Singer Penny Ford is best known as the belting vocalist on "The Power" and "Oops Up," the worldwide multi-platinum selling hits by Snap and Ford. A top session and concert vocalist, whose other credits include the Gap Band ("I Found My Baby") Barry White (his 1999 Staying Power tour), Rick James (Urban Rapsody), and Soul II Soul (Vol. III: Just Right), made her Columbia/Sony debut with 1993's self-titled release. The album boasted grade-A talent like producer/bassist Randy D. Jackson (Narada Michael Walden, Journey), saxman Gerald Albright, and pianist Greg Phillanganes. The lead single was a R&B charting hip-hop flavored cover of Aretha Franklin's "Daydreaming." Ford's gospel-honed vocals on the inspiring "I'll Be There" -- not the Jackson 5 classic -- are impressive. Other standouts are the funky "Nevertheless," the pensive mid-tempo "Father Time," and the ballads "All in Me" and "Wherever You Are Tonight," the latter co-written by Junior ("Mama Used to Say," "Too Late"). ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide
Penny Ford
03/16/1993
All Music Guide Review
Penny Ford Track Listing
Credits of Penny Ford
- Mark Morales
- Synthesizer, Drums, Producer, Drum Programming
- Greg Phillinganes
- Piano
- Charles Pollard
- Synthesizer, Keyboard Synthesizer, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Bass
- Ian Prince
- Synthesizer, Programming, Producer, Mixing, Synthesizer Programming, Keyboard Programming, Computers, Vocals (Background), Keyboards, Bass, Drums
- Micha Prince
- Vocals (Background)
- Sharon M. Reed
- Vocals (Background)
- L.A. Reid
- Synthesizer, Vocals (Background), Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Drums
- Angel Rogers
- Vocals (Background)
- Mark Rooney
- Synthesizer, Vocals (Background), Drum Programming, Producer, Keyboards
- Dominique Schafer
- Assistant Engineer
- Paul Simpson
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Bass
- Sterlena Sterling
- Vocals (Background)
- Marci Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Felix Weber
- Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Drums, Producer, Keyboards
- Robin Wiley
- Vocals (Background)
- Laurnea Wilkerson
- Vocals (Background)
- Mark Endert
- Assistant Engineer
- Rail Jon Rogut
- Assistant Engineer
- Josephine DiDonato
- Art Direction
- Marnie Riley
- Assistant Engineer
- Randy Jackson
- Synthesizer, Keyboard Programming, Executive Producer, Bass, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Drums, Solo Instrumental
- Chris Fogel
- Assistant Engineer
- Ben Wallach
- Assistant Engineer
- Kyle Bess
- Assistant Engineer
- John Fundi
- Assistant Engineer
- Kip Meyer
- Photography
- Mike Howard
- Rhythm Arrangements
- PH-I Singers
- Ensemble
- Tashan
- Vocals
- Jay Mitchell
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Keyboard Programming, Associate Producer
- Penny Ford
- Vocals, Vocals (Background), Main Performer
- Sharon Redd
- Vocals (Background), Performer
- John Mitchell
- Synthesizer, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Programming, Drum Programming
- Franne Golde
- Keyboards
- Allen Abrahamson
- Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mixing
- Brad Aldredge
- Assistant Engineer
- Kim Armstrong
- Vocals (Background)
- Ricci Benson
- Vocals (Background)
- Vernon "Ice" Black
- Guitar
- Ted Blaisdell
- Engineer, Mixing
- Michael Brauer
- Mixing
- Alex Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Alexandra Brown
- Vocals (Background)
- Greg Calbi
- Mastering
- Roy Calloway
- Vocals (Background)
- Carmen Carter
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Jackie Collins
- Arranger, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)
- Danny D
- Synthesizer, Percussion, Drums, Percussion Programming, Drum Programming
- Bruck Dawit
- Assistant Engineer
- Demann
- Vocals (Background)
- Calvin Fisher
- Synthesizer, Percussion, Drum Programming, Percussion Programming
- Mike Fonda
- Engineer
- Calvin Gaines
- Synthesizer, Bass, Programming, Keyboards, Drums
- Roy Galloway
- Vocals (Background)
- Eric Gardner
- Vocals (Background)
- Tyrone Griffen
- Drums
- Rev. Patrick Henderson
- Director, Vocal Director
- Mark Hensley
- Assistant Engineer
- Steve Holroyd
- Assistant Engineer
- Phillip Ingram
- Vocals (Background)
- Robert Jerald
- Synthesizer, Drums, Drum Programming, Keyboards
- Puff Johnson
- Vocals (Background)
- Roman Johnson
- Vocals (Background)
- David Kahne
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Keyboard Programming
- Irmgard Klarmann
- Synthesizer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Producer, Drums
- Ren Klyce
- Synthesizer, Bass, Drums, Programming, Drum Programming
- Michael Landau
- Guitar
- Gerald Albright
- Solo Instrumental, Saxophone
- Tim Heintz
- Synthesizer, Bass, Piano, Keyboards











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