B-side "Lonesome Tears" Format 7" vinyl | Released 1958 (1958) | |
Recorded June–August 1958, Clovis, New Mexico | ||
"It's So Easy!" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. It was originally released as a single in 1958 by the Crickets, which failed to chart. it was the final release by the Crickets when Holly was still in the band.
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A cover version of the song by Linda Ronstadt in 1977 was a Top Five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Paul McCartney controls the publishing rights to the song through MPL Communications.
Background
The song was recorded by Holly and the Crickets from June to August 1958 at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico.
Holly lip-synched to recordings of "It's So Easy!" and his song "Heartbeat" on the television program American Bandstand on October 28, 1958.
The Crickets recorded "It's So Easy!" for Brunswick Records, which released it as a 45-rpm single in 1958. It did not chart. The B-side was "Lonesome Tears".
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Linda Ronstadt recorded "It's So Easy" in 1977 for her album Simple Dreams, produced by Peter Asher. Her recording was released as a single by Asylum Records in the autumn of that year. It hit the Billboard Top Five simultaneously with her recording of "Blue Bayou". It also reached number 9 in Canada and number 11 in the United Kingdom. Ronstadt's version was used in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain.