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Released on ABC Records, also Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan), Busted (Ray Charles) and Haitian Divorce (Steely Dan)
Recorded at A&R Recording Studio, also Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Paul McCartney), Another Day (Paul McCartney) and Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) (Billy Joel)
Produced by Ed Michel, also Ain’t Nobody Home (B.B. King), Ghetto Woman (B.B. King) and Astral Traveling (Pharoah Sanders)
Part of Attica Blues, also Attica Blues, Blues for Brother George Jackson and Quiet Dawn
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
258 other songs on fono were recorded at A&R Recording Studio, by Chick Corea and Tom Browne and others
Ed Michel produced 7 of Archie Shepp’s top 10 songs
Ed Michel produced 63 songs on fono
Ed Michel’s most frequent co-producer is Alice Coltrane (8 songs together)
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Archie Shepp and Beaver Harris
- Produced by
- Ed Michel
- Performed by
- Archie Shepp, Beaver Harris, Calo Scott, Carl Hall, Cornell Dupree, John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Roland Wilson, Ronald Lipscomb, Shankar and Walter Davis Jr.
- Part of
- Attica Blues
- Recorded at
- A&R Recording Studio
- Released on
- ABC Records and impulse!
- Written by
- Archie Shepp and Beaver Harris
- Produced by
- Ed Michel
- Performed by
- Archie Shepp, Beaver Harris, Calo Scott, Carl Hall, Cornell Dupree, John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Roland Wilson, Ronald Lipscomb, Shankar and Walter Davis Jr.
- Part of
- Attica Blues
- Recorded at
- A&R Recording Studio
- Released on
- ABC Records and impulse!
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Ed Michel
Same writer: Beaver Harris
Same label: ABC Records
Same studio: A&R Recording Studio
Same label: impulse!
Same producer: Ed Michel
Same writer: Beaver Harris
Same label: ABC Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Archie Shepp
Ballad for a Child was performed by Archie Shepp
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Beaver Harris
Ballad for a Child was performed by Beaver Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Calo Scott
Ballad for a Child was performed by Calo Scott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Carl Hall
Ballad for a Child was performed by Carl Hall
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Cornell Dupree
Ballad for a Child was performed by Cornell Dupree
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by John Blake
Ballad for a Child was performed by John Blake
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Leroy Jenkins
Ballad for a Child was performed by Leroy Jenkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Roland Wilson
Ballad for a Child was performed by Roland Wilson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Ronald Lipscomb
Ballad for a Child was performed by Ronald Lipscomb
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Shankar
Ballad for a Child was performed by Shankar
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was performed by Walter Davis Jr.
Ballad for a Child was performed by Walter Davis Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was produced by Ed Michel
Ballad for a Child was produced by Ed Michel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was written by Archie Shepp
Ballad for a Child was written by Archie Shepp
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was written by Beaver Harris
Ballad for a Child was written by Beaver Harris
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child is part of the release Attica Blues
Ballad for a Child is part of the release Attica Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was recorded at A&R Recording Studio
Ballad for a Child was recorded at A&R Recording Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz ABC Records is the label of the song Ballad for a Child
ABC Records is the label of the song Ballad for a Child
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz impulse! is the label of the song Ballad for a Child
impulse! is the label of the song Ballad for a Child
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Ballad for a Child was released on 1972