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You've Got It Bad Girl (1973)

Where the lyrics of You've Got It Bad Girl take you, and where it was really made.

The album opens with a Lovin' Spoonful cover, and that track went on to win a Grammy Award.

Key places

A&M Studios, Hollywood (1973)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — Discogs lists A&M Studios in Hollywood as a place where this album was recorded. The point uses the city-centre position, so it marks Hollywood as a whole rather than the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

The Record Plant, Los Angeles (1973)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Discogs lists The Record Plant in Los Angeles as a recording place for this album, and also as the place of a remix. The point uses the city-centre position, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

The Burbank Studios (1973)

Recording site The Burbank Studios — Discogs lists The Burbank Studios as one of the recording places for this album. The point uses the studio's own coordinates, so it marks the site named in the credits. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A&R Studios, New York City (1973)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Discogs lists A&R Studios in New York as a recording place for this album. The point uses the city-centre position, so it marks New York City as a whole rather than the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• You've Got It Bad Girl: 1973 album by American jazz musician and producer Quincy Jones
• Opening track is an interpretation of the Lovin' Spoonful's 'Summer in the City'
• Nine tracks in the track listing
• French Wikipedia credits Quincy Jones and Ray Brown as producers

Background

• Title track written by Yvonne Wright and Stevie Wonder, first released on Wonder's 1972 album Talking Book
• Jones himself performs the lead vocals on the title track
• 'Superstition' by Stevie Wonder, with vocals from Bill Withers, Billy Preston and Wonder himself, billed as 'Three Beautiful Brothers'
• 'Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater)' was used for the opening and closing credits of the NBC sitcom Sanford and Son
• Final track 'Chump Change' was first used as the main theme of The New Bill Cosby Show on CBS, where Jones's orchestra provided the music

Recording

• Recording locations listed: A&M Records in Hollywood, Sun West Studios in Hollywood, The Record Plant in Hollywood, The Burbank Studios, and A&R Studios in New York
• Recording engineers credited: Larry Levine, Phil Ramone and Phil Schier
• Mastering by Kevin Reeves
• On the opening track, Chuck Rainey plays bass, Eddie Louiss plays Hammond organ, Dave Grusin plays Rhodes piano, Grady Tate plays drums, and Valerie Simpson sings
• Simpson's lyrics on the opening track are cut down to one bridge and one chorus, and one line is reworded

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born March 14, 1933 in Chicago; died November 3, 2024 in Los Angeles at age 91.
• American record producer, musician and composer; a career spanning seven decades.
• Received 28 Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award; seven Academy Award nominations.
• Began as a jazz arranger and conductor in the 1950s, touring with Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie.
• Produced all four million-selling singles for Lesley Gore in the early-to-mid 1960s, including "It's My Party".
• Arranged and conducted for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and others.
• Scored The Pawnbroker, In the Heat of the Night, The Italian Job and The Color Purple.
• Produced Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
• Produced and conducted "We Are the World" (1985) to raise famine relief for Ethiopia.
• Founded Qwest Productions and later Qwest TV, a jazz subscription video service.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Records

• Jazz Albums chart: number 1
• R&B Albums chart: number 14
• Billboard 200: number 94
• 16th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Instrumental Arrangement for the opening track 'Summer in the City'
• The Grammy in this category was won over Chick Corea's Spain, named as the instrumental rival
• The album's top placement came on the jazz chart, while its highest pop-chart position was number 94 on the Billboard 200
• The award belongs to the opening track, not to the album as a whole
• The chart results cover the album's commercial performance in the United States after its 1973 release

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Valerie Simpson sings on the opening track, and the lyrics were cut down to one bridge and one chorus.
• Jones's version of 'Summer in the City' has been sampled by several artists.
• 'Chump Change' was first used as the main theme of The New Bill Cosby Show on CBS in 1972.
• The CBS game show Now You See It used 'Chump Change' as its main theme in 1974 and again on its 1989 revival.
• The original 'Chump Change' recording has been the theme of the Dutch sport radio show Langs de Lijn since 1975.
• Norwegian broadcaster NRK uses a remake of 'Chump Change' for its show Ukeslutt.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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