23/04/2021

White Heart "Hotline" (1985) -CCM / AOR-



Label : Home Sweet Home Records


États-Unis Side One

01 - Hotline (Scott Douglas & Billy Smiley)
02 - Gotta Be A Believer (Mark Gersmehl & Billy Smiley)
03 - Jerusalem (Dana Key, Ed DeGarmo, Billy Smiley & Mark Gersmehl)
04 - Turn The Page (Mark Gersmehl & Billy Smiley)
05 - She's A Runaway (Billy Smiley & Mark Gersmehl)

Side Two

01 - Heroes (Mark Gersmehl & Billy Smiley)
02 - In His Name (Mark Gersmehl)
03 - The Victory (Gordon Kennedy, Billy Smiley, Mark Gersmehl & Larry W. Stewart)
04 - Keep Fighting The Fight (Mark Gersmehl)
05 - Walls (Mark Gersmehl & Billy Smiley)


Produced by Billy Smiley & Mark Gersmehl for Home Sweet Home Records, Inc.
Executive Producer : Chris Christian
Recorded & Mixed by Brent King
Engineer on "Walls" : Bob Graves
Second Engineer : David Pierce, Sam Bailey
Second Engineer on Tracks : Clarke Schleicher
Tracks Recorded at The Bennett House, Franklin, TN
Overdubs & Mixed at Gold Mine Studio, Brentwood, TN

White Heart is :
Gary Lunn : Bass
Scott Douglas : Lead vocals
Gordon Kennedy : Lead Guitars, Guitars, Vocals
David Huff Drums, Percussion
Mark Gersmehl : Keyboards, Vocals
Billy Smiley : Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals

Linn Drum Programing & Vocal Production Assistance on "Gotta Be A Believer" & "Jerusalem" by David Huff
Synthesizer Programming Assistance on "Gotta Be A Believer" by John Slick
Drumulator Programming on "Walls" by Gary Lunn
Track Arrangements by White Heart
Production Assistance & Input : Brent King & White Heart

Additional Musicians :
Greg Jennings : Guitar
Shane Keister : Vocoder
Stan Armor : Vocals
Steve Green : Vocals
Brent King : Tambourine on "Turn The Page"

The Nashville String Machine
Violins : Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, George Binkley, Pam Sixfin, Lee Larrison & Lennie Haight
Violas : Gary Vanosdale & Virginia Christenson
Cello : Roy Christenson
Bass : Craig Nelson

Choir on "In His Name" : Chuck Bentley, Paul M. Carter, Vicki Carter, Steve Chapman, Keith Compton, Paul Taylor Couch, Becky Durham, Rick Florian, Jack Fowler, Leah Fry, Becky Gillespy, Liz Gilbert, Chris Harris, Jan Harris, Doris King, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Landra Larson, Denise Liles, Dwight Liles, Steve Nichols, David Parks, David Pierce, Valerie Reid, Vivian Reid, Dawn Rogers, Melinda Scruggs, Bernie Sheahan, James Sigmon, Debi Smiley, Jeanni Stalcup, Ace Swain, Tricia Walker, Jody Ward & Kimberly Williams 


Side One

01 - Hotline

Lead vocals : Scott Douglas
Background vocals : Billy Smiley, Mark Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy
Guitar Solo : Gordon Kennedy

02 - Gotta Be A Believer

Lead vocals : Mark Gersmehl, Scott Douglas
Synthesizer & Guitar Duet : Mark Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy
Background vocals : Steve Green, Mark Gersmehl, Billy Smiley

03 - Jerusalem

Lead vocals : Scott Douglas, Gordon Kennedy
Synthesizer Solo : Mark Gersmehl
Percussion : David Huff

04 - Turn The Page

Lead vocal : Mark Gersmehl
Background vocals : Billy Smiley, Steve Green, Mark Gersmehl
Sitar : Gordon Kennedy

05 - She's A Runaway

Lead vocals : Scott Douglas, Mark Gersmehl
Guitar Solo : Gordon Kennedy
Percussion : David Huff

Side Two

01 - Heroes

Lead vocals : Mark Gersmehl, Scott Douglas
Background vocals : Billy Smiley, Mark Gersmehl, Stan Armor, David Pierce

02 - In His Name

Lead vocal : Scott Douglas
Background vocal : Billy Smiley

03 - The Victory

Lead vocals : Gordon Kennedy, Scott Douglas
Guitar Solo : Gordon Kennedy
Synthesizer Intro & Solo : Mark Gersmehl

04 - Keep Fighting The Fight

Lead vocal : Scott Douglas
Guitar Solo : Gordon Kennedy
Background vocal : Stan Armor, Billy Smiley, Mark Gersmehl 

05 - Walls

Lead vocal : Mark Gersmehl
Background vocal : Billy Smiley