Happiness Street

About Happiness Street

"Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)" is a popular song written by Edward White and Mack Wolfson and published in 1955. The recording by Georgia Gibbs was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70920. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on August 25, 1956 and lasted 8 weeks on the chart. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #20; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #25. The recording by Tony Bennett was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40726. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on October 6, 1956 and lasted 2 weeks on the chart. On the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #38 The flip side was a bigger hit, "From the Candy Store on the Corner to the Chapel on the Hill," making this record a two-sided hit. more »

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Why am I happy, why am I gay
Me and my baby just moved out today
To Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square.

Now we don't quarrel, now we're so glad
Glad that we're living where love is the fad
On Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square.

They never heard of blues, they never heard of fears
They never heard of woes, they never heard of tears
That's the reason folks are happy there.

So pack up your troubles, take my advice
You and your baby can find paradise
On Happiness Street, corner Sunshine Square.

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Georgia Gibbs

Georgia Gibbs (August 17, 1919 – December 9, 2006) was an American popular singer and vocal entertainer rooted in jazz. Already singing publicly in her early teens, Gibbs first achieved acclaim (and notoriety) in the mid-1950s interpreting songs originating with the black rhythm and blues community and later as a featured vocalist on a long list of radio and television variety and comedy programs. Her key attribute was tremendous versatility and an uncommon stylistic range from melancholy ballad to uptempo swinging jazz and rock and roll. more »

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