Those Southern Knights
1976 studio album by the Crusaders
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Those Southern Knights is a 1976 studio album by the Crusaders. It peaked at number 38 on the Billboard Top LPs chart,[4] as well as number 9 on the Soul LPs chart[5] and number 2 on the Top Jazz LPs chart.[6]
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 39:17 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
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| Singles from Those Southern Knights | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
It includes "Keep That Same Old Feeling" and "And Then There Was the Blues".[1] The former peaked at number 21 on the Hot Soul Singles chart,[7] while the latter peaked at number 92.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Spiral" | Joe Sample | 6:10 |
| 2. | "Keep That Same Old Feeling" | Wayne Henderson | 5:34 |
| 3. | "My Mama Told Me So" | Sample | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Til' the Sun Shines" | Larry Carlton | 2:44 |
| 5. | "And Then There Was the Blues" | Nesbert "Stix" Hooper | 9:36 |
| 6. | "Serenity" | Wilton Felder | 7:12 |
| 7. | "Feeling Funky" | Robert "Pops" Popwell | 3:01 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
The Crusaders
- Wayne Henderson – trombone, vocals
- Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone, vocals
- Joe Sample – keyboards, vocals
- Stix Hooper – drums, percussion, vocals
- Larry Carlton – guitars, vocals
- Robert "Pops" Popwell – bass, vocals
Additional musicians
- Arthur Adams – guitars
Production
- Stewart Levine – producer
- The Crusaders – associate producers
- F. Byron Clark – recording, remix engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Tom Wilkes – art direction
- Ethan Russell – photography
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[4] | 38 |
| US Top Soul LPs (Billboard)[5] | 9 |
| US Top Jazz LPs (Billboard)[6] | 2 |
