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"Crazy Love" is a 1979 hit single for the country rock group Poco introduced on the 1978 album Legend. Written by founding group member Rusty Young, "Crazy Love" was the first single by Poco to reach the Top 40 and remained the group's biggest hit, with a special impact as an Adult Contemporary hit, being ranked by Billboard as the #1 AC song for the year 1979.
Poco were an American country rock band from Los Angeles, California.Formed in July 1968, the group originally consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Richie Furay, lead guitarist and vocalist Jim Messina, steel guitarist Norman "Rusty" Young, bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner, and drummer and vocalist George Grantham.
Drummer George Grantham and bass player Randy Meisner rounded out the original Poco lineup. [5] The band's membership fluctuated over the years. After Furay left the group, Young took on more song writing responsibility, along with Paul Cotton and Timothy B. Schmit. Young is best known for writing the Poco songs "Rose of Cimarron" and "Crazy Love".
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield.Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassist Randy Meisner and drummer George Grantham.
An alternate contention is that Legend and its "Crazy Love" single began breaking-out prior to ABC's takeover by MCA, the latter label taking a counter-productive disinterest in Poco: (LA Times 27 April 1979 quote from "a source close to ABC":) "[Poco]'s sales would be better now if that change [ie. ABC's takeover by MCA] hadn't happened.
The album Legend was released in November 1978 with the lead single "Crazy Love" released in January 1979 to become Poco's first Top 40 hit. "Heart of the Night" was issued as the second single from Legend in May 1979, reaching a Hot 100 peak of #20. [11] Billboard ranked "Heart of the Night" as a #5 Easy Listening hit. [12]
Paul Richard Furay (born May 9, 1944) is an American musician and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member (with Buffalo Springfield). He is best known for forming the bands Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Bruce Palmer, and Dewey Martin, and Poco with Jim Messina, Timothy B. Schmit, Rusty Young, George Grantham and Randy Meisner. [1]
[citation needed] The band needed a drummer, and Young recruited Grantham, who became part of Poco's founding lineup. Grantham's backup vocals were an important element of the band's distinctive harmony sound. [1] Grantham remained a member of various Poco lineups through 1977, a span of ten studio albums and two live releases.