Be Thankful for What You Got is a studio album issued in 1974 by the soul singer William DeVaughn. It includes the best-selling song also titled "Be Thankful for What You Got".
Track listing
Personnel William DeVaughn - vocals, songwriting John Davis - organ, piano, sax, flute, synthesizer Jerry Cohen - clavinet, piano Norman Harris - guitar Pal Rakes - guitar Bobby Eli - guitar Hugh McDonald - bass Rusty Jackman - bass Al Price - drums Earl Young - drums Larry Washington - percussion Vince Montana - vibraphone Don Renaldo - strings, horns Nadine Felder - background vocals Gwen Oliver - background vocals Carl Paroulo - engineering, mixing Doug Fern - engineering Joe Tarsia - engineering, mixing Wes Farrell - art direction Richard Germinaro - illustration Big Cigar - album design
Potential confusion DeVaughn's second album, originally released as Figures Can't Calculate, also includes the track "Be Thankful for What You Got" (in a different version); this second album was later reissued on CD by Unidisc as Be Thankful for What You Got and by Hot Productions as Be Thankful for What You've Got.Andrew Hamilton, review of Figures Can't Calculate, Allmusic. Retrieved on 19 October 2015.
References