Open Sesame is the eighth studio album by the funk band Kool & the Gang, released in 1976. The album yielded the hit title track, "Open Sesame", which achieved some success, first as a top ten R&B single, then later as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. "Super Band" also reached the R&B top twenty. The album was the second of two albums released by the band in 1976. Track listing Personnel Kool & the Gang Ronald Bell – arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), vocals, keyboards, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, ARP String Ensemble, percussion, vibraphone, tenor saxophone, alto flute Ricky West – vocals (1), vibraphone (3), keyboards (4, 8) Claydes Charles Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion, arrangements (3, 4) Robert "Kool" Bell – bass guitar, percussion, vocals, George Brown – drums, percussion, keyboards (7), clavinet (7), vocals (7), arrangements (7) Dennis Thomas – alto saxophone, flute, percussion, congas, vocals Otha Nash – slide trombone, valve trombone, percussion, vocals Larry Gittens – trumpet, flugelhorn Robert "Spike" Mickens – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion Additional Personnel Jimmy J. Jordan – special effects Ellouise Daughn – harp Don Boyce – vocals Cynthia Huggins – lead vocals (2, 5, 7, 8) Donna Johnson – lead vocals (2) Something Sweet (Renee Connel, Cynthia Huggins, Joan Motley and Beverly Owens)– backing vocals Carry Muse – backing vocals (7) Production Produced and Arranged by Kool & The Gang Co-Producer – George Brown Executive Producers – Ronald Bell and Claydes Charles Smith Engineers – Terry Rosilleo and Nils Salminen Mixing – Terry Rosilleo Mastered by Nimitr Sarikanada at Frankfurt/Wayne Recording Labs (Philadelphia, PA). References External links Kool & the Gang albums 1976 albums De-Lite Records albums