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Albums · 1978

Boys in the Trees

1978 · Elektra

Platinum-selling return featuring 'You Belong to Me' (US #6) and the James Taylor duet 'Devoted to You'.

You Belong to Me (#6)RIAA Platinum

From the liner notes

Producer
Arif Mardin
Engineering
Lew Hahn and Bobby Warner; mastered by George Piros at Atlantic Studios
Musicians
Steve Gadd (drums); David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker (horns); Richard Tee, Don Grolnick (keyboards); Cornell Dupree, Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Hamish Stuart, John Hall (guitars); Tony Levin, Will Lee, Gordon Edwards (bass); James Taylor (guitar, vocals)
Voices
Luther Vandross, Cissy Houston; Lucy and Joanna Simon on "For Old Times Sake"
Artwork
Art direction by Tony Lane and Johnny Lee — winner of the Grammy for Best Album Package; photography by Deborah Turbeville

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