Busy Body (album)

Busy Body is the third studio album by American R&B/soul singer-songwriter Luther Vandross, released on November 25, 1983. It hit the number one position on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the week of April 13, 1984 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in January 1985.

Track listing

Personnel

• Luther Vandross – lead vocals (1–3, 5–7), backing vocals (1–3, 5–7), all vocals (4), vocal arrangements
• Nat Adderley, Jr. – keyboards, string arrangements (2, 7), horn arrangements (4, 7), rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (4, 6, 7)
• Marcus Miller – synthesizers (1–5, 7), bass guitar, rhythm and synthesizer arrangements (1–3, 5)
• John "Skip" Anderson – synthesizers (4, 6, 7)
• Doc Powell – guitars
• Georg Wadenius – guitars
• Yogi Horton – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Michael White – percussion (7)
• Steve Kroon – congas (1, 3, 5–7), bongos (2, 4)
• Jimmy Webb – horn and string arrangements (6)
• Alfred Brown – horn and string contractor (2, 4, 6, 7)
• Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
• Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2, 5–7)
• Robin Clark – backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 5)
• Brenda White King – backing vocals (1–3, 5–7)
• Alfa Anderson – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 6)
• David Lasley – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Cheryl Lynn – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (5, 6)
• Patti Austin – backing vocals (6)
• Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (6)
• Dionne Warwick – lead vocals (6)

Production

• Larkin Arnold – executive producer
• Marcus Miller – producer (1–3, 5)
• Luther Vandross – producer
• Ray Bardani – recording, mixing
• Michael Barbiero – additional engineer
• Carl Beatty – additional engineer
• Michael Christopher – additional engineer, assistant engineer
• Paul Brown – assistant engineer
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer
• Harry Spiridakis – assistant engineer
• Steve Bates – mix assistant
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Kate Jansen – album administrator
• Dana Lester – album administrator
• George Corsillo – art direction, design
• Brian Hagiwara – front and back photography
• Harry Langdon – photography of Luther Vandross
• Shep Gordon – management
• Daniel S. Markus – management
• Alive Enterprises, Inc. – management company

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References