''Happy Love'' is a 1981 album by American singer

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. Released on July 18, 1981, it was her final album on

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. The album reached peak positions of number 132 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 37 on ''

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Track listing

# "You Were Right Girl" (Gary Goetzman,

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) - 3:16 # "Only Love" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:44 # "Nothin' But a Fool" (Bill Amesbury) - 4:20 # "The Joke Is On You" (Eddie Cole, Natalie Cole) - 3:22 # "

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) - 3:37 # " When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) - 3:47 # "

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" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 3:07 # "Love and Kisses" (Natalie Cole) - 3:43 # "Across the Nation" (Mark Davis, Natalie Cole) - 5:16

Personnel

* Natalie Cole – lead vocals, arrangements (8, 9) * Bill Cuomo – keyboards *

Eddie Cole Edward Bennett Coles (October 29, 1910 – June 18, 1970), known professionally as Eddie Cole, was an American jazz musician and brother to musicians Nat King Cole, Freddy Cole, and Ike Cole. Biography Eddie Cole was born to Rev. Edward J. a ...

– acoustic piano (4),

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(8), backing vocals *

– synthesizers, guitars, backing vocals, arrangements (1-7) * Chuck Bynum – guitars (8) *

Keni Burke Kenneth M. "Keni" Burke (born September 28, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career with four siblings in the 1970s band the Five Stairsteps. Biography Five Stairsteps As a member ...

– bass * Scott Edwards – bass *

Ed Greene Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician. In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (''Ethiopian Knights'', 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and Wilton ...

– drums * Joel Peskin – saxophones * Harry Kim – trumpet *

George Tobin George Tobin is an American musical artist and record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including Robert John, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Kicking Harold, and PC Quest. He is best known, however, for discove ...

– 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

* Produced and Mixed by Mike Piccirillo and George Tobin * Assistant Producer – Richie Griffin * Executive Producers – Kevin Hunter and Varnell Johnson * Engineers – Howard Wolen and Mark Wolfson * Assistant Engineer – John Volaitis * Mastered by John Lemay at

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(Hollywood, CA). * Art Direction and Photography – Glen Christensen

References

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