Happy Love

Happy Love
Studio album by Natalie Cole
Released	July 18, 1981
Recorded	1981
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood)
Genre	R&B soul
Label	Capitol
Producer	George Tobin Mike Piccirillo
Natalie Cole chronology
Don't Look Back (1980) Happy Love (1981) I'm Ready (1983)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

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

1. "You Were Right Girl" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) – 3:16
2. "Only Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) – 3:44
3. "Nothin' But a Fool" (Bill Amesbury) – 4:20
4. "The Joke Is On You" (Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole) – 3:22
5. "These Eyes" (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman) – 3:37
6. "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) – 3:47
7. "I Can't Let Go" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) – 3:07
8. "Love and Kisses" (Natalie Cole) – 3:43
9. "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

• Executive Producers – Kevin Hunter and Varnell Johnson
• Produced and Mixed by Mike Piccirillo and George Tobin
• Assistant Producer – Richie Griffin
• 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

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[4]	132
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5]	37

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
2. McCann, Bob (2022). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 82.
3. Happy Love – Natalie Cole | AllMusic
4. "Natalie Cole Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
5. "Natalie Cole Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 11, 2024.