"Crazy Love" is a timeless ballad written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, Moondance. Released as a single in May 1970 with "Come Running" as the A side, the cover of the single shows Morrison with his then-wife, Janet "Planet" Rigsbee. The photograph was taken by Elliot Landy, the official photographer of the 1969 Van Morrison and Bob Dylan performed a duet of "Crazy Love" on the BBC film, One Irish Rover in 1991, with Morrison on guitar and Dylan on the harmonica. Ooh.
Much later on, Ray Charles introduced Van Morrison by starting the first verse before Van's appearance when he was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2003; Morrison and Charles then finished with a duet of "Crazy Love". Ooh.
"Crazy Love" was listed as No. 198 on the All Time 885 Greatest Songs compiled in 2004 by WXPN from listener's votes, and has been covered by numerous recording artistes to date, including Scottish rock singer Rod Stewart, English reggae singer and songwriter Maxi Priest as well as Bryan Ferry, singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with English art rock group, Roxy Music. Oh.
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I think the Bandits version is true to the spirit of the original. Play it again!
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