Backing Vocals - Cissy Houston (tracks: B1 to B3) , Fonzi Thornton (tracks: B1 to B3) , Kenny Williams* (tracks: B1 to B3) , Luther Vandross (tracks: B1 to B3) , Tawatha Agee* (tracks: B1 to B3)
Bass - Daniel Klein (2)
Conductor - Cengiz Yaltkaya
Drums, Vocals - Stephen Bladd
Engineer - Dave Thoener*
Guitar - J. Geils
Harmonica, Saxophone - Magic Dick
Horns - Alan Rubin (tracks: A1, B3) , George Young (2) (tracks: A1, B3) , Lou Marini (tracks: A1, B3) , Randy Brecker (tracks: A1, B3) , Ronnie Cuber (tracks: A1, B3) , Tom Malone (tracks: A1, B3)
Keyboards, Vocals - Seth Justman
Mastered By - Joe Brescio
Producer, Arranged By - Seth Justman
Vocals - Peter Wolf