One Man Band (Ronnie Dyson album)

{{Infobox album

| name = One Man Band

| type = Studio album

| artist = Ronnie Dyson

| cover = RonnieDyson_OneMan.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1973

| recorded = 1973

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Soul

| length =

| label = Columbia

| producer = Thom Bell, Billy Jackson, Stan Vincent

| prev_title = (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = The More You Do It

| next_year = 1976

}}

One Man Band is the second album by soul singer Ronnie Dyson on Columbia. Released in 1973, it included four tracks produced by top Philly Sound producer-arranger, Thom Bell. The rest of the album featured previously recorded tracks re-mixed by Bell's collaborator, Linda Creed, including the singer's earlier hit, When You Get Right Down To It and single release, A Wednesday In Your Garden.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r36183/review|pure_url=yes}}

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Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

| writer1 = {{flat list| *Thom Bell

Linda Creed

}}

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = I Think I'll Tell Her

| writer2 = {{flat list| *Thom Bell

Linda Creed

}}

| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = Just Don't Want to Be Lonely

| writer3 = {{flat list| *Vinnie Barrett

Bobby Eli
John Freeman

}}

| length3 = 3:11

| title4 = Give In To Love

| writer4 = {{flat list| *Thom Bell

Linda Creed

}}

| length4 = 4:51

| title5 = When You Get Right Down To It

| writer5 = Barry Mann

| length5 = 2:47

| title6 = A Wednesday In Your Garden

| writer6 = Randy Bachman

| length6 = 3:17

| title7 = Something

| writer7 = George Harrison

| length7 = 2:49

| title8 = Girl Don't Come

| writer8 = Chris Andrews

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Point Of No Return

| writer9 = {{flat list| *Thom Bell

Linda Creed

}}

| length9 = 2:08

| title10 = The Love Of A Woman

| writer10 = {{flat list| *Howard Greenfield

Neil Sedaka

}}

| length10 = 2:41

}}

Charts

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rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Album ! colspan="2"\| Chart positions{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p17194/charts-awards/billboard-albums\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Ronnie Dyson US albums chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=2011-07-01}}
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US ! width="40"\| US R&B
rowspan="1"\| 1973 \| align="left"\| One Man Band \| 142 \| 34

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Album

! colspan="2"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17194/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ronnie Dyson US albums chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-07-01}}

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! width="40"| US

! width="40"| US
R&B

rowspan="1"| 1973

| align="left"| One Man Band

| 142

| 34

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="3"\| Chart positions{{Cite web\|url={{AllMusic\|class=artist\|id=p17194/charts-awards/billboard-singles\|pure_url=yes}}\|title=Ronnie Dyson US singles chart history\|publisher=allmusic.com\|accessdate=2011-04-26}}
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US ! width="40"\| US R&B ! width="40"\| US Dance
rowspan="2"\|1973 \| align="left"\| "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" \| 60 \| 29 \| —
align="left"\| "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" \| 28 \| 15 \| —

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Chart positions{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17194/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ronnie Dyson US singles chart history|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=2011-04-26}}

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US

! width="40"| US
R&B

! width="40"| US
Dance

rowspan="2"|1973

| align="left"| "Just Don't Want To Be Lonely"

| 60

| 29

| —

align="left"| "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)"

| 28

| 15