arrangers: []
catalog: ETP-80114
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Arrangement, Vocal, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/324
  names:
    en: Kentaro Haneda
    ja: 羽田健太郎
- names:
    en: Raymond Alemania
- names:
    en: Eugene McDaniels
- link: artist/29660
  names:
    en: Glenn Miller
- names:
    en: Jerry Gray
- names:
    en: W.C. Handy
- names:
    en: William Johnson
- names:
    en: Wingy Manone
- link: artist/23338
  names:
    en: Harry Warren
- names:
    en: Edward Kleban
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  name: Obi Strip (Front, promo)
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discs:
- disc_length: '12:47'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: I LOVE BEING A WOMAN
    track_length: '3:14'
  - names:
      English: LONELY BOY
    track_length: '3:35'
  - names:
      English: ARE YOU DREAMING 'BOUT ME
    track_length: '4:04'
  - names:
      English: FASHION LADY
    track_length: '3:06'
  - names:
      English: FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE
    track_length: '4:26'
  - names:
      English: GLENN MILLER MEDLEY
    track_length: '9:56'
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: WHAT I DID FOR LOVE
    track_length: '2:51'
link: album/157443
lyricists:
- link: artist/13573
  names:
    en: Kasey Rankin
- names:
    en: Raymond Alemania
- names:
    en: Eugene McDaniels
- names:
    en: Mitchell Parish
- names:
    en: Eddie Delange
- names:
    en: W.C. Handy
- names:
    en: Buddy Feyne
- names:
    en: Julian Dash
- names:
    en: Erskine Howkins
- names:
    en: Andy Razaf
- names:
    en: Mack Gordon
- names:
    en: Marvin Hamlisch
media_format: Vinyl (12" 33&frac13; rpm)
meta:
  added_date: 2026-02-18T08:40
  edited_date: 2026-02-18T08:40
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T19:07
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 90
name: I LOVE BEING A WOMAN / JOAN SHEPHERD
names:
  en: I LOVE BEING A WOMAN / JOAN SHEPHERD
  ja: アイ・ラヴ・ビーイング・ア・ウーマン / ジョーン・シェパード
  ja-latn: I LOVE BEING A WOMAN / JOAN SHEPHERD
notes: 'Joan Shepherd''s second album.

  M-01.

    Lyricist: Kasey Rankin

    Composer: Kentaro Haneda

  M-02,04.

    Lyricist/Composer: Raymond Alemania

  M-03.

    Lyricist: Raymond Alemania

    Composer: Kentaro Haneda

  M-05. Roberta Flack Cover

    Lyricist/Composer: Eugene McDaniels

  M-06. Glenn Miller Cover Medley

    01,08. Lyricist: Mitchell Parish / Composer: Glenn Miller

    02. Lyricist: Eddie Delange / Composer: Jerry Gray

    03. Lyricist/Composer: W.C. Handy

    04. American Folksong

    05. Lyricist: Buddy Feyne, Julian Dash, Erskine Howkins / Composer: William Johnson

    06. (Joe Garland) Lyricist: Andy Razaf / Composer: Wingy Manone*

    07. Lyricist: Mack Gordon / Composer: Harry Warren

  M-07. Diana Ross Cover

    Lyricist: Marvin Hamlisch

    Composer: Edward Kleban

  Main Vocal: JOAN SHEPHERD

  All Arrangements by Kentaro Haneda

  All Conception by Morihisa Shibuya

  Excecutive Producer: Morihisa Shibuya

  Recording Director: Morihisa Shibuya

  Assistant Director: Hisashi Nagano

  Art Director: Shuichi Masumoto

  Cover Photo: Kazumi Kanda

  Recorded & Mixed by Tomoaki Mori

  Recorded at Media Studio, Sound City Studio & Onkio Haus

  From July to September 1979

  PERSONNEL

  Conductor / Keyboards / Percussions: Kentaro Haneda

  Electric Bass: Akira Okazawa, Tsugutoshi Gotoh

  Electric Guitar: Tsunehide Matsuki, Takao Naoi

  Drums: Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Yuichi Togashiki

  Percussions: Yoshinori Nomi, Takeshi Onodera, Isao Kanayama

  Trumpets: Yoshikazu Kishi, Kenji Yoshida, Yoshihiro Nakagawa

  Trombones: Yasuo Hirauchi, Harumi Mita, Sumio Okada, Tomoaki Hashizume

  Saxophones: Kosuke Ichihara, Ichiro Mimori, Masaaki Sane, Kiyoshi Saitoh, Syuuzo
  Sunahara

  French horns: Yasuhiro Okita Group

  Strings: Toshiba Ensemble

  Harp: Keiko Yamaoka

  Singers: Time Five (Appears Courtesy of Discomate Records)

  Alt Sax solo: Takeru Muraoka (on 01)

  Alt, Soprano Sax, Flute solo: Jake Conception (on 03~05)

  Backing Vocal: Dolly Baker (on 06)

  Special thanks to Dolly Baker, Raymond Alemania in Los Angels,

  & Kentaro "Hard Schedule" Haneda, for making this album possible.

  *Erroneously attributed to Joe Garland, who arranged the composition "Tar Paper
  Stomp" by Wingy Manone for the song "In the Mood."'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/2154
  names:
    en: EXPRESS
    ja: EXPRESS
    ja-latn: EXPRESS
  role: label
- link: org/19
  names:
    en: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
    ja: 東芝EMI株式会社
    ja-latn: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1979'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2500.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/157443?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: https://www.discogs.com/release/11349648
    name: Discogs
  - link: https://musicbrainz.org/release/948b4215-8344-45f0-b7c3-93e14d0df056
    name: MusicBrainz
  - link: https://musicbrainz.org/release/069c60b0-0df4-45e7-9025-8b69c1be2633
    name: MusicBrainz (promo)
