Musical Bacon: Ralph Votapek

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Wayne Henderson	arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, trombone	Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)
Roy Ayers	arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, piano, vibraphone	Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)
Allen Sides	mix	For Real, Give It to Me, Heat of the Beat, Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Carla Vaughn	vocal	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Nathaniel Phillips	vocal, bass, percussion	No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Wayne Henderson	arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, trombone	Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)
Roy Ayers	arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, piano, vibraphone	Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)
Allen Sides	mix	For Real, Give It to Me, Heat of the Beat, Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Carla Vaughn	vocal	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Nathaniel Phillips	vocal, bass, percussion	No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Stephanie Spruill	vocal	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
George Del Barrio	instrument arranger	Lovers Should Always Be Together, Step in to Our Life, Swarte
Judi Brown	vocal	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Jim Gilstrap	vocal	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Bruce Carter	drums	No Deposit No Return, Step in to Our Life, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
James Gadson	drums	For Real, Give It to Me, Heat of the Beat
Ed Reddick	bass	For Real, Give It to Me
Chuck Anthony	guitar	No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby
Chano O'Ferral	congas	No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby
Reggie Ellis	vocal	For Real, Heat of the Beat
Bobby Lyle	piano	Step in to Our Life, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie	drums	Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return
Vance "Mad Dog" Tenort	vocal, percussion	For Real, Heat of the Beat
Gregory Matta	vocal	For Real, Heat of the Beat
Darryl "Suger Bear" Moore	guitar	For Real
McKinley Jackson	instrument arranger	Heat of the Beat
Dennis Davis	drums	Ooh Baby
Philip Woo	synthesizer	No Deposit No Return
Richard Flowers	vocal, piano	Give It to Me
Armand Danelian	piano	Lovers Should Always Be Together
Saundra "Pan" Alexander*	vocal	Give It to Me
Sylvia St. James	vocal	Give It to Me
Cheryl Alexander	vocal	Give It to Me
Vernell Shaw	vocal	Heat of the Beat
Barry "Bo" Henderson	vocal	Heat of the Beat
William Allen	bass	Lovers Should Always Be Together

arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, trombone

Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)

Roy Ayers

arranger, producer, vocal, percussion, piano, vibraphone

Can You Dance, For Real, Give It to Me, Have Your Way, Heat of the Beat, It Ain't Your Sign, It's Your Mind, Lovers Should Always Be Together, Million Dollar Baby (Feel So Real), No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco, Tell Me What You Want, Thank You, Thank You, Weekend Lover, You Make Me Feel Like (Rockin' With Ya)

Allen Sides

mix

For Real, Give It to Me, Heat of the Beat, Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Step in to Our Life, Swarte, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco

Carla Vaughn

vocal

Lovers Should Always Be Together, No Deposit No Return, Ooh Baby, Take Your Funky Mind to the Disco

Nathaniel Phillips