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T-803.693.663-8 GEMA, ISWC
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Song from the 1924 musical comedy No, No, Nanette
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WARNER BROS INC GEMA
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Title Performer Release date Info
 PRF First live performance on April 21, 1924
 REC (Walter Haenschen) 1924 First recording on June 26, 1924
  November 1924
  (The Revelers [US1]) December 1924
  1925
listen on Internet Archive I Want to Be Happy Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin) 1929 Unverified
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  1941 Medley
I Want to Be Happy Leo Mathisen's Band 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   September 4, 1950
  1954 Medley
  May 1957
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I Want to Be Happy Bruce Trent and The Mike Sammes Singers (Mike Sammes) 1958 Unverified
  February 1960 Live
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  March 20, 1961
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  April 5, 1963
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  February 1968
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  February 1971
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  1976
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I Want to Be Happy Sonny Burke and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jo Ann Greer (Sonny Burke, Jo Ann Greer) 1981 Unverified
  September 1982 Live
  1983 Live
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I Want to Be Happy Vlasta Průchová & Swinging Quintet (Vlasta Průchová) 1992 Unverified
  August 24, 1993
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I Want to Be Happy Tuxedo Big Band 1998 Unverified
  2001 Medley
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  September 7, 2004
  February 6, 2007
  May 8, 2007 Medley
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  October 13, 2009
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  September 14, 2010
  January 11, 2011
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  December 1, 2014
  February 24, 2016 Live
  March 10, 2016
  April 21, 2017
  November 2017
  2017 Medley
  May 2020
I Want to Be Happy Gary Negbaur February 2, 2021 Unverified

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listen on Internet Archive i I Want to Be Happy Jan Garber and His Orchestra September 1924 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i   October 1924
i I Want to Be Happy Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra November 1924 Unverified
i   1924
i   1925 Medley
i   1930
i   1934 Medley
i   1936
i   January 27, 1937
listen on Internet Archive i   September 15, 1939
i   1941
listen on Internet Archive i I Want to Be Happy Little Jazz and His Trumpet Ensemble (Roy Eldridge) 1944 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i I Want to Be Happy Edmond Hall and His Quartet with Teddy Wilson 1944 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i   November 1946
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i I Want to Be Happy Lester Young - Buddy Rich Trio 1950 Unverified
i   1951
i   1951
i   February 1952
listen on Internet Archive i I Want to Be Happy/Casey Jones Ted Heath and His Music 1952 Unverified
i   June 7, 1954 Live
i   August 1954
i   (Lou Busch) September 1954
i   1954
i   1954
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i I Want to Be Happy Bernard Peiffer 1954 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy Moustache Jazz Seven 1954 Unverified
i   September 1955 Live
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i   1960 Medley
listen on Internet Archive i   1960 Medley
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i   1961 Medley
listen on Internet Archive i   November 19, 1962
i   1962
i   1962
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Medley
listen on Internet Archive i   1962 Medley
i   1963
i   1964
i   1964 Scatted version
i I Want to Be Happy The Art Farmer Quartet featuring Jim Hall 1964 Unverified
i   November 1966
i   1966 Live
i   1968
i   1968 Medley
i   1969
i   1969
i I Want to Be Happy Johnny Meijer 1969 Unverified
i   1970
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i   1970 Medley
i   1971
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i   1971
i   1971 Medley
i I Want to Be Happy Tony Lee & His Trio (Tony Lee [GB]) 1971 Unverified
i   1972
i   1972 Medley
i I Want to Be Happy Benny Goodman Sextet 1972 Unverified
i   1973
i   1973
i I Want to Be Happy The Alan Lee Jazz Quartet 1973 Unverified
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i   1975
i   1975 Medley
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i   1975
i   1976 Scatted version
i   1977
i   June 15, 1978
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i   1980 Live
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i   1981 Live
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i   1982
i   October 1983 Medley
i   1983
i I Want to Be Happy Erik Frank (Erik Frank) 1983 Unverified
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i   1985 Live
Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   1986
i   April 20, 1989 Live
i   1989
i   1990
i   1990
i   January 21, 1992
i   1992
i   1992
i   1992 Live
i   1993
i   1993
i I Want to Be Happy Sherrie Maricle With Peter Appleyard, Bill Mays & Lynn Seaton (Lynn Seaton, Bill Mays, Peter Appleyard, Sherrie Maricle) 1993 Unverified
i   1994 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   1994
i   1994
i   1994
i   1994
i I Want to Be Happy Tim Laughlin, Tom Fischer (Tim Laughlin) 1994 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy Yuichi Inoue May 24, 1995 Unverified
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i   1995
i   1995
i   June 21, 1996
i   October 17, 1996
i   November 1996
i   December 1996
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i   1997
i   February 1998
i   1998
i   1998
i I Want to Be Happy Spiegle Willcox with Lino Patruno & Oscar Klein Jazz Band (Spiegle Willcox, Lino Patruno, Oscar Klein) 1998 Unverified
i   September 14, 1999
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i   1999 Live
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i   July 14, 2004
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i I Want to Be Happy Lars Erstrand / Antti Sarpila Quartet (Lars Erstrand, Antti Sarpila) 2004 Unverified
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i   2006 Live
i I Want to Be Happy The Carl Fontana - Arno Marsh Quintet 2006 Unverified
i   October 2007
i   November 2007
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i   2007
i   July 2008
i   August 12, 2008
i   November 19, 2008
i   2008
i   2008 Live
i   2008
i   February 24, 2009 Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   2009
i   2010
i   December 9, 2011 Live
Released more than 10 years after its recording
i   2011 Live
i   2011
i   2011
i   2011
i I Want to Be Happy Guido Di Leone, Eugenio Macchia, Dario Di Lecce (Guido Di Leone, Eugenio Macchia) 2011 Unverified
i   September 28, 2012
i   2012
i I Want to Be Happy Renaud Penant Trio July 10, 2014 Unverified
i   2014
i   October 2015
i   2016 Live
i   2017
i   2017
i I Want to Be Happy Gregor Ftičar 2017 Unverified
i   April 2018
i   July 2018
i   August 2018
i   2018
i I Want to Be Happy Jean-Pierre Derouard 2018 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy The Don Stiernberg Quartet (Don Stiernberg) June 1, 2020 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy The Dan Barrett - Enric Peidro Quintet (Dan Barrett [US1]) October 2020 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy Massimo Faraò & Emanuele Cisi (Massimo Faraò, Emanuele Cisi) December 11, 2020 Unverified
i   2020
i I Want to Be Happy Holy Bounce Orchestra September 24, 2021 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy Tettero November 2021 Unverified
i I Want to Be Happy Brew Moore June 15, 2022 Unverified
i   April 21, 2023
i I Want to Be Happy Sophia Tomelleri and Massimo Faraò Quartet (Massimo Faraò) July 26, 2023 Unverified

written by French

Title Performer Release date Info
1926 First recording on October 27, 1926
First release