Get Happy

~ Song

Relationships

lyricist:Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Remick Music Corp.
S.A. Music Co.
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Ella-fitzgerald-get-happy-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/19943 [info]
Wikidata:Q1163164 [info]
referred to in medleys:Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again
later translated versions:Voyage au paradis
part of:Summer Stock
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
music quoted in:Opening Production (from Jane Froman's album, "With a Song in My Heart")

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1929-10-22Get HappyThe Captivators3:09
1930-05-10Get HappyFrankie Trumbauer3:12
1930-05-10Get HappyFrankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra3:14
1930-05-10Get HappyFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:16
1936-03-20Get HappyinstrumentalBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:04
1940-02-22Get HappyinstrumentalArt Tatum2:47
1940-02-22Get HappyinstrumentalArt Tatum2:48
1940-04-18Get HappyinstrumentalArt Tatum2:02
1943-12-23Get HappyinstrumentalColeman Hawkins’ Swing Four3:24
1943-12-23Get Happy (New York, December 23, 1943)instrumentalColeman Hawkins3:23
1945-05-11Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet3:43
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker3:41
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet3:48
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet4:04
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker3:47
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo and His Selected Sextet?:??
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet3:45
1945-06-06Get HappyRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet4:04
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet3:42
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalRed Norvo and His Selected Sextet?:??
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker3:38
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie?:??
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker3:44
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie3:46
1945-06-06Get HappyinstrumentalCharlie Parker3:43
1945-06-06Get Happy (I)instrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet4:03
1945-06-06Get Happy (II)instrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet3:47
1945-06-06Get Happy (New York, June 6, 1945)instrumentalCharlie Parker3:43
1945-06-06Get Happy (T 9-B)instrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet4:03
1945-06-06Get Happy (take B)instrumentalRed Norvo & His Selected Sextet4:04
1946-04-12Get HappyinstrumentalWoody Herman1:54
1946-07-31Get HappyJune Christy2:55
1949Get Happy!Judy Garland2:22
1950-02Get HappyinstrumentalBud Powell2:54
1950-03-15Get HappyJudy Garland2:49
1950-04-29Get HappyJudy Garland2:50
1950-05-08Get HappyinstrumentalOscar Peterson2:32
1950-05-08Get HappyOscar Peterson2:34
1950-10-23Get Happyinstrumental and liveCharlie Parker5:40
1950Get HappyinstrumentalOscar Peterson, Major Holley2:31
1952-02-24Get Happy (live, 1952-02-24: The Palace Theater, New York, NY, USA)liveJudy Garland2:50
1952-06-10Get HappyinstrumentalGerry Mulligan Quartet2:33
1952-06-10Get HappyGerry Mulligan2:34
1952-06-10Get HappyGerry Mulligan Quartet2:33
1952-09-09Get HappyinstrumentalHampton Hawes7:48
1953-01Get Happyinstrumental and liveGerry Mulligan Quartet5:53
1953-01Get HappyinstrumentalGerry Mulligan5:48
1953-06-22Get HappyinstrumentalClifford Brown4:47
1953-06-22Get HappyinstrumentalJay Jay Johnson Sextet featuring Clifford Brown4:52
1953-06-22Get HappyinstrumentalJ.J. Johnson4:51
1953-06-22Get Happy (alternate take)instrumentalJ.J. Johnson4:12
1954-04-19Get Happy (1954-04-19 studio recording)coverFrank Sinatra2:26
1954-05-13Get HappyinstrumentalJoe Harriott with The Tony Kinsey Trio?:??
1954-11-08Get HappyinstrumentalColeman Hawkins5:33
1954-11-08Get HappyinstrumentalColeman Hawkins5:32
1954-11-08Get HappyinstrumentalColeman Hawkins and His All-Stars5:35
1954-11Get HappyBenny Goodman3:03
1954-11Get HappyinstrumentalThe Benny Goodman Sextet3:05
1954Get HappyinstrumentalGuy Lafitte2:55
1954Get HappyinstrumentalDick Twardzik Trio3:05
1954Get HappyinstrumentalRichard Twardzik3:05
1955-03-31Get HappyinstrumentalFrank Morgan4:09
1955-05-19Get HappyClaude Williamson Trio2:34
1955-10-22Get HappyinstrumentalHoward McGhee3:50
1955-12-16Get HappyinstrumentalStan Getz5:16
1955-12-16Get HappyinstrumentalStan Getz5:12
1955-12-16Get HappyinstrumentalStan Getz5:15
1956-03-22Get HappyinstrumentalRené Thomas3:16
1956-05-29[introduction by Max Roach] / Get Happyinstrumental and liveClifford Brown23:25
1956-05-29Get HappyinstrumentalKenny Burrell4:03
1956-05-29 – 1956-05-30Get Happy (mono)instrumentalKenny Burrell4:03
1956-08-04Get Happyinstrumental and liveJimmy Smith7:28
1956-08-04Get Happycover, instrumental and liveJimmy Smith7:26
1956-09Get HappyFreddie Redd2:11
1956Get HappyinstrumentalThe Eddie Costa Trio4:12
1957-03-24The Histories of Pliny the ElderliveThe Goons?:??
1957-03-24The Histories of Pliny the Elder: Get Happy!cover and liveMax Geldray3:21
1957-10-03Get HappyinstrumentalJohn T. Williams Septet2:31
1957-11-03Get Happy (short version)instrumental and liveSonny Rollins4:37
1957-11-03Get Happyinstrumental and liveSonny Rollins8:55
1958-09-12Get Happy (stereo)coverMilt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins5:32
1958-09-12Get Happy (mono)instrumentalMilt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins5:31
1958-09-26Get HappyMal Waldron4:57
1959-02-03 – 1959-02-10Get HappyShorty Rogers and His Orchestra feat. The Giants2:46
1960-02-15Harold Arlen Medleylive and medleyFrank Sinatra & Lena Horne3:59
1960-06-15Get Happyinstrumental and liveBud Powell2:43
1960Get HappycoverElla Fitzgerald3:29
1960Get Happyinstrumental and liveBud Powell?:??
1971-01-31Get Happy (live, 1971-01-31: Royal Albert Hall, London, England)cover and liveTony Bennett with London Philharmonic Orchestra?:??
1976-03Get Happy (live, 1976-03-22/3: Tokyo Kōseinenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan)instrumental and liveMilt Jackson4:03
1977-07-14Get Happyinstrumental and liveDizzy Gillespie8:37
1977-07-14Get HappyinstrumentalDizzy Gillespie8:05
1978-12-14Get HappycoverBig Band der staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart, Erwin Lehn?:??
1978Get HappyinstrumentalTommy Flanagan5:12
1979-07-18Get HappyinstrumentalGuy Lafitte?:??
1980-11-24Get Happyinstrumental and liveDizzy Gillespie7:00
1985-05-06Get HappyMaxine Sullivan and Bob Haggart Quintet4:18
1988-05-18 – 1988-06-04A Tribute to Judy Garland: Over the Rainbow / We're Off to See the Wizard / You Made Me Love You / Be a Clown / Get Happy / The Man That Got AwaymedleyJohn Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra10:59
1993-09-08 – 1993-09-09Get HappyinstrumentalRandy Sandke3:43
1995-03-02Get HappyinstrumentalCharles McPherson4:43
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