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Charles Stepney

Real Name:
Charles Stepney
Profile:
Composer, arranger and producer, born 1931, died 17 May 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. Occasionally credited playing an instrument (keyboards, vibraphone).
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Discography

Releases:
Stephnew (12" + Vinyl, W/Lbl)   Stephnew 2007
Production:
The Rotary Connection (2 versions)   Checker ... 1967
Electric Mud (3 versions)   Chess 1968
I'm High Again / Another Sugar Daddy (7", Single)   Checker 1968
Maiden Voyage (LP)   Cadet Records 1968
Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love / California Soul (7", Single, Promo)   Cadet Records 1969
Memory Band / Want You To Know (7", Promo)   Cadet Concept Records 1969
The Spice Of Life (2 versions)   Cadet Records 1969
Upchurch (LP)   Cadet Records 1969
Dinner Music (LP)   Cadet Concept Records 1970
Everybody's Talkin' / The Love I Feel For You (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1970
Freedom Means / The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (7")   Cadet Records 1971
Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (LP)   Cadet Records 1973
I Just Can't Help Myself (Album) (4 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1973
Can't Hide Love / Gratitude (7")   Columbia 1975
Don't It Feel Good (LP)   CBS 1975
Gratitude (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia 1975
Sing A Song (2 versions)   CBS ... 1975
What's The Name Of This Funk (Spider Man) (7", Promo)   Columbia 1975
What's The Name Of This Funk (Spider Man) / Juaacklyn (7")   Columbia 1975
Flowers (Album) (2 versions)   CBS ... 1976
Flowers / I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love (7")   Columbia 1976
Free / Cause You Love Me Baby (4 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Free / It's Important To Me (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Getaway (Single) (5 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love (Single) (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
On Your Face (7")   Columbia 1976
Salongo (Album) (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Saturday Nite (Single) (6 versions)   CBS ... 1976
Spirit (Album) (13 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
This Is Niecy (Album) (5 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Flowers (12")   CBS 1977
That's What Friends Are For (7")   CBS 1977
Flowers (7")   CBS 1980
Free / That's What Friends Are For (7")   Old Gold (2) 1983
Next Love (12") Free CBS 1984
The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire Vol. II (Album) (3 versions)   Columbia 1988
Let's Hear It For The Boy / Free (CD, Mini, Maxi) Free CBS 1989
Flowers (12", Ltd, Promo)   CBS 1990
Flowers (Remix) (12")   CBS 1990
The Eternal Dance (2 versions)   Legacy 1992
Music From And Inspired By The Promised Land (Comp) (2 versions) That's The Way Of The ... Columbia 1995
Songs (CD, Album, RE)   Charly Records Ltd. 1995
Elements Of Love - The Ballads (CD)   Columbia 1996
The Joint - Hip Hop R&B Cuts - Volume 1 (2xLP) Free Virgin Music (France) 1997
Greatest Hits (Comp) (3 versions)   Columbia ... 1998
Songs / Hey Love (CD, Album)   BGP Records 1998
Anthology (Comp) (2 versions) Woman Of The Ghetto, C... Soul Brother Records (UK) 2000
In My Bag (CD, Comp) Hanging Round The Bee ... SSR Records 2000
Les Fleurs - The Minnie Riperton Anthology (CD, Comp, Album) I Am The Black Gold Of... Stateside 2001
Open Our Eyes (CD)   Columbia 2001
Snow - The Get Easy! Christmas Collection (CD) Christmas Love Universal Music (Germany) 2002
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2xCD, Comp)   Columbia, Legacy 2002
California Soul / Wade In The Water (7") California Soul Jazzman 2004
Chess Northern Soul (CD, Comp, RM) Look At Me Now Chess 2005
Katalyst Presents: Dusted (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) I Am The Black Gold Of... Invada Records, Universal Music (Australia) 2005
Louie Vega In The House (2xCD, Comp, Mixed + CD, Comp) Free ITH Records 2007
What Color Is Love (CD, Album, RE)   Verve Music Group 2008
Co-production:
Shining Star (Single) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1975
That's The Way Of The World (Album) (8 versions)   Columbia ... 1975
That's The Way Of The World / Africano (Single) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1975
The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire Vol. I (Comp, Album) (11 versions)   CBS ... 1978
After The Love Has Gone (7") That's The Way Of The ... CBS 1979
Greatest Hits (Comp) (2 versions)   Columbia ... 1998
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Box + 6xCD, Comp, RM) Reasons, Shining Star Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2xCD, Comp)   Columbia, Legacy 2002
Keep Your Head To The Sky (12", Maxi)   CBS 2005
Appears On:
Brother Where Are You / Waiting For Charlie To Come Home (7")   Cadet Records 1967
Dirty Man / It's Mighty Hard (7") It's Mighty Hard Chess 1967
Just Say When / Thousand Miles Away (7") Just Say When Chess 1967
Like A Rolling Stone / Turn Me On (7")   Cadet Concept Records 1967
The Rotary Connection (2 versions)   Checker ... 1967
Aladdin (LP)   Cadet Concept Records 1968
Aladdin (LP, Album)   Cadet Concept Records, Phonodisc (Canada) 1968
Always Together - The Dells Musical Menu (LP, Gat)   Cadet Records 1968
Electric Mud (Album) (5 versions)   Chess ... 1968
Hold On / I'm Glad I'm The Loser (7", Single)   Chess 1968
Listen Here / Theme In Search Of A Movie (7") Theme In Search Of A M... Atlantic 1968
Maiden Voyage (LP) Ode, Les Fleur, Only W... Cadet Records 1968
Make Sure (You Have Someone Who Loves You) / Does Anybody Know I'm Here (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1968
Mother Nature's Son (Album) (3 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1968
Stay In My Corner / Love Is So Simple (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1968
The Electrifying Eddie Harris (2 versions) Theme In Search Of A M... Atlantic ... 1968
Wear It On Our Face / Please Don't Change Me Now (7")   Cadet Records 1968
Another Voyage (2 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1969
I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue / Hallelujah Baby (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1969
Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love / California Soul (7", Single, Promo)   Cadet Records 1969
Love Is Blue (LP)   Cadet Records 1969
Medley: (a) Sing A Rainbow (b) Love Is Blue / Hallelujah Baby (7", Single)   Chess 1969
Memory Band / Want You To Know (7", Promo) Memory Band Cadet Concept Records 1969
Oh, What A Night / Believe Me (7")   Cadet Records 1969
On The Dock Of The Bay / When I'm In Your Arms (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1969
Songs (LP, Album)   Cadet Concept Records 1969
The Dells Greatest Hits (LP)   Cadet Records 1969
The Nest / Your Sweet Inner Self (7", Promo)   Cadet Concept Records 1969
Upchurch (LP) Black Gold, Adam And C... Cadet Records 1969
Long Lonely Nights / A Little Understanding (7")   Cadet Records 1970
Nadine / Open Up My Heart (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1970
Oh What A Day / The Change We Go Thru (For Love) (7", Single)   Cadet Records 1970
The Best Of Eddie Harris (LP, Comp) Theme In Search Of A M... Atlantic 1970
Back To The Roots (LP, Album) Up In Yonder Cadet Records 1971
Come To My Garden (Album) (3 versions) Les Fleur, Completenes... GRT ... 1971
Freedom Means (LP, Album)   Cadet Records 1971
Freedom Means / The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind) (7") Freedom Means Cadet Records 1971
Hey, Love (LP, Album)   Cadet Concept Records 1971
Occasional Rain (Album) (2 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1972
Sweet As Funk Can Be (LP)   Cadet Records 1972
The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits (LP)   Cadet Records 1972
I Just Can't Help Myself (Album) (4 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1973
Devotion / Fair But So Uncool (7", Single) Fair But So Uncool Columbia 1974
E.H. In The U.K. (LP, Album) I Waited For You Atlantic 1974
Open Our Eyes (Album) (5 versions) Fair But So Uncool, Te... Columbia ... 1974
Sun Goddess (LP, Promo) Sun Goddess, Hot Dawgit Columbia 1974
Tambura / Hot Dawgit (7") Hot Dawgit Columbia 1974
Gratitude (2xLP, Album)   Columbia 1975
Shining Star (Single) (2 versions)   CBS ... 1975
That's The Way Of The World / Africano (Single) (2 versions) That's The Way Of The ... CBS ... 1975
Right Back Where We Started From (Album) (5 versions) Reasons United Artists Records 1976
Salongo (Album) (3 versions)   CBS ... 1976
Speak No Evil (LP) Yearnin' Learnin' RCA, RCA 1976
Spirit (Album) (6 versions)   Columbia ... 1976
Blue Capricorn (LP, Album) That's The Way Of The ... CBS, CBS Grammofoonplaten BV 1977
The Spice Of Life (3 versions)   Cadet Records 1977
Chaka (Album) (6 versions) Love Has Fallen On Me Warner Bros. Records ... 1978
The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire Vol. I (Comp, Album) (6 versions) That's The Way Of The ... CBS ... 1978
After The Love Has Gone (7") That's The Way Of The ... CBS 1979
Music For Unicef Concert: A Gift Of Song (Comp) (3 versions) September / That's The... Polydor 1979
Beyond (Album) (2 versions) That's The Way Of The ... A&M Records 1980
The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (LP, Album) Theme In Search Of A M... Mutt & Jeff Records 1982
The Very Best Of Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Reasons Arcade 1986
Maxi (Album) (2 versions) Reasons Ten Records Ltd. (10 Records) 1987
Alex Bugnon And Najee (CD, EP, Promo) That's The Way Of The ... EMI USA, Orpheus Records 1988
The Best Of Chess Rhythm & Blues Volume Two (CD, Comp) Stay In My Corner Chess, MCA Records 1988
Doin' It 12 Jazzfunk Classics (CD, Comp) That's The Way Of The ... Connoisseur Collection 1993
The Electrifying Eddie Harris / Plug Me In (CD)   Atlantic 1993
The Story So Far - Essential Argo / Cadet Grooves (CD, Album, Smplr) I Am The Blackgold Of ... Charly Records Ltd. 1994
Fantasy Best (CD, Comp) That's The Way Of The ... Sony Music 1995
Music From And Inspired By The Promised Land (Comp) (2 versions) That's The Way Of The ... Columbia 1995
Songs (CD, Album, RE)   Charly Records Ltd. 1995
Come To My Garden (CD, Album)   AIM Records (Australia) 1996
Buddy's Blues (CD) Keep It To Myself (AKA... Chess 1997
Chess Soul - A Decade Of Chicago's Finest (2xCD, Comp, RM) Oh What A Day Chess, Universal Records 1997
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun (Single) (2 versions) I Am The Black Gold Of... Talkin' Loud ... 1997
The Hits (Comp) (4 versions) I Am The Black Gold Of... INCredible ... 1998
What Color Is Love (Album) (2 versions)   Cadet Records ... 1998
That's The Way Of The World (CD, Album, RE) That's The Way Of The ... Columbia, Legacy 1999
Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (Box + 6xCD, Comp, RM) Reasons, Reasons, Shin... Rhino Entertainment Company 2001
Creating Patterns (Album) (3 versions) Les Fleur Talkin' Loud ... 2001
Hey, Love (LP)   Cadet Concept Records 2001
Les Fleur (Single) (2 versions)   Talkin' Loud 2001
Les Fleurs - The Minnie Riperton Anthology (CD, Comp, Album) I Am The Black Gold Of... Stateside 2001
Las Salinas 2002 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Les Fleur Globe (2) 2002
Make Music (CD, Comp) Les Fleur Harmless 2002
Smooth & Jazzy (CD) Reasons Columbia 2002
The Essential Earth, Wind & Fire (2xCD, Comp)   Columbia, Legacy 2002
Urban Hymns 6 (2xCD, Comp) Bonita Applebum Universal Music (Australia) 2003
Inspired The World's Greatest Covers (2xCD, Comp) Les Fleur (Radio Edit) V2TV 2004
Pozytywne Wibracje 6 (3xCD, Comp, Dig) Les Fleur Universal Music Polska, STX Records (2) 2004
The Remix Album, Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp) I Am The Black Gold Of... Raw Canvas Records 2004
Chess Classics (CD) I Am The Black Gold Of... Mojo Magazine 2005
Bees + Things + Flowers (CD, Album) That's The Way Of The ... Narada Jazz 2006
Fragments From A Space Cadet (Album) (2 versions) Fragment Seven "Les Fl... Music For Dreams ... 2006
20 Years Of Rage (4xCD, Comp) Bonita Applebum Warner Music (Australia) 2007
Coffee Time Jazz (CD, Comp, RM) I Am The Black Gold Of... Verve Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2007
Drivin' Me Wild (CD, Single, Promo)   Geffen Records 2007
Finding Forever (CD, Album) Drivin' Me Wild Universal Island Records, Getting Out Our Dreams 2007
Fragment Seven (Les Fleurs) (CD, Promo)   Music For Dreams 2007
Luftkastellet 5 (CD, Comp) Fragment Seven "Les Fl... Music For Dreams, Voices Music & Entertainment (VME) 2007
Original Summer Soul Selection (2xCD, Comp) Respect Original Selection Records 2007
Sampled! (CD, Comp, RM) California Soul Boutique, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2008
Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 (CD, Comp, RM) Witch For A Night Kent Records, Ace Records (UK) 2009
Intimate Disco - Album 5 (LP) Celebrate Ebonite  
Live Right Now / It's Crazy (7")   Atlantic  
Unofficial Releases:
I Just Can't Help Myself (LP)   CAE  
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