Love Child is the second album released by the New York-based Latin Freestyle trio Sweet Sensation. It was released on April 15, 1990 by Atco Records and Atlantic Records, and is the follow-up to the group's platinum-selling 1988 debut album Take It While It's Hot. Like its predecessor, Love Child featured an up-tempo feel, but also included lush R&B-styled ballads.
"Love Child," the album's title track, is a cover of the hit 1968 song by The Supremes. Sweet Sensation's version peaked at #15 on the Billboard dance chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it was the album's second single that gave the group its biggest hit, "If Wishes Came True," a power ballad featuring lead vocals by Betty Lebron. It spent one week at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 in September 1990, while reaching the top ten on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. The album spawned two more hit singles: "Each and Every Time" (#59) and "One Good Man." The album peaked at #78 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, and was certified platinum in 1991 by the RIAA.
Contents
Personnel
Sweet Sensation
Betty LeBron – vocals
Margie Fernandez – vocals
Sheila Vega – vocals
With:
Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals, vocal arrangements (3, 5, 7)
Musicians
Mac Quayle – keyboard programming (1), arrangements (1)
Andy Marvel – additional keyboards (1), arrangements (1)
Phil Ashley – keyboards (2, 6), drum programming (2, 4, 9), keyboard programming (4, 9), arrangements (4, 9), programming (6)
Ken Cedar – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
Gary Henry – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), sweetening (3, 5), programming (7)
Bobby Khozouri – keyboards (3), programming (3), keyboard programming (5), drum programming (5)
Robbie Kilgore – sweetening (3, 5)
Jim Klein – additional keyboards (6), acoustic guitar (6)
Richard Joseph – programming (7)
Romeo J.D. – keyboard programming (8), drum programming (8)
Peter Schwartz – keyboard programming (8), drum programming (8)
Werner F. – guitars (1), acoustic guitar (4)
John Hart – guitars (1), acoustic guitar (8)
Russ De Salvo – all guitars (2, 9), electric guitars (4), guitar solo (7)
Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1, 6, 8)
Steve Thornton – percussion (1)
Charlie Dee Diaz – loops (3, 5)
Emedin Rivera – percussion (7)
Graham Hawthorne – percussion (9)
Barry Rogers – trombone (1)
King Shameek – scratches (3, 5)
Steve Peck – arrangements (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Arnie Roman – arrangements (2)
Tony Terry – vocal arrangements (3, 5)
Andre Smith – vocal arrangements (7)
Production
Produced by Ted Currier and Steve Peck
Additional production by Charlie Dee Diaz
Executive producer: Cherrie Shepard
Engineers: Paul Berry, Richard Joseph, Steve Peck
Mixing: Ted Currier, Rod Hui, Jim Lyons, Steve Peck, Charlie Dee Diaz
Mastering: Ted Jensen