Album · 1992
The Wiz
Tracklist
1
Prologue
The Wiz
0:26
2
The Feeling We Once Had
The Wiz
3:26
3
Tornado
The Wiz
3:25
4
He's the Wizard
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2:20
5
Soon as I Get Home
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3:27
6
I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday
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3:19
7
Ease on Down the Road
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2:28
8
Slide Some Oil to Me
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2:23
9
I'm a Mean Ole Lion
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1:43
10
Be a Lion
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4:03
11
So You Wanted to See the Wizard
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1:54
12
What Would I Do If I Could Feel
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2:55
13
Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News
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2:29
14
Everybody Rejoice
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2:47
15
Y'all Got It!
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2:15
16
If You Believe
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2:18
17
Home (finale)
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3:33
In print
First pressed 1975, still pressed 2025 — 29 pressings across 7 countries.
Credits
Charles H. Colman
Arranger
Burt Szerlip
Engineer
Phil Ramone
Engineer
Milton Glaser
Illustration
Al Rubin
Instrument · trumpet
Alvin Rogers
Instrument · violin
Bob McCoy
Instrument · trumpet
Charles Simons
Instrument · percussion
Charles Sullivan
Instrument · trumpet
Cheryl Hardwick
Instrument · keyboards
Claudia Wigent
Instrument · harp
David Dutemple
Instrument · bass
David Friedman
Instrument · percussion
Edith Wint
Instrument · cello
Gerald Beal
Instrument · violin
Grady Tate
Instrument · drums
Harold Wheeler
Instrument · keyboards
Harry Cykman
Instrument · violin
Herbert Sorkin
Instrument · violin
Isadora Kohon
Instrument · violin
Janet Hamilton
Instrument · cello
Jerry Friedman
Instrument · guitar
John Tropea
Instrument · guitar
Julien Barber
Instrument · violin
Julius Ehrenwerth
Instrument · cello
Leo Kahn
Instrument · violin
Norman Carr
Instrument · violin, concertmaster
Pat Rebillot
Instrument · keyboards
Richard Harris (5)
Instrument · trombone
Richard Williams
Instrument · trumpet
Rogelio Teran
Instrument · percussion
Sharon Moe
Instrument · french horn
Stephen Furtado
Instrument · trumpet
Steve Blum
Instrument · guitar
Tony Miranda
Instrument · french horn
野口久光
Liner Notes
Charlie Smalls
Lyricist
Luther Vandross
Lyricist
George Piros
Mastering · lacquer cut by
Tom Dwyer
Mastering
Earl Shendell
Performing Orchestra
Jerry Wexler
Producer
André De Shields
Vocal · vocals [starring as the wiz]
Andy Torres (2)
Vocal · chorus
Arnetia Walker
Vocal · chorus
Ben Harney
Vocal · chorus
Carl Weaver
Vocal · chorus
Charles Coleman
Vocal · vocals [arrangements]
Clarice Taylor
Vocal · vocals [starring]
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Vocal · vocals [starring]
Eleanor McCoy
Vocal · chorus
Eugene Little
Vocal · chorus
Evelyn Thomas
Vocal · chorus
Frances Morgan (3)
Vocal · chorus
Frank Floyd
Vocal · backing vocals
Hinton Battle
Vocal · vocals [starring]
James Wigfall
Vocal · chorus
Joni Palmer
Vocal · chorus
Jozella Reed
Vocal · backing vocals
Kenneth Scott (6)
Vocal · chorus
Leslie Butler
Vocal · chorus
Lettie Battle
Vocal · chorus
Mabel King
Vocal · vocals [starring]
Otis Sallid
Vocal · chorus
Phillip Bond
Vocal · chorus
Phylicia Allen
Vocal · chorus
Pi Douglass
Vocal · chorus
Rodney Green (3)
Vocal · chorus
Ronald Dunham
Vocal · chorus
Sam Harkness
Vocal · backing vocals
Shari Alfaro
Vocal · chorus
Stephanie Mills
Vocal · vocals [starring as dorothy]
Tasha Thomas
Vocal · vocals [starring]
Ted Ross
Vocal · vocals [starring as the lion]
Tiger Haynes
Vocal · vocals [starring]
Wendy Edmead
Vocal · chorus
Timothy Graphenreed
Writer
William F. Brown
Writer