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Get Happy! (2015 Film)
Get Happy may refer to: In music: * Get Happy (gospel music) * "Get Happy" (song), a 1930 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler * ''Get Happy!'' (Ella Fitzgerald album) (1959) * ''Get Happy!!'' (Elvis Costello album) (1980) * ''Get Happy'' (Pink Martini album) (2013) * '' Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio'', a 1955 album by Randy Weston * ''Get Happy!'' (George Shearing album), a 1991 album by George Shearing * ''Get Happy'', a 2007 album by Royce Campbell In other uses: * ''Get Happy'' (1973 film), conceived and created by Martin Charnin Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director, and lyricist of the musical ''Annie.'' Life and career Charnin was born in New York C ..., starring Jack Lemmon * '' Get Happy: A Coming of Age Musical Extravaganza'', a 2008 documentary film by and about Mark Payne * '' Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland'', a 2000 biogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy (gospel Music)
Getting happy, an experience seen almost exclusively in the Black Church and in Pentecostal churches generally, refers to the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, usually involving ecstatic singing, dancing, and a general spiritual fervor. It is heavily associated with shout music (as the music and the bodily expression are largely inseparable). Accounts of nineteenth century African American slave spirituality use the term, as recorded in the book ''God Struck Me Dead: Voices of Ex-Slaves''. :''All of my people were great Christians. Shouting, singing, praying, and good old heartfelt religion make up the things that filled their lives. ..Aunt Charlotte used to cry most all the time when she got happy.'' —an ex-slave preacher, in ''God Struck Me Dead'', page 75. One of the early nineteenth century traditional 'Negro Spirituals' to use the phrase, is the following: :GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY :Good morning everybody :Good morning everybody, Lord :My soul got happ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy (song)
"Get Happy" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler. It echoes themes of a Christian evangelical revivalist meeting song. It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced in ''The Nine-Fifteen Revue'' in 1930. Influenced by the Get Happy (gospel music), Get Happy tradition, it is most associated with Judy Garland, who performed it in her last MGM film ''Summer Stock'' (1950) and in live concert performances throughout the rest of her life. The versions from ''Summer Stock'' finished at #61 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. An instrumental, hot jazz arrangement of the song, performed by Abe Lyman's Brunswick Records, Brunswick Recording Orchestra, served as the original theme music for Warner Bros.' ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons from 1931 to 1933. The song lyrics incorporate the title phrase in the longer phrase "Come on, get happy", but it should not be confused with the The Partridge Family#Music, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy! (Ella Fitzgerald Album)
''Get Happy!'' is a 1959 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded with various studio orchestras over a two-year period. History The original 12 songs on the album come from 5 different sessions, featuring orchestras led by Nelson Riddle, Frank DeVol, Russell (Russ) Garcia, Marty Paich or Paul Weston. The first two tracks are from the sessions for the '' George and Ira Gershwin Songbook'', which were later included on the 1998 reissue of the album, and Berlin's "Blue Skies" was recorded at the sessions for the 1958 album '' Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook'', but inexplicably omitted from the final cut, despite featuring one Ella's most impressive extended scat improvisations. Reception Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "As usual, Ella uplifts all of the material and her best moments come on "Somebody Loves Me," a heartfelt "Moonlight Becomes You," a scat-filled "Blue Skies" and (somewhat surprisingly) "St. Louis Blues." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello Album)
''Get Happy!!'' is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his third with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 15February 1980 through F-Beat Records in the United Kingdom and Columbia Records in the United States. Following an incident on tour in March 1979 in which Costello drunkenly insulted several American artists, the artist took time off from the Attractions throughout the summer before rejoining them in October to record his next album. Produced by Nick Lowe and engineered by Roger Béchirian, the sessions began in London but moved to the Netherlands after Costello found the material derivative of his previous album '' Armed Forces'' (1979). The sessions were marred with issues but amassed a large number of songs; the final album contains 20 tracks across a single LP. Taking its title from a song of the same name, ''Get Happy!!'' is a departure from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy (Pink Martini Album)
