title: Romantic Journey
text: # Romantic Journey
  
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  Romantic Journey is an album released in 1977 by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors. The album charted at number ten on the jazz albums chart.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### Side one
  
  * "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) – 7:00
  
      Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
      Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills
  * "Once I've Been There" (Phillip Mitchell) – 5:49
  
      Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
      Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  * "Destination Moon" (Phillip Mitchell) – 4:38
  
      Arranged by Hubert Eaves, Reggie Lucas, and Ian Underwood (synthesizer)
      Lead vocals – Phillip Mitchell
  * "Romantic Journey" (Norman Connors) 5:26
  
      Arranged by Hubert Eaves and Reggie Lucas
      Electric guitar – Ray Gomez
  
  ### Side two
  
  * "Last Tango in Paris" (Gato Barbieri) – 6:43
  
      Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
  * "For You Everything" (Jerry Peters) – 5:52
  
      Arranged and conducted by Jerry Peters
      Lead vocals – Eleanore Mills and Phillip Mitchell
  * "Thembi" (Pharoah Sanders) – 8:04
  
      Arranged by Norman Connors
      Soprano saxophone – Pharoah Sanders
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1977) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard Top LPs | 94 |
  | US Top R&B Albums | 24 |
  | US Jazz Albums | 10 |
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Single | US | US R&B | US Dance |
  | 1977 | "Once I've Been There" | — | 16 | 30 |
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Norman Connors – main performer, timpani, drums, percussion
  * Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster
  * Myrna Mathews, and Julia, Maxine and Orrin Waters – backing vocals
  * Lee Ritenour – acoustic and electric guitar
  * Reggie Lucas – electric guitar
  * Hubert Eaves and Jerry Peters – acoustic and electric piano, clavinet
  * Ian Underwood – synthesizer
  * Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
  * Fred Jackson – bass and alto flute, alto saxophone, clarinet
  * Ernie Watts – bass and alto flute, tenor saxophone
  * Bill Green – Bass, alto and piccolo flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  * Oscar Brashear, Chuck Findley, Gene Goe, and Gary Grant – trumpet
  * George Bohannon, Dick Hyde, and Charlie Loper – trombone
  * Maurice Spears – bass trombone
  * Sidney Muldrow and Marnie Robinson – French horn
  * Jerry Peters – harpsichord
  * Willie Weeks – bass
  * Victor Feldman – percussion, bells, vibraphone
  * Kenneth Nash – congas, percussion, Paiste cymbal, gong
  * Bobbye Hall – congas and bongos
  
  ### Production
  
  * Jerry Schoenbaum – executive producer
  * Skip Drinkwater – producer
  * John Mills and Don Murray – audio engineers
  * George Belle and Linda Tyler – engineers assistants
  * Bernie Grundman – mastering
  * Don Murray and Skip Drinkwater – mixing
  