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James Ingram How Do You Keep The Music Playing mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Funk / Soul / Stage & Screen Album: How Do You Keep The Music Playing Country: US Released: 1982 Style: Theme MP3 version RAR size: 1201 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1287 mb WMA version RAR size: 1330 mb Rating: 4.8 Votes: 847 Other Formats: AAC MOD WAV RA AC3 MMF ADX Tracklist A How Do You Keep The Music Playing 4:07 B How Do You Keep The Music Playing 4:43 Companies, etc. Published By – Wb Music Corp. Credits Arranged By – David Foster, Johnny Mandel, Quincy Jones Producer – Johnny Mandel, Quincy Jones Recorded By, Mixed By – Joel Moss Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand Notes Theme From "Best Friends" Barcode and Other Identifiers Rights Society: ASCAP Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 7-29618 ACA-2067S SHI Q R-10563-SHI SLM ∆3413 1-1 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 7-29618 ACA-2067-VIS-SHI Q R-10564-SHI SLM ∆3413-X 1-1 Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Patti Austin & James Ingram - Patti Austin & Qwest W 9618(T) How Do You Keep The Music W 9618(T) UK 1982 James Ingram Records Playing (12") James Ingram And Patti James Ingram Austin - How Do You Keep Qwest 92 96187 And Patti 92 96187 Canada 1982 The Music Playing (7", Records Austin Promo) Patti Austin & James Ingram - Patti Austin & Qwest W 9618 How Do You Keep The Music W 9618 UK 1982 James Ingram Records Playing (7") James Ingram And Patti James Ingram Austin - How Do You Keep Qwest PRO-S-1091 And Patti PRO-S-1091 US 1982 The Music Playing (7", Single, Records Austin Promo) James Ingram James Ingram And Patti Qwest 16.243 And Patti Austin - How Do You Keep 16.243 Brazil 1982 Records Austin The Music Playing (7", Single) Related Music albums to How Do You Keep The Music Playing by James Ingram Patti Austin - Patti Austin Patti Austin & James Ingram - How Do You Keep The Music Playing Quincy Jones - The Dude Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One Patti Austin - Do You Love Me? (Special Re-mixed Version) James Ingram - Yah Mo B There (Edit) Quincy Jones - The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite) Quincy Jones Presents Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One.

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