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"Hang On in There Baby" is a song written by American musician Johnny Bristol and arranged by H. B. Barnum as the title track from his first album. It was released as his debut solo single in 1974, reaching No. 8 on the U.S. Hot 100 [ 2 ] and No. 2 on the U.S. R&B chart. [ 3 ]
At MGM, Bristol recorded two successful albums Hang On in There Baby and Feeling the Magic and charted with several singles, notably "Hang On in There Baby" (1974, number 8 US Pop, [2] number 2 US R&B chart and number 3 UK), [3] "You and I" (1974, number 20 US R&B), [2] "Leave My World" (1975, number 23 US R&B) [2] and "Do It to My Mind" (1976 ...
Wake Up! features mostly covers of songs from the soul music of the 1960s and 1970s, and incorporates musical elements from gospel, rock, reggae, and hip hop. [2] Songs covered for the album include "Wholy Holy" by Marvin Gaye, "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway, "Hard Times" by Baby Huey, and "Hang on in There" by Mike James Kirkland. [2]
Married Men", "Hang on in There Baby" and "My Knight in Black Leather", released at the height of the disco era, were all issued as extended mixes on 12-inch singles. The album's title is a humorous play on Cries and Whispers , influential Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman 's 1973 movie.
Love was not granted an official writing credit for his contributions to both "I Know There's an Answer" and "Hang On to Your Ego" until 1994. An earlier mix of the song, featuring the group singing the "Hang On to Your Ego" lyric revision, was released as a bonus track on the album's 1990 CD reissue.
The Miracle is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 22 May 1989 by Parlophone Records and Capitol Records in both the United Kingdom and the U.S. respectively, where it was the band's third and final studio album to be released on latter label, and their first studio album on the former label.
Randolph Rose recorded a German version of the song, titled "La La Love Song" which was released in Germany on single in 1975. [29] [30] Cover Boys did a version of the song along with another Johnny Bristol composition, "Hang On In There Baby", which was released on Sizzle Records, Unidisc in 1987. [31]
The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975.It also reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, his second to reach the top ten.The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", which peaked at No. 1, [1] and "Playing Your Game, Baby".