Happy Love

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;
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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

"You Were Right Girl" (Gary Goetzman, Mike Piccirillo) - 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
"These Eyes" (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman) - 3:37
"When a Man Loves a Woman" (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) - 3:47
"I Can't Let Go" (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 – 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

References

^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
^ McCann, Bob (2022). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 82.
^ Happy Love – Natalie Cole | AllMusic

[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

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Discography
Studio albums	Inseparable (1975) Natalie (1976) Unpredictable (1977) Thankful (1977) I Love You So (1979) We're the Best of Friends (1979) Don't Look Back (1980) Happy Love (1981) I'm Ready (1983) Dangerous (1985) Everlasting (1987) Good to Be Back (1989) Unforgettable... with Love (1991) Take a Look (1993) Holly & Ivy (1994) Stardust (1996) Snowfall on the Sahara (1999) The Magic of Christmas (1999) Ask a Woman Who Knows (2002) Leavin' (2006) Still Unforgettable (2008) Caroling, Caroling: Christmas with Natalie Cole (2008) Natalie Cole en Español (2013)
Compilation albums	The Natalie Cole Collection (1987)
Live albums	Natalie Live! (1978) Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole (1983)
Singles	"This Will Be" "Inseparable" "Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)" "I've Got Love on My Mind" "Our Love" "Someone That I Used to Love" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "What You Won't Do for Love" (with Peabo Bryson) "I Live for Your Love" "Pink Cadillac" "When I Fall in Love" "Miss You Like Crazy" "Starting Over Again" "Wild Women Do" "Unforgettable" (with Nat King Cole) "A Smile Like Yours" "Day Dreaming"
Tours	Soul Divas Tour
Family	Marvin Yancy (ex-husband) Nat King Cole (father) Maria Cole (mother) Carole Cole (sister) Eddie Cole (uncle) Ike Cole (uncle) Freddy Cole (uncle) Lionel Cole (cousin) Charlotte Hawkins Brown (great-aunt)