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Producer/arranger/songwriter Patrick Adams' career spans more than 30 years. His plentiful resume includes work with Sister Sledge (their 1974 debut LP on Atco/Atlantic Circle of Love), Loleatta Holloway, Coolio, Herbie Mann ("Superman," number 26 pop, early 1979, from the 1978 Atlantic LP Super Mann), Bumblebee Unlimited (the 1979 RCA LP Sting Like a Bee), Universal Robot Band (Dance and Shake Your Tambourine), Narada Michael Walden (I Don't Want Nobody Else, Love Me Only, and the radio-aired LP track "Give Your Love a Chance" from his 1979 Atlantic LP Awakening), and Musique ("In the Bush," number 29 R&B, fall 1978), among many others. Born Patrick Peter Owen Adams on March 17, 1950, in New York City, Adams' childhood was spent singing in choirs and attending concerts at the legendary Apollo Theater. When he was a preteen, Adams' father bought him a trumpet. In his teens, Adams began playing guitar and writing songs. He honed his arranging skills ...