title: Arabian Nights (album)
text: # Arabian Nights (album)
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  Arabian Nights is the second studio album recorded by American female vocal trio The Ritchie Family, released in 1976 on the Marlin label.
  
  ## History
  
  The album features the track, "The Best Disco in Town", which peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Disco chart, No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Cheryl Mason Jacks, Cassandra Ann Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver – vocals
  * Don Renaldo – strings, horns
  * Richie Rome – electric piano, acoustic piano
  * Earl Young, Charles Collins – drums
  * Ron Baker, Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman – bass
  * Craig Snyder, Norman Harris, Bobby Eli – guitars
  * Nick D'Amico – percussion
  * Larry Washington, – congas
  * Buddy Turner, Johnny Belmon, Jerry Atkins, James Gitp, Craig Jamerson, William Brown – male vocals
  
  ## Production
  
  * Jacques Morali, Richie Rome – producers, arrangers
  * Henri Belolo – general supervisor
  * Joe Tarsia, Jay Mark, Ken Present – engineers
  * Michael Hutchinson, Jeff Stewart, Pete Humphreys – assistant engineers
  * Vivian Abbott – time coordinator
  * John Galluzzi – photographer
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (1976) | Peak |
  | - | - |
  | Australia (Kent Music Report) | 3 |
  | U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 30 |
  | U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 23 |
  
  ## Certifications and sales
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
  | - | - | - |
  | Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | $50,000^^$ |
  | $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
  