Trouble Maker, by Roberta Kelly

Trouble Maker

by Roberta Kelly

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1.	Trouble Maker 08:45	info	buy track
2.	Love Power 04:55	info	buy track
3.	I Think I'm Gonna Break Someone's Heart Tonight 06:13	info	buy track
4.	Innocent 06:42	info	buy track
5.	The Family 06:03	info	buy track

about

Roberta Kelly (b. November 23, 1942, Los Angeles) came to Germany in 1972 to pursue her dreams of becoming a singer. When she met producer Pete Bellotte, the idea came to record an answer-back record to Carl Douglas's hugely popular Kung-Fu Fighting, and Roberta had her recording debut in December 1974 with Kung-Fu's Back Again. At the same time she did a session job with Gitta Walthers, Betsy Allen and Lucy O'Neale, singing all the vocals for an album that was released under the name Silver Convention. Fly, Robin, Fly eventually was a global smash and a US #1 hit record. Roberta was very upset at the time that she was never credited nor asked to join the line-up who ended up promoting the song. Bellotte & Giorgio Moroder recorded another single on her, Love Power, which was released in the summer of 1975, just when Roberta's friend Donna Summer also started making a lot of noise with her Love To Love You, Baby. In January 1976, Roberta recorded 4 more songs with team Moroder/Bellotte, and her debut album was released the following month. Her third single Trouble-Maker was a hit in France and Italy, and also topped the US disco charts for two weeks in July '76.

Note: The German album had The Family as track A2, and Love Power as track B3.

credits

released May 1, 1976

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Casablanca Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Musicland Studios

Credits
Accompanied By – The "Munich Machine"
Strings – Mike Thatcher (tracks: A2 to B3)
Many thanks to:
Martin Harrison - drums
Mike Thatcher,Thor Baldurrson - keyboards
Frank Diez - guitar
Gary Unwin - bass
Roberta Kelly, Gitta Walther, Lucy O'Neale & Renate Maurer - girl-group backup vocals
Donna Summer - backup vocals on "The Family"
Art Direction, Design – Gribbitt!
Engineer – Jürgen Koppers
Assistant Engineer – Hans Menzel, Mack
Mastered By – Allen Zentz
Mix-down Engineer – Giorgio Moroder
Producer – Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte

Notes
Title is "Trouble-Maker" on front cover and spine, "The Trouble-Maker" on label.
Produced for Say Yes Production.
Recorded in MusicLand Studios, Munich.
(P) 1976 Casablanca Records, Inc.