Summertime (MFSB album)

Summertime
Studio album by MFSB
Released	1976
Recorded	1976 at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Soul Disco
Length	34:43
Label	Philadelphia International Records
Producer	Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff Gene McFadden John Whitehead Victor Carstarphen
MFSB chronology
Philadelphia Freedom (1975) Summertime (1976) MFSB: The Gamble & Huff Orchestra (1978)

Summertime is the fifth album to be released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

1. "Picnic in the Park" 4:10
2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin) 4:53
3. "Plenty Good Lovin'" 4:33
4. "Sunnin' and Funnin'" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:14
5. "Summertime and I'm Feelin' Mellow" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:00
6. "I'm on Your Side" 3:30
7. "Hot Summer Nights" 4:25
8. "We Got the Time" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) 4:41

Personnel

• Bobby Eli, Norman Harris, Reggie Lucas, Roland Chambers, T.J. Tindall - guitar
• Anthony Jackson, Ron Baker - bass
• Leon Huff, Lenny Pakula, Eddie Green, Harold "Ivory" Williams - keyboards
• Earl Young, Karl Chambers, Norman Farrington - drums
• Larry Washington - percussion
• Vincent Montana, Jr. - vibraphone
• Zach Zachary, Tony Williams - saxophone
• Don Renaldo and his Strings and Horns
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions[2]
		US	US R&B	Jazz Albums
1976	Summertime	106	18	21

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions[3]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1976	"Picnic In The Park"	—	—	1
	"Summertime"	—	65	1

External links

• MFSB-Summertime at Discogs

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1719753/review
2. "MFSB US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
3. "MFSB US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-16.