title: Carole Bayer Sager (album)
text: # Carole Bayer Sager (album)
  
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  Carole Bayer Sager is the debut studio album by American songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, released in 1977 by Elektra Records. It included the song "You're Moving Out Today", which became a 1977 Australian number one single and also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The album itself was also a success in Australia, reaching the top 10, as well as receiving a gold certification there. It was produced by Brooks Arthur.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Musicians
  
  * Carole Bayer Sager – lead vocals, background vocals (5, 9)
  * Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 10), electric guitar (6, 10), guitar (4), mandolin (4)
  * Johnny Vastano – acoustic guitar (2), background vocals (2)
  * Al Gorgoni – acoustic guitar (7)
  * Thom Rotella – acoustic guitar (8, 9), electric guitar (8)
  * Jerry Friedman – acoustic guitar (9)
  * Bruce Roberts – background vocals (5-8), piano (5–8)
  * Madeline Kahn – background vocals (7)
  * Abigail Haness – background vocals (3)
  * Brenda Russell – background vocals (2, 3)
  * Melissa Manchester – background vocals (2, 10), harpsichord (10), arrangements (10), piano (1, 10)
  * Tony Orlando – background vocals (3)
  * Peter Allen – background vocals (9), piano (3, 9)
  * Bette Midler – background vocals (9)
  * Bob Cranshaw – bass (3, 9)
  * Emory Gordy – bass (4)
  * Lee Sklar – bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 10)
  * Will Lee – bass (7, 8)
  * Allan Schwartsberg – cabasa (3), drums (3)
  * Marvin Hamlisch – celesta (4), electric piano (4), piano (4)
  * Paul Buckmaster – strings and horns arrangements (1, 2, 4–10), synthesizer (4)
  * Gene Page – strings and horns arrangements (3)
  * Alan Estes – congas (3-7), percussion (3, 9)
  * Andy Newmark – drums (9)
  * Jim Keltner – drums (4, 5)
  * Roy Markowitz – drums (7, 8)
  * Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 6, 10)
  * Jerry Friedman – electric guitar (7)
  * Lance Quinn – electric guitar (3)
  * Nicky Hopkins – electric piano (2), piano (2)
  * Artie Butler – organ (2)
  * Bob Margouleff – programming (4)
  * Hugh McCracken – slide guitar (8)
  * Garnett Brown – trombone (8)
  
  ### Production
  
  * Ivy Skoff – production coordination
  * Brooks Arthur – sound engineer, producer
  * Bob Merritt – sound engineer
  * David Thoener – sound engineer
  * David Latman – sound engineer
  * Connie Pappas – management
  * John Reid Ent – management
  
  ### Design
  
  * Tony Lane – art direction, design
  * Anne Garner – design
  * Claude Mougin – photography
  * David Alexander – photography
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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  | Australia (Kent Music Report) | 4 |
  
  ## Certifications and sales
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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  | Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $20,000^^$ |
  | $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
  