Recent studies show that more Americans are more unhappy about more things than they have been in more than 50 years. This could mean two things: people are actually and finally coming to their senses (we can hope); or people have been waiting for me to do a show about “happy” music. (I never said I was devoid of self-delusion, did I?)
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- GET HAPPY / Heather Bambrick / “You’ll Never Know”
- I WANT TO BE HAPPY / Julian Yeo / “You And The Night”
- SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY / Naama Gheber / “Dearly Beloved”
- PUT ON A HAPPY FACE / The Pete McGuiness Jazz Orchestra / “Along for The Ride”
- IN SPITE OF ALL THIS I’M STILL HAPPY / Danny Bacher / “Still Happy”
- THIS HAPPY MADNESS / Delicatessen / “Happy Madness”
- WALKING HAPPY / Frank Sinatra Jr. / “That Face”
- HAPPY FEET / Roberta Donnay / “Bathtub Gin”
- I WANT TO GO WHERE YOU GO / Joe Williams / “The Song Is You”
- HAPPINESS IS JUST A THING CALLED JOE / Ruth Cameron / “Roadhouse”
- WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS / Tony Bennett / “Who Can I Turn To”
- HAPPY TALK / Karrin Allyson / “Many A New Day”
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SWING / Andrej Hermlin & His Swing Dance Orch. / “Happy Birthday Mr. Swing”
- YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC / Stan Getz & Bill Evans / “But Beautiful”
- THIS HAPPY MADNESS / Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim / “Sinatra & Company”
- BE HAPPY/GO LUCKY / Dorothy Collins / “The Jingle Workshop”
- LITTLE UNHAPPY BOY / Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley / “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley”
- BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN / Keith Jarrett / “Tribute”
- GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY / Billie Holiday / “Lady In Satin: The Centennial Edition”
- MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY / Gregory Porter & Jeff Goldblum & Mildred Snitzer Orch. / “I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This”
- BODY AND SOUL / Jackie Ryan & Terry Gibbs / “Grand Masters Of Jazz”
- A HAPPY THOUGHT / Kurt Elling / “A Happy Thought”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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