Song: I Want to Be Happy

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Music written by
Vincent Youmans
Lyrics written by
Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach
Language
English

Originals

First recording
I Want to Be Happy by Carl Fenton and His Orchestra (June 26, 1924)

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 I Want to Be Happy Carl Fenton and His Orchestra 1924
2 I Want to Be Happy Waring's Pennsylvanians 1930
3 I Want to Be Happy Nat Gonella & His Georgians 1936
4 I Want to Be Happy Brian Lawrance and His Lansdowne House Sextet 1937
5 I Want to Be Happy Doris Day with The Page Cavanaugh Trio September 4, 1950
6 I Want to Be Happy Sonny Stitt 1950
7 I Want to Be Happy Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell 1951
8 I Want to Be Happy Poul Olsens Nimb-kvintet 1954
9 I Want to Be Happy The Cal Tjader Quintet 1956
10 I Want to Be Happy June Christy 1957
11 I Want to Be Happy Joe Venuti, Accompaniment by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra 1957
12 I Want to Be Happy Francis Bay and the Boone City Blowers 1958
13 I Want to Be Happy Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio 1958
14 I Want to Be Happy Ralph Flanagan 1959
15 I Want to Be Happy Debbie Reynolds 1960
16 I Want to Be Happy Doris Day with Neal Hefti and His Orchestra March 20, 1961
17 I Want to Be Happy The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961
18 I Want to Be Happy Cleo Laine 1962
19 I Want to Be Happy Homer & Jethro 1962
20 I Want to Be Happy Lars Erstrand 1971
21 I Want to Be Happy Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison, Ken Davern, Dick Wellstood, Gene Krupa 1972
22 I Want to Be Happy Vic Dickenson 1974
23 I Want to Be Happy Joe Venuti and George Barnes 1975
24 I Want to Be Happy Ross Tompkins, Joe Venuti, Ray Brown, Jake Hanna 1977
25 I Want to Be Happy Eiji Kitamura 1978
26 I Want to Be Happy Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis 1981
27 I Want to Be Happy Pee Wee Erwin 1981
28 I Want to Be Happy Lee Konitz Terzet 1983
29 I Want to Be Happy The Jack Sheldon Quintet 1987
30 I Want to Be Happy The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band 1991
31 I Want to Be Happy Barbara Lea, The Legendary Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band 1991
32 I Want to Be Happy Per Nyhaug Studioband 1992
33 I Want to Be Happy The Allan Vaché - Johnny Varro Combos 1992
34 I Want to Be Happy Chick Corea 1994
35 I Want to Be Happy Chuck Folds 1996
36 I Want to Be Happy George Probert with Sarah Bissonnette's British All Stars 1996
37 I Want to Be Happy Mike Jones 2000
38 I Want to Be Happy Antti Sarpila, Ulf Johansson, Ronnie Gardiner 2001
39 I Want to Be Happy The Kenny Davern Quartet 2003
40 I Want to Be Happy The Tierney Sutton Band February 6, 2007
41 I Want to Be Happy Jerry Krahn 2007
42 I Want to Be Happy Aaron Weinstein & John Pizzarelli February 12, 2008
43 I Want to Be Happy Jo Lawry 2008
44 I Want to Be Happy Garvin Bushell February 24, 2009
45 I Want to Be Happy Nellie McKay October 13, 2009

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 I Want to Be Happy Add songs Jompje 1 2011-08-02 17:34:37 GMT by Canary
2 Performance: Tea For Two (Canary) Report Errors dudek 1 2011-10-03 20:29:15 GMT by Canary

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