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Streetheart is an album by the American singer/songwriter Dion, released in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records.[3] It was a commercial failure.[4]

Streetheart
Studio album by Dion
Released	1976
Studio	Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Label	Warner Bros. Records[1]
Producer	Steve Barri, Michael Omartian
Dion chronology
Born to Be with You (1975) Streetheart (1976) Return of the Wanderer (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Critical reception

Salon deemed the album "unshaped and undistinguished."[5] AllMusic wrote that the album proved that Dion "still knew how to straddle his present and his past comfortably and effectively."[2]

Track listing[6]

Side 1

1. "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Robert Rogers) – 3:50
2. "Runaway Man" (Stormie Omartian, Michael Omartian) – 3:04
3. "Queen of ‘59" (Dion DiMucci, Bill Tuohy) – 3:28
4. "If I Can Just Get Through Tonight" (Peter Anders) – 3:28
5. "More to You (Than Meets the Eye)" (Dion DiMucci, Danny Grenier) – 2:57
6. "You Showed Me What Love Is" (Ben Raleigh, Sam Fox) – 3:09

Side 2

1. "Hey My Love" (Mark Radice) – 3:20
2. "Oh the Night" (Dion DiMucci) – 4:34
3. "I’ll Give You All I’ve Got" (Thomas Cain) – 3:23
4. "Lover Boy Supreme" (Dion DiMucci, Tony Fasce) – 3:31
5. "Streetheart" (Dion DiMucci) – 5:23

Personnel[6]

• Dion DiMucci - vocals, guitar
• Michael Omartian - keyboards, arrangements, conductor
• Lee Sklar - bass
• David Kemper - drums
• Dean Parks - guitar
• Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman, Steve Barri - percussion
• Ben Benay - guitar, harmonica
• Chuck Findley, Steve Madaio - trumpet
• Nino Tempo, Ernie Watts, Steve Douglas - woodwind
• Dick Hyde - trombone
• Nino Tempo - tenor saxophone solos
• Sid Sharp - string section concertmaster

Backing vocals[6]

• Phil Everly - harmony on "Queen of ‘59"
• Oren Waters, Luther Waters - backing vocals on "You Showed Me What Love Is" and "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
• Stormie Omartian, Carolyn Willis, Ann White, Myrna Matthews - backing vocals on "More to You" and "Lover Boy Supreme"
• Jim Haas, Kerry Chater, Michael Omartian, Phil Everly - backing vocals

Production[6]

• Basic rhythm tracks recorded at Sound Labs, Inc,
• Tommy Vicari - engineer
• Vocals, strings & horns mixed at ABC Recording Studios Inc.
• Phil Kaye - engineer
• Roger Nichols - assistant engineer
• Sam Emerson - photography

References

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