Ease on Down the Road
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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. In the song, performed three times during the show, Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion dance their way down the Yellow Brick Road and give each other words of encouragement.[1]
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Single by Consumer Rapport | ||||
B-side | "Go On with Your Bad Self" | |||
Released | March 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Charlie Smalls | |||
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Single by Diana Ross & Michael Jackson | ||||
from the album The Wiz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Poppy Girls" (instrumental by Quincy Jones) | |||
Released | September 21, 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
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Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Charlie Smalls | |||
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Two versions of the song have been released as charting singles: one associated with the Broadway show by studio group Consumer Rapport in 1975, and a second recorded by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for the feature-film adaptation of The Wiz (1978).