"If You Wanna Be Happy" is a 1963 song recorded by Jimmy Soul, written by Rafael de Leon and adapted by Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida and Frank Guida...

American vocalist. He is best remembered for his 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy." Born in Weldon, North Carolina, he became a preacher at the age...

recording début with the single "If You Wanna Be Happy" with "Jodrell Blues" as a B-side. His recording of "If You Wanna Be Happy" was an instrumental cover...

(such as Sunshine Daze in 2003 and If You Wanna Be Happy in 2004) and Rasta Rebels albums (When Somebody Loves You Back, 2006). The Rasta Rebels (1991)...

been wedded and Bullwinkle dances with the robot to Jimmy Soul's If You Wanna Be Happy. Rocky then discovers it was Boris who lured Bullwinkle away with...

"If It Makes You Happy" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released as the lead single from her 1996 eponymous album in September 1996...

music remained widely available. The group's last chart single was "If You Wanna Be Happy", which reached UK chart position 46 in 1983. After a few line-up...

Like a Man" by The 4 Seasons—were replaced on the re-issue with "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul and "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens....

Lightnin'" (September 1974) "A Quarter to Three" (April 1976) "If You Wanna Be Happy" (1976) "Apache Woman" (1976) "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" (July...

Many Lovers" (Lamb) – 4:04 "If You Wanna Be Happy" (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster, Carmela Guida) – 2:45 "I Really Want You Here Tonight" (Brackett) – 3:49...

the follow-up hit "Like a Baby". The Dovells released "If You Wanna Be Happy" on the album You Can't Sit Down in 1963. The song was previously released...

"If You Wanna Be Happy". It was reissued by Universal Island Records with bonus tracks added to album in 2002. The album includes two covers, "If You Wanna...

Jack/Philips "If You Wanna Be Happy" (1980), Jackal "Playboy (Rapping)" (1980), Black Jack "Let Me Love You" (1981), Black Jack "Why Don't You Spend The Night"...

the Rainbows 28 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers 29 "If You Wanna Be Happy" Jimmy Soul 30 "If I Had a Hammer" Trini Lopez 31 "Easier Said Than Done"...

band called The Peter B's, releasing a single, in 1966, called "If You Wanna Be Happy" (b/w "Jodrell Blues"), an instrumental version of the old standard...

and "Netty, Netty", which are still performed today. The song "If You Wanna Be Happy", which hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 18 May 1963,...

"(Could've Said) I Told You So", the latter featuring a recreation of Jimmy Soul's 1963 number one hit, "If You Wanna Be Happy". "Time" features a recreation...

Michael O'Neal, a Chicago sportswriter. Years earlier, the two agreed that if they were both unmarried by age 28, they would marry each other. Michael tells...

Morning Show (aka, Morning Wars in Australia.) Follow up single, "If You Wanna Be Happy" was released in 1981 and charted in Australia and New Zealand....

Hot Chili Peppers, overdose. Jimmy Soul, 45, American vocalist ("If You Wanna Be Happy"), heart attack. Hans Urs von Balthasar, 82, Swiss theologian and...

best known for his hit songs "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" and "Do You Wanna Dance" (both 1973). Blue has also been a prolific songwriter and producer...

You Make Me Wheel Shard at Work Keepin' It Reel Let It Slide Icy You Hello Dolly Remains to Be Seen Stealing the Spotlight Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya...

author of a book called Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock 'n' Roll Band, not to be confused with this album. In a retrospective review, AllMusic rated the album...

song is "If You Wanna Be Happy", recorded by Jimmy Soul. Australian singer, Joe Dolce, recorded a cover version of "If You Wanna Be Happy", in 1981, with...

Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of...

"Sleepwalk" Santo Farina, Johnny Farina Santo & Johnny 2:21 10. "If You Wanna Be Happy" Joseph Royster, Carmella Guida, Frank Guida Jimmy Soul 2:11 Total...

Can't Get Used to Losing You Andy Williams May 4 I Will Follow Him Little Peggy March May 11 May 18 May 25 If You Wanna Be Happy Jimmy Soul June 1 It's...

Stasium proclaiming it to be a "mini-Ramones Symphony". Rocket to Russia is the first album to feature two cover songs: "Do You Wanna Dance?" (originally performed...

number-one in two separate chart runs, until "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey accomplished the same feat in 2020. The following artists...

"I Wanna Be Where You Are" is a song written by Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and Leon Ware for Michael Jackson, who took the song to number 7 in Cash Box and number...