodes piano (2), Yamaha electric grand piano (5, 8), Minimoog and clavinet (8)
  • Larry Dunn – Fender Rhodes piano (4, 7), Minimoog (7)
  • Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes piano (6)
  • Roland Bautista – guitar (exc. 5, 9)
  • Byron Miller – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
  • Robert Matthew Powell – bass (3, 8)
  • Alphonso Johnson – bass (6, 9)
  • Ricky Lawson – drums
  • Sheila Escovedo – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7)
  • Lawrence Williams – tenor saxophone (exc. 4, 7)
  • Don Menza – tenor saxophone (1)
  • Fred Jackson – baritone saxophone (4, 7)
  • Jerry Hey – trumpet (exc. 2, 9), flugelhorn (2, 9)
  • Bobby Bryant – trumpet (4, 7)
  • Rahmlee Michael Davis – trumpet (4)
  • Sidney Muldrow, Richard Perissi – French horn (4, 7)
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock – trombone (2, 3), backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Lew McCreary – trombone (1)
  • George Bohanon, Louis Satterfield – trombone (4, 7)
  • William Frank Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (5, 6, 8, 9)
  • Maurice Spears – bass trombone (4, 7)
  • Lynn Davis – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 8)
  • Josie James – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 8)
  • Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (4, 7)
  • Carolyn Dennis, Becky Lopez, Petsye Powell – backing vocals (5)
  • George Duke - producer, arrangements and orchestrations (1-3, 5), conductor (9)
  • Horn arrangements (8) - George Duke, Bobby Lyle
  • For tracks 4 and 7
    • Vocal arrangements - George Duke, Larry Dunn
    • Horn arrangements - Eduardo Del Barrio, Larry Dunn (4 only)
    • Conductor of horn section - Eduardo Del Barrio
    • String arrangements and conductor of string section - George Del Barrio
  • Gene McDaniels - Producer
  • Songwriters "Back of Your Mind" Gene McDaniels, Raye Stiles

Chart history

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Cashbox Top Jazz Albums[5] 29
US Billboard Jazz Albums[6] 30
US Billboard Top Soul Albums[8] 57

References

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  1. ^ "Bad for Me – Dee Dee Bridgewater". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Bad for Me" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Cashbox. May 26, 1979. p. 13.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b Dee Dee Bridgewater: Bad for Me. Elektra Records. 1979.
  5. ^ a b "Top Jazz Albums". Cashbox. June 16, 1979. p. 49.
  6. ^ a b Billboard's Best Selling Jazz Albums. Vol. 91. Billboard. June 2, 1979. p. 66.
  7. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Bad for Me (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  8. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Bad for Me (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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