1978 Diana Ross & Michael Jackson – Ease On Down The Road (US:#42 UK:#45)
“Ease On down the Road” is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Charlie Smalls–composed tune is the show’s version of both “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard” from the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. In the song, performed three times during the show, Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion dance their way down the Yellow Brick Road and give each other words of encouragement.
Two versions of the song have been released as charting singles: one associated with the Broadway show by studio group Consumer Rapport in 1975, and a second recorded by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for the feature-film adaptation of The Wiz (1978).
Album
The Wiz is the original motion picture soundtrack album for the 1978 film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wiz. Although the film was produced for Universal Pictures by Motown Records’ film division, the soundtrack album was issued on MCA Records as a two-LP collection (Universal was owned by MCA Inc. at the time). Chiefly […]
Muscians
| Bass | Anthony Jackson |
| Drums | Steve Gadd |
| Guitar | Eric Gale |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Percussion | Ralph MacDonald |
| Vocals | Michael Jackson |
| Vocals | Diana Ross |
Produced By
Quincy Jones
Songwriters
Charlie Smalls
Charts
US:#42
UK:#45