IT’S SO EASY
“It’s So Easy!” is a rock and roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. The song was originally released as a single in 1958 by the Crickets that failed to chart. 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. (More from Wikipedia)
The confusion spread to the general public as well, since some of his 45’s were released under the name Buddy Holly, and others as the Crickets (often with Holly’s name nowhere in sight, even as a songwriter). In spite of this, Buddy Holly and/or the Crickets had numerous hit songs, among them “Not Fade Away”, “Everyday”, “Listen to Me”, “Oh Boy!”, “Peggy Sue”, “Maybe Baby”, “Rave On”, “Heartbeat”, and “It’s So Easy”.
(June 2013/1)
