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"Crazy Love" is a 1979 hit single for the country rock group Poco introduced on the 1978 album Legend. Written by founding group member Rusty Young, "Crazy Love" was the first single by Poco to reach the Top 40 and remained the group's biggest hit, with a special impact as an Adult Contemporary hit, being ranked by Billboard as the #1 AC song for the year 1979.
James Messina (born December 5, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer, and record producer. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the pioneering country rock band Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins.
An alternate contention is that Legend and its "Crazy Love" single began breaking-out prior to ABC's takeover by MCA, the latter label taking a counter-productive disinterest in Poco: (LA Times 27 April 1979 quote from "a source close to ABC":) "[Poco]'s sales would be better now if that change [ie. ABC's takeover by MCA] hadn't happened.
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise ... which featured the Billboard Hot 100 #17 and Adult Contemporary #1 hit "Crazy Love".
Drummer George Grantham and bass player Randy Meisner rounded out the original Poco lineup. [5] The band's membership fluctuated over the years. After Furay left the group, Young took on more song writing responsibility, along with Paul Cotton and Timothy B. Schmit. Young is best known for writing the Poco songs "Rose of Cimarron" and "Crazy Love".
The album Legend was released in November 1978 with the lead single "Crazy Love" released in January 1979 to become Poco's first Top 40 hit. "Heart of the Night" was issued as the second single from Legend in May 1979, reaching a Hot 100 peak of #20. [11] Billboard ranked "Heart of the Night" as a #5 Easy Listening hit. [12]
The following lists in detail the discography of Poco. The group's most successful albums were " Legend " in 1978 and " Legacy " in 1989, each being certified gold . One of Poco's singles reached number one on the Billboard adult contemporary chart, " Crazy Love " in 1979.
Legacy is a studio album by the American country rock band Poco, released in 1989. [1] [2] The album reunited the five original members of the group; they had never recorded together. [3] It contained two top-40 singles, "Call It Love" and "Nothin' to Hide". Legacy was the second Poco album to be certified gold.