''Get Happy'' is the sixth studio album from the American musical group Pink Martini. It was released on September 24, 2013 under the band's own label, Heinz Records. Guest artists include Phyllis Diller, Philippe Katerine, Meow Meow, Ari Shapiro, the von Trapps, and Rufus Wainwright. Composition ''Get Happy'' contains sixteen tracks. " Smile", originally by Charlie Chaplin, serves as the closing track and features American actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (1917–2012). Pink Martini and Diller recorded the song in January 2012 in her living room in Los Angeles, and the group released it upon her death. In 2014 it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe. Track listing # "Ich dich liebe" (Max Kolpé, Lotar Olias, Karl Vibach), featuring China Forbes # " Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" ( Osvaldo Farrés), featuring Storm Large # "I'm Waiting for You to Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy With The Randy Weston Trio
''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio'' is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label. accessed August 9, 2012. Reception The Allmusic review by Jim Todd stated: "This early release from Randy Weston finds the pianist still in his formative stages... The set shows Weston's facility with standards, Ellingtonia, even ragtime, but, with several tracks coming in well under four minutes, the performances offer little room for development. The impression here is that of a pianist of great potential limbering up before the curtain rises for the show".Todd, J[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy! (George Shearing Album) '', a 1955 album by Randy Weston
* ''Get Happy!'' (George Shearing album), a 1991 album by George Shearing
* ''Get Happy'', a 2007 album by Get Happy may refer to: In music: * Get Happy (gospel music) * "Get Happy" (song), a 1930 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler * ''Get Happy!'' (Ella Fitzgerald album) (1959) * ''Get Happy!!'' (Elvis Costello album) (1980) * ''Get Happy'' (Pink Martini album) (2013) * ''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio ''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio'' is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shearing
Sir George Albert Shearing, (13 August 1919 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 titles, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and " Conception", and had multiple albums on the '' Billboard'' charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 91. Biography Early life Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working-class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years. Though he was offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for "25 bob a week" playing piano and accordion. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royce Campbell
Royce Campbell (born June 7, 1952) is a jazz guitarist from Indiana who was a member of the Henry Mancini orchestra for twenty years. Musical career He was born in North Vernon, Indiana. When he was five, his mother married a career Navy man, and Campbell grew up in cities throughout the U.S. and the world. Exposure to a variety of genres contributed to his musical style. A love for rock and roll marked his first connection with the guitar, at the age of nine, when he discovered Chuck Berry. Like many guitarists of his generation, he was influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. By the time he finished high school in Spain in the early 1970s, he had decided to pursue a career in music. His uncle, pianist Carroll DeCamp, who had done arrangements for Stan Kenton and Les Elgart, invited him to Indianapolis to live and study. His uncle provided his education in music theory and composition. At 21, he toured with rhythm and blues ( R&B) singer Marvin Gaye before spending twenty y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Happy (1973 Film) '', a 1955 album by Randy Weston
* ''Get Happy!'' (George Shearing album), a 1991 album by George Shearing
* ''Get Happy'', a 2007 album by Get Happy may refer to: In music: * Get Happy (gospel music) * "Get Happy" (song), a 1930 song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler * ''Get Happy!'' (Ella Fitzgerald album) (1959) * ''Get Happy!!'' (Elvis Costello album) (1980) * ''Get Happy'' (Pink Martini album) (2013) * ''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio ''Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio'' is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and released on the Riverside label. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director, and lyricist of the musical ''Annie.'' Life and career Charnin was born in New York City, the son of Birdie (Blakeman) and William Charnin, an opera singer. His family was Jewish. Charnin graduated from The High School of Music & Art and then from The Cooper Union, where he earned a BFA."Martin Charnin Biography". FilmReference.com, accessed July 11, 2012 Charnin began his theatrical career as a performer, appearing as "Big Deal", one of the Jets in the original production of ''''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Coming Of Age Musical Extravaganza
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
