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Engineered by Rik Pekkonen, also Private Emotion (Ricky Martin), Get It On (T. Rex) and Cosmic Dancer (T. Rex)
Produced by Stewart Levine, also Holding Back the Years (Simply Red), Money’s Too Tight (to Mention) (Simply Red) and You’ve Got It (Simply Red)
Released on Blue Thumb Records, also Only You Know and I Know (Dave Mason), Put It Where You Want It and Chain Reaction
Written by Joe Sample, also One Day I’ll Fly Away (Randy Crawford), Better Not Look Down (B.B. King) and Street Life (Randy Crawford)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
37 other songs on fono were recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio 3, by Wings and Crosby, Stills & Nash and others
Stewart Levine produced 9 of The Crusaders’s top 10 songs
Rik Pekkonen engineered 7 of The Crusaders’s top 10 songs
Rik Pekkonen engineered 193 songs on fono
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Joe Sample
- Produced by
- Stewart Levine
- Performed by
- Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Stix Hooper, Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder
- Engineered by
- Peter Granet and Rik Pekkonen
- Part of
- Southern Comfort
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Recording Studio 3
- Released on
- Blue Thumb Records
- Written by
- Joe Sample
- Produced by
- Stewart Levine
- Performed by
- Joe Sample, Larry Carlton, Stix Hooper, Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder
- Engineered by
- Peter Granet and Rik Pekkonen
- Part of
- Southern Comfort
- Recorded at
- Wally Heider Recording Studio 3
- Released on
- Blue Thumb Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Rik Pekkonen
Same producer: Stewart Levine
Same writer: Joe Sample
Same label: Blue Thumb Records
Same studio: Wally Heider Recording Studio 3
Same release: Southern Comfort
Same engineer: Rik Pekkonen
Same producer: Stewart Levine
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Joe Sample
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Joe Sample
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Larry Carlton
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Larry Carlton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Stix Hooper
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Stix Hooper
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Wayne Henderson
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Wayne Henderson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Wilton Felder
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was performed by Wilton Felder
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was produced by Stewart Levine
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was produced by Stewart Levine
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was written by Joe Sample
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was written by Joe Sample
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) is part of the release Southern Comfort
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) is part of the release Southern Comfort
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio 3
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was recorded at Wally Heider Recording Studio 3
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Blue Thumb Records is the label of the song A Ballad for Joe (Louis)
Blue Thumb Records is the label of the song A Ballad for Joe (Louis)
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was engineered by Peter Granet
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was engineered by Peter Granet
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was engineered by Rik Pekkonen
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was engineered by Rik Pekkonen
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was released on 1974-10
A Ballad for Joe (Louis) was released on 1974-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026