{{Other uses|Heart Strings (disambiguation){{!}}Heart Strings}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Heart String | type = Studio | artist = Earl Klugh | cover = Heartstring.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1979 | }} | recorded = October–November 1978 | venue = | studio = Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York) | genre = Crossover jazz, jazz pop, instrumental pop | length = 40:21 | label = Blue Note | producer = Earl Klugh | prev_title = Magic in Your Eyes | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = One on One with Bob James | next_year = 1979 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = allmusic.com |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152125|pure_url=yes}} allmusic.com review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''Heart String''''' is the fifth studio album by Earl Klugh released in 1979.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=heart+string+%22earl+klugh%22&pg=PT6|title=Heart String - New Album by Earl Klugh on United Artists Records|date=5 May 1979|work=Billboard Magazine|publisher=e5 Global Media|accessdate=8 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152125|pure_url=yes}}|title=Heart String - Album Review|last=Taylor|first=Robert|publisher=allmusic.com|accessdate=8 October 2010}}</ref>
== Track listing == All tracks written by Earl Klugh except where noted. #"Heart String" – 6:23 #"I'll See You Again" – 5:52 #"Acoustic Lady, Part 1 & 2" – 7:43 #"Spanish Night" – 3:18 #"Pretty World" (Antonio Adolfo, Alan Bergman, Tiberio Gaspar)– 4:47 #"Waiting for Cathy" – 2:50 #"Rayna" – 5:15 #"Heart String (Reprise)" – 4:03
== Personnel ==
'''Musicians''' * Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (1–5, 7, 8), steel string guitar (1, 4, 6), electric guitar (2), the "guitar choir" (4), acoustic nylon guitar (6), high-string nylon guitar (6) * Greg Phillinganes – electric piano (1, 2, 7), clavinet (1), acoustic piano (4) * Mickie Roquemore – clavinet (2, 3, 5), acoustic piano (3, 5) * Darryl Dybka – electric piano (3, 5) * Phil Upchurch – electric guitar (1–3) * Charles Meeks – electric bass (1, 2, 4), bass (7) * Hubie Crawford – bass (3), electric bass (3, 5) * Roland Wilson – electric bass (5) * Victor Lewis – drums (1, 2, 4, 7) * Gene Dunlap – drums (3, 5) * Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 7) * David Nadien – concertmaster (8)
'''Music arrangements''' * Greg Phillinganes – rhythm arrangements (2, 4) * David Matthews – string arrangements (2, 3, 7, 8), string conductor (8), orchestral arrangements and conductor * Earl Klugh – rhythm arrangements (3–5, 7) * Mickie Roquemore – rhythm arrangements (3) * Darryl Dybka – rhythm arrangements (5) * Gene Dunlap – rhythm arrangements (5)
== Production == * Earl Klugh – producer * Dave Palmer – recording, mixing * Joel Cohn – assistant engineer * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Masterdisk (New York, NY) * Bill Burks – art direction, design * Bob Cass – photography * Block-Kewley Management – management
== Charts == {| class="wikitable" border="1" |+ Album – Billboard<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r152125|pure_url=yes}}|title=Earl Klugh - Billboard Albums|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2 October 2010}}</ref> |- ! Year ! Chart ! Position |- | 1978 | Jazz Albums | 2 |- | 1978 | R&B Albums | 32 |- | 1978 | The Billboard 200 | 49 |}
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