Happy Love
1981 studio album by Natalie Cole
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| Studio album by Natalie Cole | ||||
| Released | July 18, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound (Hollywood) | |||
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| Label | Capitol | |||
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Happy Love is an album by American singer Natalie Cole.[2] Released on July 18, 1981, it was her final album on Capitol Records. The album reached peak positions of number 132 on the Billboard 200 and number 37 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.[3]
Track listing
- "You Were Right Girl" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:16
- "Only Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:44
- "Nothin' But a Fool" (Bill Amesbury) - 4:20
- "The Joke Is On You" (Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole) - 3:22
- "These Eyes" (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman) - 3:37
- "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) - 3:47
- "I Can't Let Go" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:07
- "Love and Kisses" (Natalie Cole) - 3:43
- "Across the Nation" (Mark Davis, Natalie Cole) - 5:16
Personnel
- Natalie Cole – lead vocals, arrangements (8, 9)
- Bill Cuomo – keyboards
- Eddie Cole – acoustic piano (4), Fender Rhodes (8), backing vocals
- Mike Piccirillo – synthesizers, guitars, backing vocals, arrangements (1-7)
- Chuck Bynum – guitars (8)
- Keni Burke – bass
- Scott Edwards – bass
- Ed Greene – drums
- Joel Peskin – saxophones
- Harry Kim – trumpet
- George Tobin – arrangements (1-7)
- Pat Henderson – backing vocals
- Julia Tillman Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals
- Anita Anderson – backing vocals (8)
- Yasmin "Sissy" Peoples – backing vocals (8)
Production
- Produced and Mixed by Mike Piccirillo and George Tobin
- Assistant Producer – Richie Griffin
- Executive Producers – Kevin Hunter and Varnell Johnson
- Engineers – Howard Wolen and Mark Wolfson
- Assistant Engineer – John Volaitis
- Mastered by John Lemay at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction and Photography – Glen Christensen
References
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- Inseparable (1975)
- Natalie (1976)
- Unpredictable (1977)
- Thankful (1977)
- I Love You So (1979)
- We're the Best of Friends (1979)
- Don't Look Back (1980)
- Happy Love (1981)
- I'm Ready (1983)
- Dangerous (1985)
- Everlasting (1987)
- Good to Be Back (1989)
- Unforgettable... with Love (1991)
- Take a Look (1993)
- Holly & Ivy (1994)
- Stardust (1996)
- Snowfall on the Sahara (1999)
- The Magic of Christmas (1999)
- Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002)
- Leavin' (2006)
- Still Unforgettable (2008)
- Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole (2008)
- Natalie Cole en Español (2013)
- The Natalie Cole Collection (1987)
- "This Will Be"
- "Inseparable"
- "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)"
- "I've Got Love on My Mind"
- "Our Love"
- "Someone That I Used to Love"
- "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- "What You Won't Do for Love" (with Peabo Bryson)
- "I Live for Your Love"
- "Pink Cadillac"
- "When I Fall in Love"
- "Miss You Like Crazy"
- "Starting Over Again"
- "Wild Women Do"
- "Unforgettable" (with Nat King Cole)
- "A Smile Like Yours"
- "Day Dreaming"
- Marvin Yancy (ex-husband)
- Nat King Cole (father)
- Maria Cole (mother)
- Carole Cole (sister)
- Eddie Cole (uncle)
- Ike Cole (uncle)
- Freddy Cole (uncle)
- Lionel Cole (cousin)
- Charlotte Hawkins Brown (great-aunt)
