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Street Life is a studio album by the American jazz band the Crusaders. It was a top 20 album on three Billboard charts and represents the peak of the band's commercial popularity. The title track , featuring singer Randy Crawford , was a Top 40 pop single (No. 36) and became the group's most successful entry on the soul chart (No. 17). [ 1 ]
Street Life: MCA 3094 18 3 1 10 1980 Rhapsody and Blues: 5124 29 14 1 40 1981 Ongaku Kai - Live in Japan: Live Crusaders CRP-16002 — — — — Standing Tall: Studio MCA 5254 59 29 2 47 1982 Royal Jam: Live 2-9017 144 30 5 — 1984 Ghetto Blaster: Studio 5429 79 20 3 46 1986 The Good and the Bad Times: 5781 — 49 2 — 1988 Life in the ...
"Street Life" is a song by American jazz band the Crusaders, released in 1979 by MCA Records as a single from the album of the same name. The lead vocals were performed by Randy Crawford. [1] The song was a hit in the US, reaching number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, [2] and in Europe, where it peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
The peak of the group's commercial success came with 1979's Street Life, with Randy Crawford as featured singer. The album peaked at No. 18 on the pop album charts and the title track made the top 10 on the R&B chart, No. 36 on Billboard′s Hot 100 chart, and No. 5 in the UK. [7] Later albums by the group featured singers Bill Withers and Joe ...
In 1978, Crawford sang vocals on "Hoping Love Will Last", the opening song on side two of Please Don't Touch!, which was the second solo album by the former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. [8] She led R&B veterans The Crusaders on the transatlantic hit "Street Life" (1979).
In 1998, Lalah Hathaway and Joe Sample began working on their collaborative album. Hathaway sang most of the lead vocals on such songs as lead single "When Your Life Was Low" and a cover of The Crusaders' hit "Street Life," while Sample supplied the instruments like piano. The second single was the covered song "Fever".
Album Peak chart positions Certifications Record label US [1] US R&B [1] US ... "Street Life" (with The Crusaders) 36 17 75 79 — 14 20 6 — 5 Street Life: 1980
Side 2 of the album includes a cover of "Street Life," originally recorded by the Crusaders, a version of the Bill Withers song "Love Is" featuring Herb Alpert's vocals, a cover of ex-Procol Harum vocalist Gary Brooker's "Angelina," and a dance arrangement of Joaquín Rodrigo's 1939 classical guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez.