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The song was "Dinner with Gershwin", and Richard Perry was hired to produce it with track writer Brenda Russell. Faltermeyer was surprised that nobody on the Geffen team saw the potential for "Fascination", "Voices Cryin' Out" or "Thinkin' Bout My Baby" as singles.
Composer Brenda Russell came up with a clever concept -- ''I want to talk moods with Picasso/ on a rendezvous/ I want to fly double with Earhart/ I want to get next to you.'' Midway through the tune, though, she seems to give up on the idea, ending up by repeating her first verse as if she had run out of names to use.
All Systems Go is the thirteenth studio album by Donna Summer. It was released on September 15, 1987; it would be her final release on Geffen Records, which had been Summer's label since 1980. There were two single released in the US, "Dinner with Gershwin" and "Only the Fool Survives".
Featuring Mickey Thomas. Producers Brenda Russell, Donna Summer, Harold Faltermeyer & 6 more. Writers Andy Slovic, Brenda Russell, Bruce Sudano & 15 more. Additional Engineer Paul Lani....
Sep 12, 2022 · In the years since its release, All Systems Go has largely been remembered for one of its singles, the Brenda Russell penned, Richard Perry produced “Dinner with Gershwin.” A “new old fashioned” pop gem that was lyrically astute, musically adventurous, it has become one of the singer’s most beloved moments.
- Quentin Harrison
"Dinner with Gershwin" is a song written by Brenda Russell and recorded by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. The song was produced by Russell and Richard Perry. It was released on August 14, 1987 as the lead single from her 13th studio album All Systems Go (1987) by Geffen Records.
Oct 6, 2017 · At the time, she and Richard Perry had recently co-produced her song “Dinner With Gershwin” for Donna Summer on All Systems Go (1987), winning a Top 20 hit in the UK. Russell was now primed...
