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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.
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).
The "Tornado" instrumental was released as both a 7" single and a 12" extended single, while the show's musical arranger Harold Wheeler co-produced a cover of "Ease on Down the Road" with studio group Consumer Rapport that became a charting single in 1975, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100. [7]
Billy Porter opened the show with a lively rendition of "Ease on Down the Road" from the musical "The Wiz," before "Today" show anchors and parade hosts Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker ...
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.
However, Null's overall review of the film was critical, and he wrote that, other than the song "Ease on Down the Road", "the rest is an acid trip of bad dancing, garish sets, and a Joel Schumacher-scripted mess that runs 135 agonizing minutes." [58]
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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] All other tracks remained unreleased until 2015. [5] The reissue was remastered and produced by Andrew Skurow, George Solomon, and Harry Weinger. [2]