Give It Away consists of seven original tracks and four cover versions (three Motown songs and "The Twelfth of Never"). The album was well received by critics and sold respectably, with four singles reaching the R&B top 50 and two the Billboard Hot 100. The album sold mainly to the R&B market, where it peaked at #16. Five singles were released from the album with the title track charting the highest, #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on R&B chart, their first top ten hit.
In 2004, the track "What Do I Wish For" became familiar to television viewers in the United Kingdom when it was used in a commercial for fast food chain KFC.
give, away, lites, album, gaither, vocal, band, album, give, away, gaither, vocal, band, album, give, away, debut, album, american, soul, group, lites, produced, carl, davis, lead, singer, eugene, record, album, released, 1969, brunswick, label, give, awaystud. For the Gaither Vocal Band album see Give It Away Gaither Vocal Band album Give It Away is the debut album by American soul group The Chi Lites produced by Carl Davis and lead singer Eugene Record The album was released in 1969 on the Brunswick label Give It AwayStudio album by The Chi LitesReleasedAugust 1969GenreR amp B soulLength30 06LabelBrunswickProducerCarl Davis Eugene Record Gerald SimsThe Chi Lites chronologyGive It Away 1969 I Like Your Lovin Do You Like Mine 1970 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Charts 6 References 7 External linksHistory editGive It Away consists of seven original tracks and four cover versions three Motown songs and The Twelfth of Never The album was well received by critics and sold respectably with four singles reaching the R amp B top 50 and two the Billboard Hot 100 The album sold mainly to the R amp B market where it peaked at 16 Five singles were released from the album with the title track charting the highest 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 10 on R amp B chart their first top ten hit In 2004 the track What Do I Wish For became familiar to television viewers in the United Kingdom when it was used in a commercial for fast food chain KFC Track listing editSide oneNo TitleWriter s Length1 Give It Away Eugene Record Carl Davis2 432 Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was Eugene Record Barbara Acklin3 283 My Whole World Ended Johnny Bristol Harvey Fuqua Pamela Joan Sawyer Jimmy Roach3 044 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong3 055 What Do I Wish For Eugene Record Carl Davis2 556 That s My Baby for You Eugene Record Carl Davis2 05 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Length7 I m Gonna Make You Love Me Kenneth Gamble Jerry Ross Jerry Williams2 288 You re No Longer Part of My Heart Eugene Record2 589 24 Hours of Sadness Eugene Record Carl Davis2 0610 To Change My Love Eugene Record2 2811 The Twelfth of Never Jerry Livingston Paul Francis Webster2 41Personnel editEugene Record Marshall Thompson Robert Squirrel Lester Creadel Red Jones vocalsProduction editCarl Davis Eugene Record Gerald Sims producers Willie Henderson director Sonny Sanders arrangerCharts editChart 1969 Peak 2 U S Billboard Top LPs 180U S Billboard Top Soul LPs 16SinglesYear Single Peak chart positionsUS 2 USR amp B 2 1969 Give It Away 88 10 Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was 94 15 The Twelfth of Never 122 47 To Change My Love 1970 24 Hours of Sadness 119 30References edit Bush John Give It Away review at AllMusic Retrieved 2011 10 25 a b c US Charts gt The Chi Lites Allmusic Retrieved 2013 03 31 External links editGive It Away at Discogs Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Give It Away The Chi Lites album amp oldid 1117251659, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
