Step Aside for a Lady

Step Aside for a Lady
Studio album by Cissy Houston
Released	1980
Recorded	Secret Sound, Mediasound, and the CBS Studio Building
Genre	Soul, Disco, Funk
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Michael Zager
Cissy Houston chronology
Warning - Danger (1979) Step Aside for a Lady (1980) I'll Take Care of You (1992)
Singles from Step Aside for a Lady
"Break It to Me Gently" Released: 1980 "You're the Fire" Released: 1980

Step Aside for a Lady is the sixth solo album by American soul singer Cissy Houston, released in 1980 on Columbia Records.^[1] It features the R&B hit songs, "Break It to Me Gently" and "You're the Fire". The entire album features backing vocals by herself and her friends, Luther Vandross, Jocelyn Brown, and Eltesa Weathersby, and it was produced by Michael Zager with executive producer Jerry Love.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Break It to Me Gently"	Douglas Frank, Doug James	3:52
2.	"You're the Fire"	Philip Vear, Victor Davis	5:55
3.	"It Doesn't Only Happen at Night"	Alvin Fields, Cissy Houston, Michael Zager	5:56
4.	"Just One Man"	Fields, Houston, Douglas Frank, Rhetta Hughes	4:13
5.	"Step Aside for a Lady"	Fields, Houston, Zager	6:10
6.	"What I Miss"	Houston, Zager	6:12
7.	"Gonna Take the Easy Way Out"	Fields, Houston, Zager, Frank, Eltesa Weathersby	6:07

Source^[2]

Personnel

• Arranged By [Vocals] – Cissy Houston
• Backing Vocals – Cissy Houston, Eltesa Weathersby, Jocelyn Brown, Luther Vandross
• Bass – Francisco Centeno (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Will Lee (tracks: A3, A4, B4)
• Drums – Allan Schwartzberg
• Engineer – Craig Winterson, Darroll Gustamachio, Jason Corsaro, Lincoln Clapp, Lou Brosnan, Lou Schlossberg, Michael Barbiero, Rick Rowe, Tim Geelan
• Executive-Producer – Jerry Love
• Guitar – Jeff Mironov (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Steve Love (tracks: A3, A4, B4)
• Keyboards – Rob Mounsey
• Management – Billy Fields
• Mastered By – Bob Carbone, Stuart Alan Love
• Mixed By – Michael Barbiero
• Percussion – Rubens Bassini
• Producer, Arranged By, Conductor – Michael Zager
• Reeds – Jerry Niewood
• Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
• Strings – The Alfred V. Brown String Section
• Trombone – Gerald Chamberlain
• Trumpet – John Gatchell

Credits

• Recorded at Secret Sound Studios, NY, Mediasound, NY, CBS Recording Studios, NY
• Mixed at Mediasound, NY
• Mastered at A&M Recording Studios

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References

1. Step Aside for a Lady.Allmusic.com
2. Step Aside for a Lady at discogs.com