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Slow and Easy

single by Zapp

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ18635956 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Slow and Easy" is a song performed by American rhythm and blues band Zapp (then credited as Zapp & Roger), issued as the second and final single from their first greatest hits album All the Greatest Hits. It was written by Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman and Shirley Murdock; and was produced by Roger. The song is the band's highest chart appearance to date on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #43 in 1993.

Editorial summary

“Slow and Easy” enters the record as single by Zapp. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Slow, Easy and single can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Slow, Easy and single.
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“Slow and Easy” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Slow, Easy and single provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q18635956. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993.

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This entry incorporates text from “Slow and Easy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.