Best of The Doobies Volume II

1981 compilation album by The Doobie Brothers

Best of the Doobies, Vol. II is a compilation album by the Doobie Brothers released in November 1981. It was released with ten tracks, all of them selected from albums released before 1981. The album peaked at No. 39 on the Billboard Top LPs chart^[1] and was certified Gold by the RIAA.^[2]

Track listing

Personnel

The Doobie Brothers

• Jeff Baxter – guitars
• Cornelius Bumpus – lead (4) and backing vocals, saxophones, organ
• John Hartman – drums, percussion
• Keith Knudsen – backing vocals, drums, percussion
• Bobby LaKind – backing vocals, percussion
• Chet McCracken – drums, percussion, mallets
• Michael McDonald – lead (1, 3–5, 7–10) and backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
• John McFee – backing vocals, guitars
• Tiran Porter – backing vocals, bass guitar
• Patrick Simmons – lead (2, 6, 8) and backing vocals, guitars

Additional personnel

• Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (1, 3, 6–7)
• Ben Cauley – trumpet (6–7)
• Jimmie Haskell – string arrangement (9)
• Patrick Henderson – keyboards (8–9)
• Nicolette Larson – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Andrew Love – saxophone (6–7)
• David Paich – string and horn arrangements (1, 3)
• Bill Payne – synthesizers (5, 10)
• Ted Templeman – backing vocals (4), percussion, drums (5)

Charts

Certifications

References

1. "Billboard Top 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
2. "RIAA – Searchable Database: The Doobie Brothers". Retrieved June 5, 2022.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 92. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
4. "The Doobie Brothers Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
5. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 27, 2021.