Thelma & Jerry

Thelma & Jerry is an album by the American musicians Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler, released in 1977 on Motown Records. It is the first of two vocal duet albums Houston did with Butler. It includes the R&B chart hit, "It's a Lifetime Thing".

Thelma & Jerry
Studio album by Thelma Houston
Released	1977
Recorded	1977
Studio	Chicago Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Motown
Producer	Hal Davis, Homer Talbert, Jerry Butler, Michael B. Sutton
Thelma Houston chronology
Any Way You Like It (1976) Thelma & Jerry (1977) The Devil in Me (1977)

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Track listing

1. "Only the Beginning" (Lawrence Hanks, Rodney Massey)
2. "And You've Got Me" (Homer Talbert, Patricia Henley)
3. "It's a Lifetime Thing" (Keithen Carter, Michael Ward)
4. "Medley:"If You Leave Me Now"/"Love So Right" (Peter Cetera/Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)
5. "I Love You Through Windows" (Herman Wheatley, Keithen Carter, Michael Ward)
6. "Joy Inside My Tears" (Stevie Wonder)
7. "Sweet Love I've Found" (Don Daniels, Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton)
8. "(Play the Game of) Let's Pretend" (Kathy Wakefield, Michael B. Sutton, Brenda Sutton)
9. "Let's Get Together" (Zane Grey, Len Ron Hanks, Skip Scarborough)

Personnel

• Thelma Houston, Jerry Butler - lead vocals
• Byron Gregory, Danny Leek, David T. Walker - guitar
• David Shields, Henry Davis, Ron Harris - bass guitar
• Clarence McDonald, John Barnes, Lawrence Hanks, Michael B. Sutton, Terry Friar - keyboards
• Brian Grice, Ed Greene, James Gadson, Steve Cobb - drums
• Melvin Sparks - percussion
• Eddie "Bongo" Brown - congas
• Brenda Sutton, Jesse Richardson, Judy Cheeks, Keithen Carter, Mattie Butler, Patricia Henley, Sue Conway - backing vocals
• Annette Butler, Brenda M. Boyce, Georgia Ward, Homer Talbert, Naomi Henyard, Rhonda Jenkins, Steven Milburn, Tom Depierro - additional backing vocals and handclaps on "Only the Beginning"
• Arthur G. Wright, David Blumberg, Paul David Wilson - arrangements