The Sunshine Company - Happy - [original STEREO]
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2014
- The Sunshine Company Is A Pop Group That Formed In Los Angeles. They Had Three Singles That Charted On The Billboard "Hot 100". "Happy" Was The First To Chart And It Reached #50 In The Summer Of 1967. Another Version Of "Happy" Made It's Debut At The Exact Same Time By An East Coast Group Called "The Blades Of Grass". Their Version Lost Steam To The Sunshine Company And Stalled At #87. You Can Hear It On Another Segment Of "Flashback Favorites".
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![The Blades Of Grass - Happy - [original STEREO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nX0D7bcONTM/mqdefault.jpg)
Today is Wednesday May the 31st 2023.
I bought the 45RPM single of "Happy" way back in the Summer of Love, 1967, when I turned 13 years old on June 22nd... I still have that record, as well as the hundreds of others that I bought that year.
Approaching 69 years old next month I am glad to say that I am still... "Happy"!
🧙♂️🪄🎤🎶💖🥰🌞
P S.
I saw the sunshine company perform happy live at the cow palace in Daily city California in November of 1967, on a show that was headlined by the Who, and also featured Eric Burdon and the Animals, The Everly Brothers, The Association, & Sopwith Camel.
I remember when this song hit the airwaves in Los Angeles on AM station "Boss Radio" KHJ. It made me happy. This song is technically perfect especially the harmony thanks to Mary Lorraine Nance. Sadly, she died in 2019 after a 10-year struggle with dementia. God Bless you Mary for making the world "happy".
Far and away the best version.
Wore this one out. Then I wore out the second copy that I got from Wallach's Music City in West Covina's oldies stacks.
This song is wonderful. Thank you Very much.
My summer of "67"..........priceless!!!
Music Mike never disappoints.
Well said.
Indeed!
Love this version. Should have chartered higher.
Super song, heard it on 60's on 6 Pat St John's show. First time I heard it.
What a Beautiful Song. Wonderful harmonies. Thanks Mike~~~
Big hit in Boss Angeles . . . local band
One of my all time favorite songs, ever....................
This just about defines Sunshine Pop.
They don't even need the jump-start provided by their name! One of my favorite sub-genres!
I liked this song when it came out and still like it!
Thisis, by FAR, the superior version.
Absolutely!!Blades of Grass not even close.....
I wait to listen to The Blades of Grass' version. I love The Sunshine Company.
I somehow had forgotten this song!
Great song, from my youth.
Thanks for posting this kind of old song.old songs are escapsim in social media toxicity and covid 19 virus.
I like this version the best.
Thank music Mike becouse of you inspired me to collect records especially the old ones.
Awesome!
I spent the summer in Denver and this was the version I heard and i actually bought the 45 since i hadn't heard it in my home city of Chicago. About 10 yrs ago picked up their GH album.....nothing as good as this song!
good stuff musicmike. love the flashback show it takes me back to my salad days
Nobody Better Than Music Mike
Thank you!
I wish I had a record collection that big.
Our song by the Sunshine Co. also made the Cash Box top 40 charts at # 36. Just saying :)
Vinny Gormann.... Thank you for a lovely gift! You have indeed made many people "Happy!"
@@jackkennedy_1963 Thank you for your kind comment.
@@vinnygormann5682 You are most welcome, and deserving of compliments, sir. I've always loved your work with those Mary Weiss-voiced mini-operas the Shangri-Las (my favorite female group) laid down with Shadow Morton...."Never Again," "Dressed in Black," and "Love You More Than Yesterday." Would have loved to have been a fly on the wall during those recording sessions. So sad the Ganser twins left us all too soon. “But at my back I always hear / Time's wingéd chariot hurrying near.” Thank you, again.
Cool! Thank you for your music! my brother Dale had this song on 45. I heard it when I was young, around 6 years old.
Although not familiar with this one as young boy here in New Zealand in the late 60s I remember hearing songs like these on NZ radio and liking them very much because they always sounded so happy and effervescent,thank you and others for songs like these they still give joy today Auckland New Zealand 2021
Good song
I always love your choice of music. Keep up the good work!!
That tune is made of titanium, a rare element by far.
I like the version of the blades of grass but the sunshine company is ok as well. I found this song finally. When I did some search I am looking for was My Happiness Is You as the title. I was 1st year high school student in 1967 when I heard this song by the blades of grass on the radio and immidiately like it. But at that time a 45 record cost a fortune in the Philippines so I was not able to buy it. By the time I had the money to buy I cant find it as it is difficult to get records of one time hit wonder like the blades of grass. Since then been looking but as mentioned earlier I got the title wrong so I can't find it in You tube. Then in one pf those days thst I sm scrolling for songs I just press Happy by the blades of grass because zI like the girl in the picture and bingo I finally heard the song again after 50 years of searching.
It's official, if anybody ever asked me what 1960s pop music sounded like, then this would be the song that I would introduce to them 😄 !
Where are you now, Music Mike?
Sounds like a cross between The Manas and Poppas and Spanky and our band .
The Manas and Poppas and Spanky and our band? Did you mean The Mammas and The Pappas, Spanky and Our Gang?
Jimmy Stinky Lol!!!
@@jimmystinky7775 The Mamas and The Papas. The Sunshine Company is more like Spanky and Our Gang.
On the Blades of Grass version on CZcams the author comments...he preferred the other version :-(
Issued on Johnny's Imperial label They issued 2 more Self titled and Sunshine and Shadows and reportedly did 1 more before breaking up in 1968.
Did this band play their own instruments or were they vocalists with studio musicians? The instrumentation is delightfully simple I hear only drums, guitar, bass, simple percussion and a little violin. There's a good mix of instruments and vocals.
Right thanks Johnny . I knew that didn't sound right lol
Is this from heaven?
Johnny Rivers sure had a great ear for artists, didn't he?
Sure did, and took me under his songwriting wing just before I began writing for Chappell in '79.
@@scottdouglasmaclachlan4792 Just after making Soul City his own label for Himself.
simple!
please move to new Orleans and become a radio DJ
Show me the money! LOL
I meant Jimmy . I said Johnny .