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African Queens
Studio album by the Ritchie Family
Released	1977
Recorded	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	Disco
Label	Marlin
Producer	Jacques Morali
The Ritchie Family chronology
Life Is Music (1977) African Queens (1977) American Generation (1978)

African Queens is the fourth studio album recorded by American female vocal trio the Ritchie Family, released in 1977 on the Marlin label.

History

The album features the track, "Quiet Village", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart along with songs "African Queens" and "Summer Dance". "Quiet Village" also peaked at No. 68 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The Bay State Banner wrote that "the music moves swiftly via massive string swoops and spurts of high hat drumming, jetting far away from present reality towards exotic distances only the world of fantasy can reckon."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and Phil Hurtt, except where noted

Personnel

• Gwendolyn Oliver, Cassandra Ann Wooten and Cheryl Mason Jacks - Vocalists
• Russell Dabney – drums
• Alfonso Carey – Fender bass
• Jimmy Lee – lead guitar
• Rodger Lee – rhythm guitar
• Nathaniel "Crocket" Wilke – Fender Rhodes electric piano, clavinet
• Babatunde Olatunji – Ngoma drums, Shekere, bongos
• Ralph MacDonald – tambourines, triangle, bell tree, cowbell
• Mario Grillo – timbales
• Anthony Robinson – congas
• J.M. Diatta – ngoma drums
• Charles Payne – Djembe

Production

• Jacques Morali – producer, rhythm, percussion and vocal arrangements
• Henri Belolo – executive producer
• Phil Hurtt – vocal arrangements
• Horace Ott – strings and horns arrangements
• Gerald Block – engineer
• Carla Bandini, Jeff Stewart – assistant engineers
• John Galluzzi – photographer

Charts

Singles

References

1. African Queens review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
2. Freedberg, Mike (25 Aug 1977). "Record Reviews". Bay State Banner. No. 97. p. 17.
3. ^ The Ritchie Family > US Charts at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 253. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

• African Queens at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1977 albums
• The Ritchie Family albums
• Albums produced by Jacques Morali
• Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
• Marlin Records albums
• Depictions of Cleopatra in music
• Cultural depictions of Nefertiti
• Songs about Egypt