# Forever by Your Side (album)

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Forever by Your Side is the 13th studio album of American popular R&B vocal group the Manhattans, originally released in 1983 by Columbia Records. The album was recorded at Celestial Sound Studios (New York, NY), Studio Sound Recorders (North Hollywood), Universal Recording Studio (Chicago, III) and produced by George Tobin Productions Inc, Leo Graham Enterprises, Mighty M. Productions Ltd. This album brought the two singles by The Manhattans of 1983: the song "Crazy" and the title track "Forever by Your Side". The ballad "Crazy" was the big hit of this album, peaked at #4 on the R&B chart. The love song "Forever by Your Side" had moderate success in the United States, peaked at #30 on the R&B chart, but has become a great success and a romantic classic in Brazil two years later, when she was part of the soundtrack of a soap opera in the country in 1985. Another highlight of this album was the song "Just The Lonely Talking Again", which was later re-recorded by Whitney Houston in 1987, on her second studio album Whitney. The original release of "Forever by Your Side" from 1983 in Vinyl LP has only eight tracks. In 2014, the album was remastered on CD with the caption "Expanded Edition" and brought five bonus tracks, totaling 13 tracks. These bonus tracks include the single version of "Crazy", "Just The Lonely Talking Again" and "Love Is Gonna Find You", with shorter durations than the original songs on the album. There is also the instrumental version of great success "Crazy", without the voices of The Manhattans. The final track number 13, "Lovin' You Did not Come Easy", was also recorded by The Manhattans, but, curiously, was never released in any album of the group. The song was released in 2014 remastered as a previously unreleased song, over thirty years after it was recorded.

## Charts
### Album

| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
| US Top 75 Black Albums (Cashbox) | 12 |
| US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 17 |
| US Top 100 Albums (Cashbox) | 79 |
| US Billboard 200 (Billboard) | 104 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart Peak Position | Chart Peak Position | Chart Peak Position | Chart Peak Position | Chart Peak Position |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B | CB | CB R&B | UK |
| 1983 | "Crazy" | 72 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 63 |
| 1983 | "Forever by Your Side" | — | 30 | — | 34 | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||

## Credits

* Co-producer (Production Assistance): Brenda Ferrell (track 6)
* Coordinator (Artist / Musician Interviews): Randy Mahon
* Coordinator (Production): Brad Schmidt (track 6)
* Coordinator (Reissue): Jeff James, Leo Sacks
* Coordinator (Release): Craig Turnbull
* Design: Audrey Satterwhite, John Berg
* Design (Reissue Package): Wallace Create
* Design, Typography (Hand Lettering): John Pistilli
* Engineer (Celestial Sounds; Additional): Chuck Ange (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9, 10), Steve Addabbo (tracks: 1 to 5, 9, 10, 12)
* Engineer (Celestial Sounds; Assistant): Dean Cochren (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9, 10), Larry DeCarmine (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9, 10)
* Engineer (Celestial Sounds): Steve Goldman (tracks: 1 to 5, 9, 10, 12)
* Engineer (Universal Recording Studios): Mike Ferraro (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 11, 12), Stu Walder (tracks: 4, 7, 8, 11, 12)
* Liner Notes, Research: Matt Bauer
* Management: Gerald Delet
* Mastered by: Herb Powers
* Mixed by: Michael Hutchinson (tracks: 4, 12), Steve Goldman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 9, 10)
* Photography by: David Kennedy
* Production Manager [Reissue]: Matt Murphy
* Recorded by: Hal Helleman (track 6)
* Recorded by (Additional, Assistant): Alan Hirshberg (track 6)
* Recorded by (Additional): Les Brockman (track 6)
* Reissue Producer: Tony Calvert
* Remastered by: Sean Brennan
* Supervised by (Direction): Gary Goetzman (track 6)

## Companies

* Phonographic Copyright: Columbia Records
* Copyright: Funkytowngrooves USA
* Manufactured by: Sony Music Entertainment
* Marketed by: Funkytowngrooves Ltd
* Distributed by: Funkytowngrooves Ltd
* Produced for: George Tobin Productions Inc.
* Produced for: Leo Graham Enterprises
* Produced for: Mighty M. Productions Ltd.
* Recorded at: Celestial Sound Studios, New York, NY
* Recorded at: Studio Sound Recorders
* Recorded at: Universal Recording Studio
* Mixed at: Celestial Sound Studios, New York, NY
* Mixed at: Sigma Sound Studios, New York
* Mastered at: Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
* Remastered at: Battery Studios, New York

## Final Notes

* Originally released on Columbia Records, 1983.
* Recorded at Celestial Sound Studios (New York, NY), Studio Sound Recorders (North Hollywood), Universal Recording Studio (Chicago, III), 1983.
* Mixed at Celestial Sound Studios (New York, NY), 1983.
* The bonus track number 13 "Lovin' You Didn't Come Easy" was never released. It was only launched in 2014 as previously unreleased track.
* 2014 Funkytowngrooves USA, this compilation 2014 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.