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"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.
One source attributes its turnaround success to a publicity campaign that included a TV commercial featuring the cast singing "Ease On Down the Road," a song that proved so popular that it was released as a single recorded by the disco group Consumer Rapport; [6] The single hit the Billboard Soul Singles chart, peaking at No. 19 and the Hot 100 ...
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).
Porter opened the show with a lively rendition of "Ease on Down the Road" from the musical "The Wiz," an early nod in the morning's festivities to "The Wizard of Oz" and the story's resurgence in ...
A new revival of "The Wiz," featuring Wayne Brady and the hits "Ease on Down the Road" and "Home," opens at the Hollywood Pantages before its Broadway run.
Ross recorded new versions of "Be a Lion" and "Home" for the album, together with a previously unreleased song, "Wonder, Wonder Why". [5] Home had been released as part of a 2001 Motown compilation album, [5] while a different version of "Ease on Down the Road" had been released in 1978 as a duet with Michael Jackson. [1]
"A Bar Song" earned true star status this month, becoming one of only 45 songs in Hot 100 history to spend more than 10 weeks at number one. (Harry Styles' "As It Was," and Adele's "Easy On Me ...
While Ross was largely the target of much criticism in The Wiz, some critics noticed a contrast in the music given to Ross (Dorothy) and the music given to her cast mates. John Skow of Time described the Tin Man's music as the "best characterization of the film". He also characterized Evelline's as a "menacing hard-rocker" and The Scarecrow's ...