Best of The Doobies

Best of The Doobies is the first greatest hits album by the Doobie Brothers. The album has material from Toulouse Street through Takin' It to the Streets, and is also a diamond record. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records on October 29, 1976, and has been re-released numerous times.

Track listing

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers

• Tom Johnston – lead (1–2, 4, 6, 10–11) and backing vocals, guitars, harmonica (2)
• Patrick Simmons – lead (4–5, 7, 9) and backing vocals, guitars, banjo (4), ARP synthesizer (9)
• Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitars, pedal steel guitar (9)
• Michael McDonald – lead (3, 8) and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer (8)
• Tiran Porter – backing vocals, bass guitar
• John Hartman – drums, percussion
• Michael Hossack – drums, percussion
• Keith Knudsen – backing vocals, drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Bill Payne – piano (1, 6, 9–10), organ (7, 11)
• Jesse Butler – organ (3)
• Malcolm Cecil – ARP synthesizer programming (9)
• Robert Margouleff – ARP synthesizer programming (9)
• Ted Templeman – backing vocals (11), percussion
• Bobby LaKind – congas (3)
• Milt Holland – vibraphone (5)
• Bobbye Hall – congas (10)
• The Memphis Horns – horns (3)
• Novi Novog – viola (5)
• Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals (10)
• Venetta Fields – backing vocals (10)
• Jessie Smith – backing vocals (10)
• Nick DeCaro – string arrangement (9)
• Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements (10)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

Notes

References