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Easy to Love (Leo Sayer song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Easy to Love'" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album 'Thunder in My Heart', and originally released as a single in 1977. It was co-written by Sayer with Albert Hammond. It was the second single from the LP, the follow-up to the title track.

"Easy to Love" reached number 36 in the United States and number 35 in Canada.'Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990' - It did best in New Zealand, where it spent 10 weeks in the Top 40 and peaked at number 19.[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20rianz&qartistid=895#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 21 May 1978]

Reception



'Cash Box magazine' said "The second single from the 'Thunder in My Heart' LP has a strong R&B/disco flavour to it and features the Sayer falsetto that has been so popular on his last two or three hits".

Personnel



*Leo Sayer vocals

*Jeff Porcaro drums

*Ben Adkins bass

*Lee Ritenour guitars

*Ray Parker guitars

*Michael Omartian piano

*Bobbye Hall percussion

*David Paich string section arranger and conductor

Chart history



Cover versions



*The song was re-recorded in Spanish by singer Lani Hall as "Es Fcil Amar," and appeared as the title track of her 1985 Latin Grammy-winning album of the same name, produced by Hammond.

*A French language version recorded in 1978 by Georges Thurston would later gain success in the early 1990s when 800,000 copies were sold in Europe.

*Dutch musician Peter Hollestelle wrote new words to the composition of the song, and his band "Cashmere" had a Dutch Top Ten hit single in 1979 with its resulting song, "Love's What I Want".

References




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