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Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, also Howlin’ for You (The Black Keys), Solo (Clean Bandit) and Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan)
Written by Allen Toussaint, also Southern Nights (Glen Campbell), Hercules (Aaron Neville) and What Do You Want the Girl to Do (Boz Scaggs)
Engineered by Steve Melton, also Mainstreet (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band), Bagful of Boogie (Canned Heat) and L.A. Town (Canned Heat)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
106 other songs on fono were recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, by Bob Dylan and Wilson Pickett and others
Stephen Y. Scheaffer mixed 3 of Dee Dee Bridgewater’s top 10 songs
Allen Toussaint wrote 62 songs on fono
Steve Melton engineered 39 songs on fono
Credits
All 18 credits
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- Stephen Y. Scheaffer
- Performed by
- Barry Beckett, David Hood, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gwen Guthrie, Jimmy Johnson, Lani Groves, Pete Carr, Roger Hawkins and Vivian Cherry
- Engineered by
- Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters and Steve Melton
- Mixed by
- Stephen Y. Scheaffer
- Part of
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Recorded at
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
- Released on
- Atlantic
- Written by
- Allen Toussaint
- Produced by
- Stephen Y. Scheaffer
- Performed by
- Barry Beckett, David Hood, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gwen Guthrie, Jimmy Johnson, Lani Groves, Pete Carr, Roger Hawkins and Vivian Cherry
- Engineered by
- Gregg Hamm, Jerry Masters and Steve Melton
- Mixed by
- Stephen Y. Scheaffer
- Part of
- Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Recorded at
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
- Released on
- Atlantic
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Steve Melton
Same mixer: Stephen Y. Scheaffer
Same label: Atlantic
Same studio: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Same release: Dee Dee Bridgewater
Same writer: Allen Toussaint
Same engineer: Steve Melton
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Barry Beckett
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Barry Beckett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by David Hood
It Ain’t Easy was performed by David Hood
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Gwen Guthrie
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Gwen Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Jimmy Johnson
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Jimmy Johnson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Lani Groves
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Lani Groves
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Pete Carr
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Pete Carr
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Roger Hawkins
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Roger Hawkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was performed by Vivian Cherry
It Ain’t Easy was performed by Vivian Cherry
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was produced by Stephen Y. Scheaffer
It Ain’t Easy was produced by Stephen Y. Scheaffer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was written by Allen Toussaint
It Ain’t Easy was written by Allen Toussaint
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy is part of the release Dee Dee Bridgewater
It Ain’t Easy is part of the release Dee Dee Bridgewater
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
It Ain’t Easy was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song It Ain’t Easy
Atlantic is the label of the song It Ain’t Easy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Gregg Hamm
It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Gregg Hamm
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Jerry Masters
It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Jerry Masters
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Steve Melton
It Ain’t Easy was engineered by Steve Melton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was mixed by Stephen Y. Scheaffer
It Ain’t Easy was mixed by Stephen Y. Scheaffer
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz It Ain’t Easy was released on 1976