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Easy
Easy cover
Studio album by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Released September 16, 1969
Recorded 1969, Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre Soul
Label Tamla
TS 294
Producer Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Harvey Fuqua
Johnny Bristol
Marvin Gaye chronology
M.P.G.
(1969)		 Easy (with Tammi Terrell)
(1969)		 That's the Way Love Is
(1970)
Tammi Terrell chronology
Irresistible
(1969)		 Easy (with Marvin Gaye)
(1969)

Easy is an album released by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell on September 16, 1969 under the Tamla Records label. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter Tammi Terrell ( April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970) was a Grammy Award -nominated American soul Singer Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Hitsville USA" was the nickname given to Motown Records ' first headquarters A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in Harvey Fuqua, born July 27, 1929 in Louisville Kentucky, is an African-American soul singer Songwriter, Record producer Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol February 3 1939 - March 21 2004) was an African American Musician, most Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter MPG is a 1969 album by Marvin Gaye for the Tamla ( Motown) label his best-selling album of the 1960s That's the Way Love Is is an album by soul musician Marvin Gaye,released January 8, 1970 on the Tamla ( Motown Tammi Terrell ( April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970) was a Grammy Award -nominated American soul Singer Irresistible was the first and only Solo album for Tammi Terrell, which was released in January 1969 by Tamla (Motown. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Marvin Pentz Gay Jr, known as Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Singer-songwriter Tammi Terrell ( April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970) was a Grammy Award -nominated American soul Singer Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. One song on the album, "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By", was a hit single and remains popular to this day. Terrell had been ill, suffering from complications caused by a brain tumor, since the fall of 1967. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. As a result, most of the female vocals on this album were performed by Valerie Simpson, who served as co-songwriter and co-producer for the LP with her boyfriend and future husband Nickolas Ashford [1] (Simpson is quoted in Ludie Montgomery's biography of Terrell, My Sister Tommie, as not having subbed Terrell for vocals). Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The album was released on compact disc in 1992, and again in 2001 as part of The Complete Duets. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson unless otherwise noted. Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in

Side one

  1. "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By"
  2. "California Soul"
  3. "Love Woke Me Up This Morning"
  4. "This Poor Heart of Mine"
  5. "I'm Your Puppet" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn)
  6. "The Onion Song"

Side two

  1. "What You Gave Me"
  2. "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  3. "I Can't Believe You Love Me" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol)
  4. "How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)"
  5. "More, More, More" (Fuqua, Bristol, Clyde Wilson)
  6. "Satisfied Feelin'"

Production notes

All tracks were produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson save for "I Can't Believe You Love Me" and "More, More, More". Dewey Lyndon "Spooner" Oldham is an American Songwriter and Session musician. Wallace Daniel Pennington ( 16 November 1941 - is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and sometime guitar player " Baby I Need Your Loving " is a 1964 hit single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label Harvey Fuqua, born July 27, 1929 in Louisville Kentucky, is an African-American soul singer Songwriter, Record producer Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol February 3 1939 - March 21 2004) was an African American Musician, most Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in [1] These two recordings, produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, were Terrell solo tracks with Gaye's vocals overdubbed. Harvey Fuqua, born July 27, 1929 in Louisville Kentucky, is an African-American soul singer Songwriter, Record producer Johnny Bristol (born John William Bristol February 3 1939 - March 21 2004) was an African American Musician, most [1] On all others, Terrell does not appear; [1] according to Gaye, Simpson filled in for Terrell. [1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Chin, Brian (2001). Liner notes for Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: The Complete Duets. New York: Motown Records/UMG Recordings.

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