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1970 studio album by The Friends of Distinction
Whatever
Studio album by The Friends of Distinction
Released1970
StudioRCA's Music Center of the World
(Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul
Length46:45
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerRay Cork, Jr.
The Friends of Distinction chronology
Real Friends
(1970) 		Whatever
(1970) 		Friends & People
(1971)

Whatever is the fourth studio album by R&B group The Friends of Distinction, released in 1970 on the RCA Victor label.

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 42 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 179 on the Billboard 200. The album features the single, "Time Waits for No One", which peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 37 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You and I"Greg Poree, Jerry Peters5:05
2."New Mother Nature"Burton Cummings3:41
3."Soulful Anthem"David Bryant7:17
4."Time Waits for No One"Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield3:20
5."People Talkin' and Sayin' Nothin'"Wilma Classon, Ken Williams5:53
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Check It Out"Floyd Butler, Billy Osborne2:58
7."Didn't We"Jimmy Webb5:37
8."Great Day"Barbara Love, Terry Evans3:41
9."Willa Faye"Greg Poree, Jerry Peters4:37
10."Bring Us a Better Day"John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins3:43

Personnel

  • Floyd Butler, Barbara Jean Love, Charlene Gibson, Harry Elston – vocals
  • Jerry Peters, Joe Sample – keyboards
  • Ray Cork, Jr. – keyboards, percussion, trumpet
  • Louie Shelton, Greg Poree, David T. Walker – guitar
  • Wilton Felder – electric bass
  • Gary Coleman, Kenneth Watson – percussion
  • King Errison – congas
  • Toxey French, Edward Greene – drums
  • Jimmy Getzoff – violin, concertmaster
  • Nathan Ross – violin
  • Samuel Boghossian – viola
  • Armand Kaproff – cello
  • Plas Johnson, William Green – woodwinds
  • Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone
  • Paul Hubinon, John Audino – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Richard Nash – trombone, baritone horn

Charts

Album

Chart (1970) Peak
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 179
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 42

Singles

Year Single Peaks
US
 US
R&B
1970 "Time Waits for No One" 60 37

References

  1. ^ "US Charts > The Friends of Distinction". Billboard. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

External links

The Friends of Distinction
  • Harry Elston
  • Floyd Butler
  • Jessica Cleaves
  • Barbara Jean Love
  • Charlene Gibson
Studio albums
Singles
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