You Are My Starship

You Are My Starship
Studio album by Norman Connors
Released	1976
Recorded	February and March 1976
Studio	Electric Lady Studios and Sound Ideas Studios, New York City
Genre	Soul jazz jazz fusion
Length	35:12
Label	Buddah Records
Producer	Jerry Schoenbaum Skip Drinkwater Norman Connors Onaje Allan Gumbs
Norman Connors chronology
Saturday Night Special (1975) You Are My Starship (1976) Romantic Journey (1977)

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You Are My Starship is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. Released in 1976 on Buddah Records, it featured bass player/vocalist Michael Henderson and Philadelphia vocalist Phyllis Hyman. The album reached number five on the US R&B chart and number one on the Jazz chart.

The single, "You Are My Starship", charted at number four on the US R&B single chart. The boat on the front cover belonged to actor John Wayne.

Track listing

1. "We Both Need Each Other" (Michael Henderson) 4:07 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson & Phyllis Hyman
2. "Betcha By Golly Wow" (Linda Creed, Thom Bell) 6:17 Lead Vocals – Phyllis Hyman
3. "Bubbles" (Shunzo Ono) 6:11
4. 'You Are My Starship" (Michael Henderson) 4:23 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson
5. "Just Imagine" (Onaje Allan Gumbs) 3:58
6. "So Much Love" (Norman Connors) 2:35 Lead Vocals – Norman Connors
7. "The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace)" (Leon Thomas, Pharoah Sanders) 6:50

Personnel

• Norman Connors - drums, timpani, arrangements
• Michael Henderson - bass, vocals
• Phyllis Hyman - vocals
• Onaje Allan Gumbs - electric piano, string Arp synthesizer
• Ian Underwood - string Arp synthesizer, Mini-Moog synthesizer
• Hubert Eaves III - harpsichord, piano
• Lee Ritenour, Keith Loving- guitar
• Anthony Jackson, Larry McRae - bass
• Tom Scott - melodica
• Don Alias, Neil Clarke - percussion, congas
• Carter Jefferson, Gary Bartz - alto and soprano saxophone
• Earl McIntyre - trombone
• Shunzo Ono - trumpet
• Art Webb - flute
• Doc Kirksey- cello
• Mary Ellen Ewing - viola
• Gayle Dixon Clay, John Blake, Noel Pointer - violin
• Mareatha Stewart, Sharon Redd, Tasha Thomas - backing vocals

Charts

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B	Jazz Albums
1976	You Are My Starship	39	5	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1976	"We Both Need Each Other"	—	23
	"You Are My Starship"	27	4
	"Betcha By Golly Wow"	—	29

External links

• Norman Connors-You Are My Starship at Discogs