Phil Perry / My Book Of Love

Phil Perry, born in St. Louis, started his professional music career with the soul group "The Montclairs" in 70's. Then, he teamed up with another member of "The Montclairs" to form the duo "Perry and Sandlin" which released 2 albums for Capitol Records. After the duo split, Phil began writing and quickly known as a background vocalist and session singer in Los Angeles. Performances with Lee Ritenour and David Garfield made him very popular among Adult Contemporary Music lovers all over the world.
In 1991, he started solo singer career with the album "Heart of the Man" under Capitol Records. Perry continued his session singer performances and recording works with Dave Koz, Fourplay and/or The Benoit/Freeman Project, which added to Perry’s burgeoning popularity. and Perry signed with GRP in 1994 and released his second solo album "Pure Pleasure". In 1998, Perry released his third solo album "One Heart, One Love" under Private Music, a unit of Windham Hill Group. And in 2000, his fourth solo album "My Book Of Love", about which Perry describes as more R&B-oriented than some of my other records. I would admit this album would be one of the finest Adult Contemporary collection of truly great songs.

Release: 7 March, 2000 (USA), 21 April, 20000 (Japan)
Label : Peak Records - Private Music, a unit of Windham Hill Group, USA (01005-82181-2) / BMG Funhouse Inc., Japan (BVCM-21148)

Tracks:
1. My Book Of Love
2. Closer To Heaven
3. Heart Of My Heart
4. Keep Me In The Dark Tonight
5. To Fall In Love
6. Intro
7. (A Postcard In) Winter
8. She's Over Me
9. F.M.L. (My Fantasy, My Mystery, My Love)
10. You're As Right As Rain
11. Makin' Memories
12. Only Wanna Be With You
13. To Fall In Love *

*Bonus Track for Japanese edition

Executive Producer: Phil Perry
Producers: Barry J. Eastmond, Gary Brown, Lee Curreri and Ronnie Foster

Phil Perry: Vocals

- Musicians -
Keyboards: Tom Keane, Maverick Cotton, Barry J. Eastmond, Lee Curreri
Piano: Lee Curreri, Roger Smith
Drum Programming: Jeff Byrd, Tom Keane, Gary Brown, Barry J. Eastmond, Lee Curreri
Wind Synthesizer: Larry Williams
Bass: Doug Grigsby, Neil Stubenhaus, Melvin Davis
Guitars: Thomas Verdonck, Charles J. Fearing, A. Ray Fuller, Jeff Mironov, Ira Siegel, Charles J. Fearing, Ron Muldrow, Mike O'Neil
Percussion: Luis Conte, Alex Acuna
Duet Vocal: Lillian Perry (Track 13 - Japanese version bonus track)
Background Vocals: Donna Simon, Lillian Perry, Joseph Perry, Paloma Perry, Phillip Perry, Jacob Perry
Violin: Bruce Dukov, Rachel Purkin, Rafael Rishik, Endre Granat
Viola: Marlow Fisher, Simon Oswell
Cello: Armen Ksajikian, David Low

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