Eyes Of The Children Credits

MCA - 4623   BR-101-4


Side ONE: (Edited Version) = 5:10  ... SIDE TWO: (Unedited Version) = 7:30


Cleveland Artists Recording For Ethiopia  ( C.A.R.E. )


( Michael Stanley / Mark Avsec / Kevin Raleigh / Bob Pelander / Danny Powers )


C.A.R.E Sessions Video from D.F.A. / Dave from Akron / Dave Wade ( RIP  )



 The Eyes Of The Children

It's not such a strange situation
You've heard it all before
Someone needs a helping hand 
And even the best of intensions
Sometimes they just aren't enough
So now is the hour to do all you can
Sometimes crying alone in the night
Across the ocean, across the highway
There but for the grace of God go you and I ...

(chorus)
And the eyes of the children
Don't see black or white
There's no politics no nations
On a cold and hungry night
The promises and visions
Are only just a start
But it's the eyes of the children
That keep the fire burning in our hearts

There is no use in pretending
That this will all go away
If somebody somewhere won't take a stand
And how much time would it take you
How much pain could you ease
And how many lives do we hold in our hands
Someone's crying alone in the night
Across the ocean, across the highway
There but for the grace of God go you and I

(repeat chorus)

(bridge)
And if you stop and think about it
Most of us have got it good
And if we try and find the answer
Well you know someday we might
Gotta try and make a difference
Gotta try and put things right

(repeat chorus)

Copyright 1985 by Michael Stanley Music Co. / Kejra Music Co
Avsec Music Co / Mike & Jules Music Co / ASCAP
Distributed by MCA Records, Inc.

1985 USA for Africa Foundation
& Cleveland Hunger Task Force



MUSICIANS:

TOMMY DOBECK (Drums & Percussion)
MICHAEL GISMONDI (Bass)
BOB PELANDER (Piano & Synthesizer)
KEVIN RALEIGH (Synthesizers)
DANNY POWERS (Guitars)

FEATURED VOCALISTS:

SKIP MARTIN (DAZZ BAND) / BEN ORR (THE CARS) / JOE VITALE /
JENNIFER LEE / RICKIE MEDLOCKE (BLACKFOOT) / KENNY PETTUS
(DAZZ BAND) / KEVIN RALEIGH (MSB) / MICHAEL STANLEY (MSB) /
VISIONS (DIANE WOODS, CHERRILLE BROWN, ALICIA BURTON) /
ALEX BEVAN / PAUL FAYREWETHER / MIMI HART (THE BOP-KATS) /
BOB PELANDER & DANNY POWERS (MSB) / DONNIE IRIS

CHORUS VOCALISTS:
ALL OF THE ABOVE PLUS: 
AUDREY GOODWIN / SHARI BROWN / MARK ADDISON (NATION OF ONE) /
BILL PETTIJOHN & BILLY SULLIVAN (MOONLIGHT DRIVE) / 
JIM BONIFANTI, DAVE SMALLEY, WALLY BRYSON (FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RASPBERRIES) / 
TOM & FRANK AMATO (BEAU COUP) /
MARY MARTIN / 
MARK AVSEC (DONNIE IRIS & THE CRUISERS / 
BILLY BUCKHOLTZ & STEVE JOCHUM (WILD HORSES) /
YOU TURN (ARCHIE NORRIS, KENNETH KEVIN AND DAVID BELL) /
DAVE SMELTZ (I-TAL) / 
DENNIS CHANDLER / 
ELLE NORE

ENGINEERED BY:
DALE PETERS / DANNY POWERS / BRUCE HENSEL /
MASSIVE JIM CARROCOO / PAUL SCHWARTZ

ASSISTANT ENGINEERS:
GREG KOOHS / RICHARD KENNEY / DAVE WILSON

MIXED BY:
DALE PETERS & THE MICHAEL STANLEY BAND

MASTERED BY:
JACK SKINNER AT STERLING SOUND, NYC

RECORDED AT:
BEACHWOOO STUDIOS, BEACHWOOD, OHIO APRIL 1985
(VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO KEITH VOIGT AND
EDR ENTERTAINMENT FOR THEIR DONATION
OF STUDIO TIME AND TAPE)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
DENNY SANDERS

PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR WKYC-TV :
DALE SOLLY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
DANIEL MONTECALVO / TIM BUSH

ART DIRECTION:
VICTOR GOZION / DAN WARD / MIKE DERRICK / S. PUETTE

SPECIAL THANKS TO: JOHN GORMAN /  KID LEO /
JANE HIRZ AND THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION CREW AT WKYC - TV /
AKRON MUSIC FOR THE YAMAHA DX7 AND THE ROLAND JX8 /
MIKE BELKIN /  JIM SOFFOS / MILLS, HALL, WALBORN ADVERTISING / 
KAL RUDMAN / KEN HAMANN / BOHME & BUNKMANN TYPESETTERS /
RASIC ART / THE WOZNIAKS / NICHOLSON COLOR COMPANY /
KURZWEIL 250 COURTESY MUSICAL CREATIONS / 
AND A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO IRVNG AZOFF, RICHARD PALAMESE AND
EVERYONE AT MCA FOR BELIEVING IN THIS PROJECT

BEN ORR APPEARS COURTESY OF ELEKTRA RECORDS

SKIP MARTIN AND KENNY PETTUS APPEARS COURTESY OF
MOTOWN RECORDS

TOM AND FRANK AMATO APPEAR COURTESY OF SCOTTI
BROTHERS RECORDS

ALEX BEVAN APPEARS COURTESY OF FIDDLER'S
WYNDE RECORDS