Easy Come, Easy Go (Bobby Sherman song)

"Easy Come, Easy Go"
Single by Bobby Sherman
from the album Here Comes Bobby
B-side "Sounds Along The Way"
Released January 1970
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Pop
Length 2:43
Label Metromedia
Writer(s) Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand
Producer(s) Jackie Mills
Arranged and conducted by Al Capps
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Bobby Sherman singles chronology
"La La La (If I Had You)"
(1969)		 "Easy Come, Easy Go"
(1970)		 "Hey, Mister Sun"
(1970)

"Easy Come, Easy Go" is a song written by Jack Keller & Diane Hilderbrand that was a hit single for Bobby Sherman in 1970.[1]

The song was first released by Cass Elliot on July 5, 1969, on her album Bubblegum, Lemonade, and... Something for Mama.[2] Bobby Sherman's version was released as a single in January 1970,[3] and appeared on the album Here Comes Bobby, which was released in March of the same year.[4]

Sherman's version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9,[5] while reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[6][7] In Canada, the song reached No. 6 on the "RPM 100",[8] No. 7 on RPM's adult contemporary chart,[9] and No. 2 on Toronto's CHUM 30 chart.[10] The song earned Sherman a gold record.[11]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Canada RPM 100[8] 6
Canada RPM Adult 7
Canada - CHUM 30 2
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Billboard Easy Listening[7] 2
US Cash Box Top 100[12] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank
Canada - RPM 100[13] 89
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 56
US Cash Box Top 100[15] 46

References

  1. ↑ Shapiro, Nat; Pollock, Bruce. (1973). Popular Music: 1965-1969, Adrian Press. p. 260.
  2. ↑ Mama Cass - Easy Come, Easy Go, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Murrells, Joseph. (1978). The Book of Golden Discs, Barrie & Jenkins, p. 285.
  4. ↑ "Here Comes Bobby - Bobby Sherman". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ Bobby Sherman - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ Bobby Sherman - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, March 28, 1970. p. 76. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  8. 1 2 "RPM 100", RPM, Volume 13, No. 10, April 25, 1970. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Adult", RPM, Volume 13, No. 6, March 28, 1970. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ 1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts at the Wayback Machine (archived February 13, 2006). Chart No. 690, April 12, 1970. CHUM. Accessed July 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ Leszczak, Bob. (2015). From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000, Rowman & Littlefield. p. 288. Accessed July 24, 2016.
  12. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending April 18, 1970, Accessed July 24, 2016.
  13. ↑ "RPM's Top 100 of 1970", RPM, Volume 14, No. 20-21, January 09, 1971. Accessed July 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970, Musicoutfitters.com. Accessed July 24, 2016.
  15. ↑ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1970 - Top 100 Pop Singles, Accessed July 24, 2016.
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